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Naomi Campbell says she is doing "fine" following a reported mugging last month in Paris.
According to The New York Post's Page Six, the 42-year-old model was attacked on a Paris street while trying to hail a taxi.
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"[She was] knocked over and robbed," a source claimed. "It was terrifying. Naomi believes the assailant had been watching her, casing her out, and waited for a moment to strike when she was alone. She was attacked in the street as she hailed a cab, and robbed... Her leg was injured as she was violently pushed to the ground. She was understandably very upset and shaken up."
It is not known what was allegedly taken from Campbell, but her jewelry was reportedly what they were after.
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The beauty's billionaire boyfriend, Vladimir Doronin, then reportedly flew her to Vail, Colo., where she received treatment from an orthopedic surgeon.
In recent weeks, Campbell has been seen using a wheelchair and crutches.
When reached by Page Six, the supermodel said, "I am sorry, I do not talk to press, but I am fine."
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Page Six's source claimed that Campbell is staying mum on the incident at the request of French authorities.
A rep for Campbell was not immediately available for comment when contacted by Access Hollywood.
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On or about April of 2013, my husband and I contracted with Lumber Liquidators to purchase and install new hardwood floors in our studio alcove apartment. Ryan from "Palermo Floors who they contract with to do the installations" came to measure. We discussed the issue that there was parkay tiles underneath the carpeting as well as the disposing of the debris since we live in a building. We were told that they would "Cart" the debris away and not to worry.
On the date of installation, we were told that the measurement were off by 200 or so sq ft and that we needed to give them an additional 300.00. On top of that we were then informed that we needed to give them an extra 400.00 so they can dispose of the trash in their cart.
From what I have come to learn, since Palermo Floors contracts out through lumber liquidators, they are installing floors at a reduced rate. They normally charge a much higher rate for installation. I can only assume that the whole issue with being off on measurments and extra fees on the back end are done so they can recoup the additional money they lose by installing through lumber liquidators.
When my husabnd confronted Palermo about this we were told too bad and that if we didn't like it they will bring back the trash and leave it on our front lawn.. I am outraged at the level of customer service. People should be careful.
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A compilation of megastatistics about the megachurch.
Is it possible to maintain our identity as the church and to be a "successful" institution at the same time? We're dealing with a heresy in the "church growth movement." It's stance is based on false ideas and has many dangers.
We'll be all right. Goliath has size, but David has a good heart.
Personifying the person you are trying to reach is a helpful starting point. Church leaders used to do this intuitively. Though it is very media-oriented, Willow Creek has not opted for a TV ministry. And it is not focused on one personality.
The authors of the books reviewed give a good analysis of the Megachurch impact on the institution of the church. They analyze the myths, the future and how these are changing the shape of religion for better or for worse.
Three failings of mainline denominations are targeted: overemphasis on large-membership churches, inflexible liturgy, and an unfair method of paying clergy.
A prediction of what the future holds for the megachurch movement. Where will this apotheosization of numbers for numbers' sake end?


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Traco And Mauri Rose
I enjoyed the piece on "traco" and Jim Travers and Frank Coon written by Bob Gates in a recent issue of National Speed Sport News. While Gates did a good job of covering their career in a brief article, he did not mention that they had worked for three-time Indy champion Mauri Rose.
Bill Chester
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Missing From The List
After reading Ye Ed's column from the July 7th issue, I have a few thoughts regarding the NASCAR Hall of Fame candidates.
First of all, the list should include Chris Economaki. It should also include Smokey Yunick, John Holman, Ralph Moody, Bob Colvin, Cotton Owens, Les Richter, John Cooper, Jim Hunter, Frank "Rebel" Mundy, Herb Thomas, Marshall Teague and Joe Weatherly, to name a few.
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Pittsboro, Ind.
Move On Mr. Hornish
I'm surprised that Roger Penske hasn't readjusted the seatbelt in the No. 77 Mobil 1 Dodge that Sam Hornish, Jr. has been driving, not racing.
Going from fifth fastest to a 24th-place finish at Chicago isn't very good. Maybe someone could locate a slant six or bring some young driver from ARCA to mash the buttons.
I wonder what Mobil 1 has to say at the Monday meetings about the poor performance.
Jim Schmitt
Liberty, Mo.
A Few Suggestions
Here are my suggestions to improve NASCAR.
First, reduce all Sprint Cup races by 20 percent in length — call it a "green" change, but really to reduce boredom. Second, a full-time Sprint Cup driver can run no more than three Nationwide races in a calendar year.
Third, change The Chase to include the top 20 drivers with 10 Chase races. Run separate races for The Chase drivers at 40 percent of the normal weekend race length. The last two drivers in each of the first five Chase races are eliminated.
Count points in the last five races for the championship. The remainder of the Sprint Cup drivers run a second race at 60 percent of the standard length on the same day.
Rick Reynolds
Lynchburg, Va.
Eating Hot Dogs?
I believe NASCAR officials were out at the hot dog stand instead of watching Saturday night's Nationwide race at Gateway Int'l Raceway. Carl Edwards has gone way out of bounds and officials have their eyes closed. He will kill someone if NASCAR lets him continue in his childish maneuvers.
His first stupid move was where he was 156 laps down and caused a horrific wreck, and officials looked the other way. He should have been fined heavily and parked the rest of the season. Then Saturday night, he "intentionally" wrecked the driver who was about to win the race. Again, why are drivers not punished for such atrocious acts?
That move was intentional. Look at it. Look at the equipment he ruined. He must be stopped. As for his sponsor, Aflac, they should look seriously as to whether they should continue to get this BAD publicity. Soon to be an ex-NASCAR fan.
Don Meacham
Fresno, Calif.
That's Twice
It's official. Carl Edwards has now tried to kill Brad Keselowski twice. When will NASCAR put a stop to Carl's psychotic behavior? Sure, Brad bumped Carl a bit at Gateway, but once again, Carl showed that he has no control over his emotions.
This is truly getting scary. Edwards obviously needs some counseling and NASCAR doesn't seem to care. Why did Edwards even receive the checkered flag at Gateway? Reed Sorenson should have been flagged the winner and Edwards should be parked once and for all.
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Pinterest may have some new products in the works. According to Business Insider's sources, the social bookmarking site will be launching an API and two new apps for iPad and Android in the next couple of months.
In April, Pinterest became the third largest social network in the U.S., according to a report by Experian.
It's amazing how much the site has grown in an increasingly mobile landscape with every few offerings. Pinterest's only mobile app, for the iPhone, debuted in September 2011 and was updated in May 2012.
In March, Pinterest co-founder Ben Silbermann told the New York Times that the team was working on an iPad app as well. (The virtual pinboard will look beautiful on a tablet.)
According to a note on Pinterest's support page, "We're working on a dedicated Android app and we know lots of folks are eager to see one so when we feel we're in the final stretch of its development, we'll be sure to announce more about it!" If Business Insider's sources are correct, the "final stretch" is already here.
Pinterest already has a "Pin It" and a "Follow" button for pinners and websites. The company's support page also confirms that an official API is on the horizon. There's a form that developers can fill out "if you'd like to be contacted about getting beta developer access."
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Montreal's Cardinal Turcotte, cleric with common touch, dies at age 78
Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte, cardinal of the people, died Wednesday in Montreal's Marie-Clarac Hospital.
The 78-year-old cardinal, who served as Montreal's archbishop for 22 years, was diabetic, and his health had been in decline for several months. He was moved to palliative care March 24.
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Birth Control Bingo: Emergency Contraception
In the early 1970s, A. Albert Yuzpe developed what was called "the Yupze regimen," a progestin-only after-sex contraceptive formulation. However, it had some gnarly side effects, so didn't stick around. The first medication developed and sold expressly as emergency contraception, Schering PC4, sans the aforementioned gnarly side effects, was approved in the United Kingdom in January 1984. But only in the late 1990s was any form of emergency contraception designed and sold as such approved and made available widely.
- Plan B, the morning-after pill or some birth control pills used specifically for emergency contraception, on average, reduces the risk of pregnancy by 75 - 89%: 7 out of every 8 people who would have become pregnant will not by using emergency contraceptive pills. Taken within 24 hours of sex or sexual assault, emergency contraceptive pills can reduce the risk of pregnancy by up to 98%; taken with 120 hours after a risk, it may still be as much as 75% effective.
- A Copper-T IUD may also be inserted for emergency contraception, and can reduce the risk of pregnancy by over 99%: only 1 in 1,000 women who use the IUD as EC will become pregnant.
Additional Sources for Effectiveness Ratings and Use:
- 75% - 99% effective depending on when taken and which method (morning-after pill or IUD) used: Contraceptive Technology, 20th Revised Edition; Hatcher, Trussell, Stewart, Nelson, Cates, Guest, Kowal: Ardent Media, 2011.
- An average effectiveness of 88%: The Princeton University Emergency Contraception website
- Can reduce the risk of pregnancy by 60 - 90%: World Health Organization
- Can reduce the risk of pregnancy by 75%: Planned Parenthood
The What, the Why, the Where, the When, and the How-to: Emergency contraception (EC) is a method of birth control, in that it is a means to prevent pregnancy before it occurs. Plan B can prevent pregnancy primarily, by delaying or inhibiting ovulation and inhibiting fertilization, and that may be the only way it works, as it is the way it has been proven to work in clinical studies. As explained by the ARHP, "although early studies indicated that alterations in the endometrium after treatment with the regimen might impair receptivity to implantation of a fertilized egg, more recent studies have found no such effects on the endometrium. Additional possible mechanisms include interference with corpus luteum function; thickening of the cervical mucus resulting in trapping of sperm; alterations in the tubal transport of sperm, egg, or embryo; and direct inhibition of fertilization. No clinical data exist regarding the last three possibilities."
Some people -- no thanks to a lot of purposefully misleading propaganda -- confuse emergency contraception with medical abortion (sometimes called RU486 or M&M, an abbreviation for mifepristone and misoprostol, two medications used for medical abortion/ the abortion pill), but emergency contraception cannot be used to terminate an existing pregnancy: it can only help prevent one.
If a pregnancy has already occurred, EC will not be effective: only a method of abortion can be used to intentionally terminate a pregnancy. Where some of the confusion comes in is that unlike other methods of contraception, EC can be used after intercourse, rather than before, because many people do not understand that coneception is a procress that takes around 5-7 days to occur, instead of happening instantly after a risk.
The most prevalent and simple method of emergency contraception is an oral medication, called Plan B or the Morning-After Pill. It is a progestin-only hormone -- levonorgestrel -- the same one used in the Mirena IUD and in some types of contraceptive implants and birth control pills. It is safe to use for people who cannot use or are sensitive to estrogen. People who are allergic or sensitive to levonorgestrel should not use Plan B.
If you've heard about people refusing to fill EC prescriptions or objecting to EC but NOT objecting to other methods of hormonal birth control, you can perhaps now see the giant flaw in that idea. The only thing that makes EC different from other combination hormonal contraceptives is that it is taken after a risk, rather than before, though even that is only partially true, since ongoing hormonal birth control is taken both before AND after, as those methods administer hormones to the body daily.
One critical difference between EC and other contraceptives is that it is NOT meant to be used as an ongoing or sole contraceptive. It is, instead, intended to be used only for emergencies, and used infrequently. Not only would frequent or ongoing use that get mighty expensive -- EC pills can cost as much as $50 and an IUD inserted as EC can cost as much as $500 -- it's also not as effective as other methods of contraception. It contains a higher dose of hormones than other hormonal methods, and is not designed for, nor has been studied for, regular use. Too, because it is more hormones all at once than something like a birth control pill, ongoing side effects for most people would be unmanageable: Plan B often makes many users nauseated -- plenty to the point of vomiting -- it often causes unpredictable bleeding and periods for a while after use, and can result in some killer headaches.
In many countries, emergency contraception pills can be obtained over-the-counter at pharmacies, or through sexual healthcare providers or general health clinics, without an exam. In the United States, people of any age can purchase Plan B one-Step over-the-counter at any pharmacy. Other emergency contraception pills are currently only available to people seventeen or over, unless they are obtained through a doctor's office, sexual health clinic, or hospital Emergency Room.
Emergency contraception pills usually cost between $30 and $60 per use, though are discounted at some clinics or public health service providers. Some clinics may request parental consent before prescribing ECPs to minors, but they are not required by law to do so.
Legal policy about refusals -- based on sexual discrimination, rules of professional conduct and medical ethics, but also rights of personal belief on the part of pharmacists -- has been established in some states, and is still in the process of being established in others. If you or a friend are refused any form of contraception, including emergency contraception, and you want to take action about a refusal in the United States, you can contact the Reproductive Rights wing of the ACLU or the National Women's Law Center.
If you have just had sex that may have resulted in a high pregnancy risk (if you're not sure what sort of sexual activity involves a pregnancy risk, check out this pregnancy risk assessment page) and you do not wish to become pregnant, you should obtain ECPs as soon as possible: the sooner they are used, the more likely they are to be effective.
Once you've found a healthcare provider or pharmacy who can prescribe/dispense ECP, you'll need to call their office or visit in person. Be prepared to answer questions like:
• What was your last menstrual period?
• When did the sexual activity happen?
• Was it the only possible pregnancy risk during this menstrual cycle?
• You may also be asked if you've had a pelvic exam or pap smear during the past year, and you may also be asked for a medical history.
Once the healthcare practitioner has determined that you have a pregnancy risk, they will discuss with you how to obtain the ECPs and how to take them. They may phone a prescription to a local pharmacy, or they may give them to you in person. Follow the instructions carefully, and call the healthcare practitioner immediately if you have any questions.
Plan B is a package of either one or two pills. With packages of two, you take both together or, if you're prone to stomach upset from the pills, take one, then 12 hours later, take the other. If you throw up inside an hour of taking your pills, you may need to get a new pack and start over. It's always smart to take a pregnancy test two weeks or so after using EC, especially if you have not yet had your period at that time.
Some birth control pills can also be used as emergency contraception, such as Alesse, Lybrel, Seasonale and Nordette, when taken in a very specific way, though Plan B is more likely to be effective. To find out all of the birth control pills worldwide which can be used as emergency contraceptives, and how many of those pills to take, here is a very detailed list at Princeton's Emergency Contraception site, which is also the best site we know of for complete and current information on emergency contraception.
As well, the Copper-T IUD can also be inserted by a doctor for emergency contraception, as well as for continued use afterwards. Insertion of a Copper-T is more effective as EC than Plan B or using birth control pills -- only 1 in 1,000 women will become pregnant if an IUD is used as an emergency contraceptive -- and it may also be inserted as many as eight days after a risk, three days longer than Plan B may be effective. To use an IUD as EC, you'll need to schedule a visit with a sexual healthcare provider.
Check out the following links for more information about emergency contraception and for some questions and answers about EC:
- 10 Common Myths, Misunderstandings and Big Ol' Lies About Emergency Contraception
- I took EC one day, and then the condom broke the next. Am I at risk?
- Can I just use EC instead of other birth control?
Or, click on the tag for emergency contraception for a larger list.
When Good Birth Control Does Bad Things: EC is less likely to work the longer someone waits before taking it: it is MOST effective used within the first 24 hours. If a person takes it from 72-120 hours, it may still work, but is substantially less likely to. If taken after 120 hours -- while pregnancy may not occur just because it wasn't going to anyway -- it doesn't have a shot at working at all. It's a great idea if you're sexually active to have a pack or a prescription for Plan B on hand in advance: that way, if you ever need it, you can be able to take it immediately.
Too, if a person throws up the pills (which is more likely to happen if you take them both, in the case of Plan B, at once) they aren't going to work.
The health risks presented by Plan B are similar to those of other oral contraceptives. While -- because they are not being used daily, but very rarely -- many people who can't use other hormonal contraceptives can usually use Plan B, do be sure to inform your pharmacist or healthcare provider about your medical history so they can be sure EC is safe for your use. Some common side effects with EC include: nausea, headaches, breast tenderness and irregular or unexplained vaginal bleeding or spotting.
If you are going to use EC or have used EC, do yourself -- and your sanity -- a favor and abstain from sexual intercourse for at least a few days. EC should not be considered to offer pregnancy prevention for sex which occurs while taking it or shortly thereafter taking it. Taking EC right after taking it again is likely to leave you feeling pretty cruddy and also pretty broke, so it's wise to put sex on the shelf while you deal with the current risk and come back to it after you have a little time to work through this. Obviously, if you are using EC because another method was not used, before coming to sex again which presents pregnancy risks, you'll want to assure that, for the next time, you do have a reliable method of birth control which will be used and which you have used long enough to be effective when we're talking about hormonal methods, or have had some practice with, such as barrier methods. If you intend to use condoms alone, you want to assure you know how to use them properly and that your partner intends to cooperate.
Plan B can be used as a backup method with ANY other form of contraception, but with some hormonal methods -- especially when a user is just starting them -- may pose or create extra side effects.
Other methods you might like if you like emergency contraception:
- Cervical Barriers (Diaphragms, Lea's Shield and Cervical Caps)
- Condoms
- the Contraceptive Implant (Implanon)
- Intrauterine Devices (IUD, IUC or IUS)
- Progesterone-Only Oral Contraceptives (Minipills)
- the Sponge
- Withdrawal
Why would emergency contraception be a good option for me? If any of the following are true:
- You know or strongly suspect you have had a pregnancy risk, either because you had unprotected intercourse or because your birth control method did or may have failed
- You were sexually assaulted or coerced and a method of birth control was not used, or your sexual situation was such that you or your partner cannot remember if a method of birth control was used or used properly
- You have started a method of hormonal birth control, but know or suspect you have had intercourse before that method is likely to be fully effective
- You are looking for a method you can get easily internationally
This is part of Scarleteen's Birth Control Bingo. Need to start over?
Don't forget: Statistically, sexually active young adults are as, if not more, likely to acquire a sexually transmitted infection (STI) as you are to become pregnant. Although 15-24-year-olds represent only one-quarter of the sexually active population, they account for nearly half of all new STIs each year, and of the 18.9 million new cases of STIs each year, 9.1 million (48%) occur among 15-24-year-olds (AGI). Often people have some funny ideas about who is most likely to get an STI, but the fact of the matter is that younger people -- of any sexual orientation, any economic class, any kind of relationship -- have been the highest risk group for some time now.
Condoms are the only method of birth control which also provide protection against STIs. It's pretty typical for younger people to ditch condoms if they have another method of birth control, so just remember that STIs are still a risk if you're using another method. You can read all about safer sex here -- Safe, Sound & Sexy: A Safer Sex How-To -- but the rule of thumb most medical experts and prevention organizations suggest, which we also encourage at Scarleteen is six months of safer sex, six months of sexual monogamy, and then TWO full STI screenings for each partner -- once at the start of that six months, once at the end -- before ditching latex barriers.
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Is Algeria next?
- By David KennerDavid Kenner is the Middle East editor at Foreign Policy. He is based in Beirut, Lebanon, and has been with FP since 2009 (a long time, he knows). He worked for FP previously in Cairo, where he covered the early days of the Arab Spring, and before that in Washington. He has attended Georgetown University and the American University of Beirut and has reported from Libya, Egypt, Gaza, Turkey, Lebanon, and Iraq.
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While the community of Middle East leak-watchers is focused on Al Jazeera's release of 1,600 documents from the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, WikiLeaks has released a number of U.S. diplomatic cables that call into question the long-term viability of Algerian strongman Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Particularly in the wake of Tunisia's revolt — and the U.S. Embassy's success at identifying the seeds of unrest there — these cables deserve a close read.
The most engaging report is a 2008 cable on disaffected Algerian youth known as "the harraga," or literally "one who burns." Unlike Mohamed Bouazizi, who lit himself on fire in Tunisia two years later, these men aren't burning themselves — they're burning their identification papers before setting out on makeshift boats in an attempt to reach the shores of Spain or Italy. It's an unbelievably dangerous journey: The embassy estimates that over 90 percent of the harraga die at sea, are detained indefinitely by North African authorities, or are returned to their host country. According to one article cited in the cable, up to 50,000 Algerians and Libyans attempted to reach European shores in search of economic opportunities in 2007.
From the Algerian regime's perspective, perhaps the most troubling aspect of this story is that the harraga hail — like Bouazizi — from the society's educated classes. One boat, the embassy reported "includ[ed] five university graduates and two doctors." The grandson of a former Algerian president also departed the country in this way and "has not been heard from since."
A 2007 cable signed by U.S. Amb. Robert Ford — now the newly appointed U.S. ambassador to Damascus — lays out the consequences of this disaffection more explicitly. The Algerian regime, he writes, is "plagued by a lack of vision, unprecedented levels of corruption and rumblings of division within the military rank and file."
The most explosive comments in the cable are relayed to the embassy by Said Sadi, an opposition leader. Sadi described a conversation that he had with Gen. Toufik Mediene, Algeria's head of military intelligence, who "acknowledged that all was not well with the health of Bouteflika and Algeria writ large." When the conversation turned to Algeria's endemic corruption, Sadi reports that the general "motion[ed] silently to the portrait of Bouteflika that hung over their heads" to indicate where the problem lay.
Ford hedged his bets in late 2007, writing that the embassy does not expect an imminent revolt in Algeria. But in the aftermath of the Tunisian revolt — and with Algerian protests and self-immolations mounting — the moment may just be now.


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SAP Research will make a significant contribution through the development of trend-setting IT trends and technologies to the solution portfolio of SAP AG. SAP AG, with its head office in Walldorf, is the leading provider worldwide of corporate software and services which can be used by companies of all sizes in more than 25 branches to tailor their business processes to growth and profitability. Subproject manager: Harald Vogt (email@example.com)


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Madden 25 Drops Info on Infinity Engine 2
We've been waiting for quite a while for significant info for Madden 25 to drop, and while we're not quite at the time where in-depth blogs are being written about what's new, EA has still put out some really interesting info about its physics engine.
The Infinity Engine was first introduced last season to try and incorporate a hybrid between physics and animations in Madden 13, and now it appears the Infinity Engine 2 will take things even further with Force Impact, Run Free, better blocking assignments and more.
Perhaps most intriguing of the additions we saw mentioned in the brief Infinity Engine 2 blog is the addition of something they're calling "Force Impact," which is expected to be a way of calculating collisions that finally respects the size and strength of the players involved. A true appreciation for a player's weight and strength has been missing in Madden over the years, so it's nice to see they're further refining that part of the game. It also plays a role in bringing back some under-utilized abilities.
"Force Impact also affects stiff-arms, adding importance to an often under-utilized move. Tapping the stiff-arm button as a defender comes in to make a play is called a "physics punch," where the ball carrier will quickly thrust his arm out and shove the defender. Holding the button makes the ball carrier hold his arm out and try to 'wall off' the defender and keep him at bay. Again, strength matters, as stronger players will have more success with their stiff-arms than backs who tend to rely on speed rather than power" — EA Sports' Madden 25 Blog
Deeper control over the running game, in fact, is also a key part of Madden NFL this year. As detailed further in the blog, they've also tuned the running game to what they're calling a "Run Free" style of play, where enhanced player movement is now a part of moving the ball on the ground. This is made possible primarily by allowing players to make use of hard cuts, rather than forcing players to make awkward swerves when they want to make distinct angle changes.
We imagine the increased control over player cuts should also serve to make cutting back runs much more effective, which is a good thing considering Madden 25 is also boasting smarter blocking assignments by the offensive line, including what we call the "jeez, finally" feature of lead blockers now actually seeking out relevant threats, rather than chasing down defenders who are already out of the play.
There's a lot more discussed in the full Infinity Engine 2 blog, so be sure to check out that out to get a deeper understanding of what changes we should be seeing on the digital field next season in Madden 25.
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Dylan plays up the corny/carney atmosphere, dressing his band in black suits, black hats and even matching pencil mustaches (on all except lap steel/violin player Donnie Herron, who is cleanshaven and looks like the newcomer as a result), and appropriating a hack Buffalo News lead as his introduction:
"The poet laureate of rock 'n' roll. The voice of the promise of the '60s counterculture. The guy who forced folk into bed with rock, who donned makeup in the '70s and disappeared into a haze of substance abuse, who emerged to find Jesus, who was written off as a has-been by the end of the '80s, and who suddenly shifted gears and released some of the strongest music of his career beginning in the late '90s. Ladies and Gentleman, please welcome Columbia recording artist Bob Dylan!"
The set crashes open with a song that highlights the band's old-timey chops. "Cat's in the Well," drawn from one of those albums made when Dylan "was written off as a has-been," sounds at first like a rewrite of "Froggie Went A Courtin," or some other bit of sweet if weird Americana. But by the bridge, the sinister hint of the title makes itself clear:
The cat's in the well and grief is showing its face
The world's being slaughtered and it's such a bloody disgrace."
All's not quite what it might seem at the county fair, is it? The rain is coming down harder now, and no one has an umbrella because they've been confiscated at the gate. "Could poke someone's eye out," says the security guard, evidently taking his homeland security duty seriously. The man standing next to me lights a damp and smoky joint. During the opening acts, he had been discussing the lumber business with his date. She refuses the offer of a toke. On the infield grass, the regulars stand fast in their ponchos, many emblazoned with a Dylan logo ($5 at the merch table). Dad has a Grateful Dead cap on -- "from their last show," I heard him boast earlier -- and shades, even though it's very much night. Mom is in Birkenstocks. Sis has blue cotton candy stuck in her braces, and Brother asks Dad for money to buy something at the concessions stand. He gets a cold stare in response -- and $5. If the boy has any sense, he'll buy a poncho.
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This thick zippy stew from Amy Short of Lesage, West Virginia is loaded with familiar ingredients, such as ground beef, tomatoes, kidney beans and chili beans. Chili powder and green chilies season it just right.
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- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 small green pepper, chopped
- 2 cans (16 ounces each) hot chili beans, undrained
- 1 can (16 ounces) kidney beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 can (15-1/4 ounces) whole kernel corn, drained
- 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes with garlic and onion
- 1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
- 1 can (4 ounces) chopped green chilies
- 2 tablespoons chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- In a Dutch oven or large saucepan, cook the beef, onion and green pepper over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Yield: 10 servings.
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It all started with a simple post on September 9 on the Runners World forum from Barkles:
Subject: The gauntlet lies at our feet! - Sodbury Slog, Nov 9. Team needed..
"Jethro has challenged us to a team competition at above-mentioned event. We need a fair number, eight I think. It's an eight-miler, with mud and water and stuff. He has offered sponsorship!!!!!!!
Come on guys,roll up. Who's up for mud wrestling.....?
Oh and it's got a hill as well, I think.."
Errm, what on earth is the Sodbury Slog? We quickly learn that it's eight heart-stopping, lung-busting and back-breaking 'country' miles around Chipping Sodbury, organised by Bitton Road Runners from Bristol.
It was in for a penny, in for a pound, as forumites signed up to the challenge, and quickly three mixed teams of five were organised/disorganised/moved around and coerced into taking up Jethro's challenge. Illustrious forum names such as Barkles, TwoDogs, Jon, Dr Nic, MMmmm Universal Twinkler, Shambler, Knackered Knees, Fat Buddha, MadKat, Crash Hamster and Dragonbreath were just a few to commit.
A quick look at the Bitton RR website quickly reveals that in 2001 and 2002 the Slog was a complete and utter mud-bath, and it's got hills, gates, and water crossings as well. Goddarn it – most of us are townies used to pavements and roads, not fields! Tactics are discussed on the forum – Should we wear spikes? How about thongs? What about teatrays for the downhill bits? In the end, the only tactics decided upon are to shout 'Eek' and do a lot of wibbling.
Slog Day arrives and thankfully for us novices it has not been raining much in the previous weeks, so the mud will not be as deep or sticky as the two previous years. We gather in a cold car park at Chipping Sodbury School to be issued with kit by Jethro – running T-shirts advertising his shop and Father Christmas hats. Hmmm. Unfortunately Cap'n Barkles cannot attend due to a family bereavement and was badly missed if for no other reason than his organisational skills!
The start is about a mile of road before veering off over heathland and farmland towards the base of an escarpment, on the way climbing gates with hay bales to help you get over without damage (to the gates, at least). The going underfoot is uneven, and not helped by ample amounts of cow 'ordure', which help give the run a certain aroma!! After a couple of miles, the 'hill' appears and there is no getting away from it - it's a BIG HILL. Near the top, the course becomes a narrow, steep footpath through woods where you are forced to walk in a single-file queue. For the faster, it's frustrating; for the fatter and slower, it's a welcome relief!
The run levels and then drops into a steep, winding wooded descent for the madder to hurtle down, through a manor house garden (interesting running past someone's back door) and then another steep climb on a narrow road. Then comes the really interesting bit - a couple of miles of very steep ups and downs - each short but almost impossible to run, all over uneven farmland. And yet more stiles, gates and fences to add to the fun.
After this, the course heads through a farmyard, which seems to have been specially sprayed with extra amounts of cow muck, and out into open country, heading back to Sodbury across heathland. Then finally, the piece de resistance: a very muddy channel followed by a short but deep stream crossing. In very wet weather this section is supposed to be where the real fun is, although Petal tried her level best on the day to entertain onlookers by launching herself full-frontally into the mud!
The final part of the run takes you through the Chipping Sodbury backroads and back to the finish at the school. For the earlier finishers – warm showers, for the later ones, a cold hosepipe. Lovely!
And the results of the challenge, I hear you ask? Nobody knew until Jethro came through and offered prizes to the first Darkside Team home. That was.... TwoDogs, Jon, MadKat, DB and Mo, who to this day have no idea what they have won. And probably don't care, really! It was just excellent fun.
(Overall winning time is 58:12; fastest Darksider is TwoDogs in 1:16:18; slowest finisher comes in at 2:59:19; poor Jethro's team was the last Challenge team)
Big thanks to Cap'n Barkles for getting the Darkside forumites to do this; Jethro for supplying T-shirts, hats, and post-race water and choccies; Bitton Road Runners for excellent organisation and marshalling. And of course Runners World for providing the forum.
Ed: shucks... it's the least we can do.
Oh, and Sodding Chipbury, (sorry - Chipping Sodbury) – the Darksiders will be back next year. Be afraid, be very afraid,,, and bring that mud on!


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Last Wednesday, Dan Klein — who heads up tech industry consulting here at Forrester — joined me on a teleconference to talk about how B2B marketers should "Define Your B2B Social Media Strategy." Web 2.0 marketing is a subject of great interest to business marketers as almost 700 signed up for the Webinar, just over 300 attended, and 120 participated in a pre-show survey. The vast majority of the invitations went out to Forrester clients and, judging by the list of attendees, the participation ranged from large tech firms to small business services providers. Folks from software, hardware, telecom, agencies, start ups, database marketing, and media were present.
What did we learn from this interactive session? Here are a few highlights:
1) Social media use in marketing is just emerging. While 2/3 say they use email and Webinars in their marketing mix today, only 35% or fewer use blogs, online forums, video produced by marketing, podcasts, customer contributed content, or other Web 2.0 tactics. Surprisingly, 42% said they are using social networks like Facebook — up from the 25% who said they did in our earlier 2008 research. (Click on the tiny picture below to see the data up close.)
2) Benefits are hard to gauge right now. Depending on which tactic they use, between 30 and 36% of respondents said it was "Too early to tell" whether using social media translated into marketing success. In contrast, 25% said landing pages and Webinars successfully helped the generate leads in a measurable way.
3) Marketers are sticking with what works. As a result, 65% or more of the survey respondents said that Webinars, landing pages, video marketing, and online forums figure significantly in their 2009 marketing plans. On the other hand 55% or more said that RSS feeds, podcasting, widgets and virtual worlds were marginal or irrelevant in their futures.
4) And, finally, the most popular questions were about how to understand customers' use of social media. They included: How do we figure out what customers are doing socially? What is the best way to get this information? How do we understand how Web 2.0- savvy our buyers are? How do we assess customer use of social media?
It's the $64,000 question, isn't it? How to reach customers through this brand-spanking new medium. But it's the wrong question for marketers to ask if they want to be successful with social media. Social media use is about creating dialog and relationships with a community. The community says what is important, not the marketing folks. This is going to be a very hard lesson for B2B marketers to learn because it means putting the right people — technical, customer-facing, problem-solving people — in front of the community and letting them engage in an open, trustworthy manner. And they may not get the corporate messaging right everytime…
In this new Web 2.0 world, the right question is: how do I get to know my audience better and what they want from social interaction? For this, Forrester developed Social Technographics and the POST methodology, which we talked about briefly on the Webinar.
If you'd like to know more, check out our research on POST and Social Technographics. Or you can join me in Cambridge, MA on August 13 for my "Making B2B Marketing Work" work shop, where we will talk more about social media, among other topics. In the meantime, let me know what successes you are finding as you explore incorporating social behavior and Web 2.0 tools in your marketing.
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Comment from Nicky (not verified) on Mon, 08/04/2008 - 17:15
Social Media offers b2b marketers an almost unprecedented way to engage with customers and prospects.But the first thing marketers have to learn is that the old marketing approach/mindset doesn't work and that, if they really want relationship with their customers they will have to give up control of their message.I think this is the hardest thing for marketers to get their heads around because they fear a negative impact on their brand, plus messages have always been tightly controlled so they are squeaky polished. Social Media content is primarily user-generated and marketers cannot control it.Marketers need to see Social Media as a unique way to participate in conversations that are already going on about them. Some companies are there already, many are not yet.The fact is Social Media users dismiss most mass advertising, PR and corporate messaging. Along with most Facebook users I do everything I can to avoid ads appearing in my personal profile. But if there's an opportunity for real dialog, most users happily engage. Social Media users trust peers, friends and family for recommendations rather than the company message. Which means the corporate messaging should be pretty much absent - it comes across as dull dry and boring. Social Media users are looking for two-way conversation, participation, listening on the part of companies, and intimacy (all of which traditional marketing lacks). Users want companies to offer them content of value and demonstrate to them that they understand their needs and that their services can meet those needs better than the competition. If marketers can't do this (as opposed to PR) users will head to the competition, who, chances are, can.There are a number of different ways to engage with customers (including blogs, forums, wikis, podcasts, polls etc) but these need to be based on a radically different approach - that of building relationships organically. RSS - which from your post is little used right now by marketers - is actually one of the easiest ways for marketers to begin engagement in a small way - simply because you can offer users useful content without them having to visit your website. Blogs are another tool for conversations and interaction. As a first step, marketers need to find out what their customers like to do do by simply asking them. Then they need to see how they can participate in the online conversation and use their feedback to strengthen the relationship. Companies that have already achieved success with Social Media (for example Intuit, Boeing and Dell to name just three) are worth checking out - bearing in mind that to have succeeded they must have made mistakes - and learned from them.I'm hoping there will be a lot more comments on this very topical subject.
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Comment from C.H. Low (not verified) on Tue, 08/05/2008 - 09:53
I agree with "The community says what is important, not the marketing folks."We also find in the course of our business that this truth is also paralyzing to our clients. First, it causes anxiety since this is a significant mindset and process change, and it is a change from total control in the traditional marketing paradigm to one that is almost no control for the marketer. There is also the lack of skills to be conversational and interactive with stakeholders. Secondly, there is hesitation for the financial risk of any significant cost project when there is such anxiety.But in general, most people are bullish on the potential and agree that the paradigm is nascent and is worth investing in it. There is tremendous amount of education going on as evidenced by the webinar.We suggest that the key to getting educated is actually to practice DOING it with a small scope, low cost effort. Skills cannot be developed by just reading about it. Even in large enterprises, there are many small scope communities e.g extranet of suppliers, product focus group with key or passionate customers, and intranet for employees of companies with dispersed locations. How about an Idea Factory for employees to post suggestions to save energy within the company! These are some examples of low risk collaborators in social community projects.Jeremiah Owyang has recently compiled a catalog of providers at http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/08/04/forrester-report-vendor-pr.... There are numerous low cost choices. Some (including Orbius) are even free to try. Many recent entrant providers are quite full featured, even comparable to many custom built systems without the high cost. Start with something easy for your learning process. Learn and then change and refine quickly as you get feedback. So I hope people don't let cost be an issue for them to get started.Community platforms generally have a way to define the rights and privileges of the various community participants. Not everybody needs to be given total freedom to do everything, at least not initially. Use that to start with what you are comfortable with, and then relax the constraints as you feel more comfortable.The last part of the post suggests many questions to answer. I suggest people "get on the bicycle and start riding" with a small scope, low risk, low cost project to sort these out. You cannot do all your learning by reading.C.H. Low, CEO, Orbius
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Comment from Nicky (not verified) on Tue, 08/05/2008 - 21:22
Totally agree C.H. Your point about paralysis is an excellent one. Also, I think that the sheer number of options available in Social Media can in itself be overwhelming - and that's in addition to coming to terms with a reduced ability to control their message.It's also a challenge for marketers to articulate exactly what they DO want from their Social Media efforts - how to choose from what's possible, what's realistic and what's necessary in a medium that is still evolving? And as with anything, a plan or strategy is key.It is good to know that b2b marketers believe in the potential of Social Media... and you are spot on when saying that starting small, with one single thing is the way to get started. Since most Social Media tools cost little or nothing to implement I would hope cost isn't a deterrent. Marketers have to get out there and get in the game because they are missing opportunities. As you say, that's the only way to learn what works - for them. I think providers can help by showing them the "how" as well as the "what."
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Comment from Romain (not verified) on Fri, 08/22/2008 - 05:26
Online marketing is for now leaded by MarCom agencies and companies MarCom depts seem to be waiting for their advice before moving. But the point in doing so is Social Media is changing agencies job and business model from building websites and online advertising to content generation and community management. And that's not what they want since they don't have the abilities inhouse right now. Which generate companies to test crappy campaigns without dealing with the real deal: connecting with people.Until marketers go out and get in the game, as Nicky says, agencies would keep on providing with online advertising in a social media field, which is meaningless. Marketers have to take the lead and make agencies work for them, not do things in place of them. And above all, social media meaning engaging the company with its consumer community, agencies won't be able to do anything. It's company's work and duty.
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Comment from Jeff Majka (not verified) on Fri, 08/22/2008 - 12:09
A very interesting post. My take is that serious B2B marketers are integrating social media and social networks into their B2B marketing strategy right now. Six months ago, this wasn't necessarily the case.For instance, I just interviewed Jean Foster, the VP of Marketing for BT Americas, about her use of social media and the specific revenue generating results she has seen. Listen to the podcast here: http://tinyurl.com/6klgye
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Comment from micheelgeorge (not verified) on Wed, 09/10/2008 - 06:20
First, social media is a set of tools that comes with a notion of how those tools might be used (more personable and less cold, hard business). But once we get past that definition, it's important to realize that social media tools are a great way to build relationships of trust and develop business connections long in advance of needing them.-----------micheelbuzz marketting
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Comment from Wilson (not verified) on Thu, 11/06/2008 - 18:12
At the end of the day, even b2b's need to add value for their clients and ensure that those relationships are strong and of value.Various components of social media offer b2b's a great opportunity to be at the forefront of helping to create new philosophies and strategies in how they communicate and connect with their customers.We are definitely finding traction with b2b's wanting to get more involved in social media but they are hesitant and are still thinking that social media should command more of the "experimental marketing" dollars rather than integrating it has a normal marketing expenditure. What the community needs is a couple of successful fully integrated social media marketing campaigns to serve as an example of b2b's utilizing not just a few components of social media but an actual strategy so that you can dive into specific areas to see how those social media tactics and strategies affected their bottom line.WilsonBreakout Solutions
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Comment from Wilson (not verified) on Thu, 11/06/2008 - 18:13
At the end of the day, even b2b's need to add value for their clients and ensure that those relationships are strong and of value.Various components of social media offer b2b's a great opportunity to be at the forefront of helping to create new philosophies and strategies in how they communicate and connect with their customers.We are definitely finding traction with b2b's wanting to get more involved in social media but they are hesitant and are still thinking that social media should command more of the "experimental marketing" dollars rather than integrating it has a normal marketing expenditure. What the community needs is a couple of successful fully integrated social media marketing campaigns to serve as an example of b2b's utilizing not just a few components of social media but an actual strategy so that you can dive into specific areas to see how those social media tactics and strategies affected their bottom line.WilsonBreakout Solutions
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Twenty-five years after Stephen R. Covey's book "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" became a best seller, schools around the world are integrating Covey's model into student curriculum.
Covey has written other books since his 1989 work, including "The Leader in Me - How Schools and Parents Around the World Are Inspiring Greatness, One Child at a Time." In it, Covey shares the story of how a North Carolina school incorporated the seven habits into its curriculum in 1999. The program, called The Leader in Me, has since spread to hundreds of schools.
Warren County and Bowling Green schools were the first in Kentucky to utilize the program. Paducah Independent Schools leaders are looking at the Warren County model and considering bringing it into classrooms here.
Will Black, assistant superintendent of instructional programs, said Paducah Independent Schools sent a group to Bowling Green this school year to take a closer look at the program. Black was also one of a group of community leaders who visited Bowling Green last month and listened to a rave report about the program's effectiveness there.
The seven habits are: Be proactive; you're in charge. Begin with the end in mind; have a plan. Put first things first; work first and then play. Think win-win; everyone can win. Synergize; together is better. Seek first to understand, then be understood; listen before you talk. Sharpen the saw; balance feels best.
The program includes training materials for schools and an implementation schedule that helps schools build a common system for empowering students to become future leaders.
"We sent a team (to Bowling Green) to learn more," Black said. "We definitely believe that the "Leader in Me" has value as a tool, especially to help students learn what we call 'soft skills.'"
He explained soft skills are habits that fall outside of the traditional academic curriculum, such as goal setting, collaboration, community support and problem solving. Black said the program also includes the skill development of novel problem solving, which is when students take on a problem they have never dealt with before.
Although "Leader in Me" may not be a "silver bullet" for developing future leaders, Black said, it could supplement schools' existing models for helping kids succeed.
"We believe it could be an interesting tool, but we also believe it's best used with a comprehensive behavior support system," he said.
Implementing the program isn't as simple as giving kids instructions on how to solve problems and set goals. It costs money.
"We would probably have to have community support because it's about $100 a kid," Black said.
In Warren County, the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce has teamed up with the school system to help fund the program. In 2013 and this year, the chamber has been working to raise $1.6 million to fund full implementation in all Bowling Green and Warren County schools. It has an additional goal to raise another $1.4 million for new schools that may be built in either the city or county districts, which together have about 18,000 students in 36 schools.
The program can reduce disciplinary problems. In one Bowling Green elementary school, behavioral statistics showed a big change between the first year of using 'Leader in Me' and the subsequent years. During the 2010-2011 school year, there were 252 reports of misbehavior. In 2011-2012, that number decreased to 52, and during the 2012-2013 school year, there were 50 reports.
Morgan Watson, communications director with Warren County Schools, explained the district began integrating the program into its elementary schools in 2008 and is now introducing "Leader in Me" in its middle and high schools. She said school leaders can see kids citing the habits as they use them, such as "being proactive," or "sharpening the tools."
"It's really neat to see a first-grader say, 'I can't play, I've got to do my homework first,'" she said.
Some Warren County students used the model in a community service project which encouraged them to "begin with the end in mind." Watson said students grew out their hair, then received a haircut at a school assembly and donated it to Locks of Love. While many kids participate in hair donations around the world, Watson explained the Warren County students were encouraged to work together and motivate each other in growing their hair out as a part of the leadership model.
The program also incorporates career preparedness. The participating schools host career days, where students can learn how area residents entered their professions.
Day-to-day activities include jobs for some students. A student who may be interested in becoming a reporter can make the school announcements, for example. In the case of one young student who had a tendency to get in trouble for talking a lot in class, teachers told the student "talking is your strength." In reward for not speaking out in class throughout the week, the youngster was allowed to answer phones in the school office at the end of the week.
"It gives them a way to use their strengths," Watson said.
Ultimately, the program is about helping kids better understand they are in control of their futures.
"It teaches kids to take responsibility for their own lives," Watson said. "And it makes more successful members in our community."
While leaders in the Bowling Green area seem excited about the program's current strategies and potential impact, Black noted that "Leader in Me" isn't the only model for developing leadership skills. However, it is one that has been endorsed by many business leaders, particularly because of the fame of Covey's "Seven Habits."
"It does have potential to really support kids effectively and to create kind of a common language among the schools," Black said. "We're definitely taking a look at it."
Contact Lauren Duncan, Paducah Sun staff writer, at 270-575-8692 or follow @laurenpduncan on Twitter.
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I received the following email from this company, threatening to press legal charges for a debt. When I calle them, the gentleman answered "hello" and did not provide a business name. I provided the account number from the email, and he immediately started talking about the debt. I am fairly well aware of FDCPA collection practices, and asked him why he started discussing a debt without verifying who he was speaking to because I may not be the individual who owns the debt. He said he would look into it and "call me back later" then hung up...but he never got my phone number. I then proceeded to call back and ask for the mailing address to send a cease and desist letter, he gave me a completely false address and then hung up on me again!
Case File: A-096088; SI-WC-7310;
Total Outstanding: - $955.75
Case File Transferred: - July 2013
Loan Company: - ACS INC.
As we put your SSN into our National Checking Database System, we found that you have been never charged for a fraud activity & that is the reason Court has decided to give you a chance to take care of this issue outside the Court without having a report on your Credit History and SSN. Now if you want to take care of this issue than you have to pay an out of Court Restitution Amount which includes the late payment charges, penalty charges, interest rate on the loan amount and actual loan amount = Restitution Amount which is $955.75 or else the lawsuit amount which is about $4203.86 WILL BE DOWNLOADED AGAINST YOU. If you want to settle this matter today itself, then you can get some percent deduction on the Restitution Amount and you can take care of this issue by making the payment of the Settlement Amount today. You have to send us a promissory note to stop your case file temporarily out of the court house. So get back to us ASAP.
We are very sorry to say that you are going to be legally prosecuted in the Court House within seven days. Your SSN is put on hold by the US Government, so before the legal charges get really serious against you, we are notifying you about these legal charges. But as we were not able to reach you so we are sending you a final notification Email. Your case file#A-096088; SI-WC-7310; and since it's a legal matter you will need our help, so call or email us right now to make a payment and freeze down this case.
AS YOU ARE A DEFAULTER ON THIS CREDIT, UNITED LEGAL INVESTIGATION BUREAU HAS STATED three SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST YOU AND THEY ARE:
Now, this means a few things for you. If you are under any state probation or payroll we need you to inform your reporting officer or manager about what you have done in the past and what would be the consequences once the case has been downloaded and executed in your name. If we do not hear from you within 48 hours of the date on this letter, we will be compelled to seek legal representation from our in-house attorney. We reserve the right to begin litigation for intent to commit wire fraud under the pretense of refusing to repay a debt committed to, by use of the internet. In addition we reserve the right to seek recovery for the balance due, as well as legal fees and any court cost incurred.
The Factual Basis for the complaints are as follows:
You accepted to return the funds from this aforementioned advancement as per contract.
And as per the agreement the funds have yet to be returned and the collateral has proven to be null that is to say of no value.
At present, ACS INC is seeking either of the following remedies:-
All funds to be returned as per terms of initial contract
Dear CUSTOMER as we were investigating your profile, we found you to be a genuine person so it is our duty to help you out but for that we need some right answers from your side. Also we would like to know when you can pay the requested $955.75 to settle this case.
This is our final notification to you as we found you to be a genuine person as told you before. You can resolve the issue by paying out of Court Restitution Amount/ Settlement Amount as decided by the Court House. You have to give us a flat answer without any excuse.
If you want to resolve this matter then contact us immediately during working hours .(Monday To Friday 9.30am to 5pm EST) on 1-561-300-8730 or reply back to this email.
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The largest mental health center in America is a huge compound here in Chicago, with thousands of people suffering from manias, psychoses and other disorders, all surrounded by high fences and barbed wire.
Just one thing: It's a jail. The only way to get treatment is to be arrested.
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Wednesday Recap!
Ahhh, halfway through the week!
We started off covering the epic douchiness that was the raid on Bieber's house yesterday. 88.6% of the internet was critical of the response by police to the egg-throwing situation between Justin and his neighbor the other night. (Yes, I made that figure up.) Sheriff's deputies showed up with eleven cruisers, many, many officers, and a battering ram.
A f*&$%ng battering ram?
Yup. A battering ram. You know... in case they had to take a door out. The Sheriff's Department held a press conference later in the day to try to explain why the response was so big. A representative stated that because the damage to the neighbor's house was over $20k, it was considered a felony, and that they were "responding in the same way they would to any other case, eggs or not." Sure. Sounds reasonable. Sadly, Biebs' buddy Lil' Za was hauled in on suspicion of cocaine possession. You gotta hide that ish. Authorities will review surveillance tapes taken from the home and try to determine whether there is any evidence of fowl play. (GET IT? FOWL? EGGS?) Somewhere, Aaron Hernandez is laughing his nuts off...
Are we rolling in money here in Massachusetts? Because last I had heard, we were bordering on broke. However, our fair Governor, in an attempt to stay ahead of the looming climate change (it's real people!), has created a $100,000 position for a state climatologist.
Yes. You read that correctly. Six figures. Comment below on your thoughts on hiring a state climatologist. Educate yourself here.
Finally, would you give everything up for a chance to move to Mars... permanently? We have talked about the Mars One project before. A group of Dutch scientists and engineers are trying to put together a crowd-funded initiative to populate Mars. They received 200,000 applications for the project, and have narrowed it down to 1,000 finalists. One man, Ken Sullivan of Utah, is now facing divorce because his wife (with whom he has four children) doesn't want to stand in the way of his dreams. Would you go? Comment below!
In case you missed it, here are some of the other topics we covered today:
Did Kim Jong-Un execute his uncle because he was in charge of a 'pleasure brigade' of young girls for dictator's father?
Man sues Unilever for Close Up toothpaste's failure to make him more attractive to women.
People get antsy when you have too many items in the checkout lane. Especially in FLORIDA.
The Bruins have been having a bit of trouble as of late. We'll talk to Shawn Thornton tomorrow morning at 8:15 during Thursdays with Thorty!


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He looks decent I just think he's up there in age already. What would u do if u were in their shoes and you had the #1 pick next year?
If they think that Weeden is their guy, I would trade back for a bunch of picks.
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Since the West Virginia game, Texas Tech has struggled to
run the football consistently.
Part of the reason is attributed to the players that have been lost to injury, notably TE Jace Amaro and FB Omar Ontiveros.
Tech head coach Tommy Tuberville has said in recent weeks that they will look to add depth at TE and FB with the signing class of 2013.
The Red Raiders are in the top 5 of the top Junior College TE in the country, 6'6'' 250 lb Beau Sandland.
Sandland's top 5 are Arizona State, Miami, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas Tech.
"They are all pretty much even," said Sandland, who caught 3 passes for 20 yards and a TD Saturday to conclude Pierce's 9-2 season.
Now that the season is over for Pierce, Sandland will travel the two weekends after Thanksgiving with a trip to Miami the weekend of Nov. 30 and Texas Tech December 7-9 before Junior College signing day on December 19th.
Sandland took visits before the season to OU and Nebraska and visited Ole Miss during Pierce's bye week.
What is Sandland looking for from a college program?
"Playing time," said the native Californian. "I've only got two years to prove myself and can't afford to spend them sitting behind someone."
In addition to playing time, he also wants a system that throws the ball, good campus, and a position coach who he enjoys working with, which in this case is the coach who is talking to him most frequently; inside wide recievers coach Sonny Cumbie.
Tech fans may think that the presence of Jace Amaro may hurt the Red Raiders' chances of signing Sandland, but that's not quite the case.
"That might affect my decision, but they've (Tech coaches) told me they want have us both on the field together in 2 tight sets, as well as maybe even splitting us both out at the same time," said Sandland. "I think we could complement each other."
Tech breaking in a new quarterback in 2013 might be a factor in Sandland's decision as well.
"I've heard good things about (Michael Brewer)," Sandland said. "I'll look at that a little more closely after all of my visits are finished."
Sandland will be a spring semester enrollee for the team that signs him. The California native had 24 catches for 267 yards and 3 TDs this season, which included a 65 yard non-scoring grab. His most productive game came in October versus LA Valley where he hauled in 9 catches for 60 yards and a score.


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Triple-homicide case collapses
Key witnesses die, charges dropped
Charges against three Boston men accused in a grisly triple homicide were withdrawn yesterday because the case was weakened by the unrelated deaths of two key witnesses, the Suffolk district attorney's office said.
Jemald Allen, 33, of Roxbury; his nephew, Roderick Allen, 26, of Mattapan; and Antoin Fields, 32, of Dorchester were indicted last year and charged with the Sept. 4, 2004, shooting deaths of Angelo Henderson, Jaison Jenkins, and Anthony Williams after a cookout at Franklin Field in Dorchester.
The case unraveled after two key witnesses died in what prosecutors called unrelated events. Prosecutors did not identify the witnesses, but said one died in a fight in Lewiston, Maine, and the other died of natural causes.
"Since then, prosecutors scrutinized the case to determine whether it would be possible to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt without the men's testimony at trial, finally determining that the Commonwealth . . . would be unlikely to sustain its burden of proof at this time,'' District Attorney Daniel F. Conley's office said in a statement.
Prosecutors are not barred from bringing charges again if more evidence is found, the statement noted.
In 2004, a Stratton Street cookout in the Franklin Hill development attended by children and families was sent into chaos when a man known to the suspects staggered into the gathering, shot in the face and shoulder.
Prosecutors alleged that the three suspects, outraged by the man's shooting, went looking for revenge and shot and killed three men who were sitting in a minivan on Floyd Street.
Officials asked anyone with information on the slayings to contact the Boston police homicide unit at 617-343-4770 or text the word TIP to CRIME (27463).
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Offering an outdoor pool and views of the sea, Kijiji Beach Resort is located in Dar es Salaam, 0.7 miles from Small Supermarket. The resort has a private beach area and water sports facilities, and guests can enjoy a meal at the restaurant or a drink at the bar. Some units have a seating area for your convenience. Enjoy a cup of tea while looking out at the pool or garden. The rooms include a private bathroom. For your comfort, you will find free toiletries and a hairdryer. Kijiji Beach Resort features free WiFi . There is a 24-hour front desk at the property. Bike hire is available at this resort and the area is popular for snorkelling. The resort also offers car hire. Markets South Beach is 3.1 miles from Kijiji Beach Resort, while Kigamboni Ferry (South Bank) is 3.7 miles away. The nearest airport is Julius Nyerere International Airport, 10.6 miles from the property.


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JS Bach's 'St Matthew Passion', BWV244b (early version, 1727) is performed by the Steinitz Bach Players & Consort of Voices directed by Anthony Robson, with James Gilchrist (Evangelist) and Peter Harvey (Christus).
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In advance a programme note will be posted on the website.)
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Sometimes the losses are gut wrenching – like the loss to South Carolina in 2011. Sometimes they are not necessarily competitive in the second half – like the losses to Boise State in 2011, LSU in 2011 and South Carolina in 2012.
No matter how you slice it big games have not been going Georgia's way for a while, which is a troubling trend to be sure.
Now, it can't be said that Mark Richt can't win a big game – obviously a person who has one two SEC titles and two Sugar Bowls understands winning on the big stage. But those wins are further and further in the rearview mirror, and fans continue to have what-have-you-done-for-me-lately syndrome, which is fine when you win.
But the point remains that if there is one single problem at Georgia it is the Bulldogs' inability to win "big" games. Just what is a "big" game? Depends on who you ask, but generally you can feel it, and it is understood. I will point out that wins that are big an consequential i.e. the 45-7 win over Auburn last fall, the 37-15 win over the Tigers in 2006 or even the "We Run This State" win over top-ten Georgia Tech in 2009 – are never given their full due as often folks focus on the negative.
The argument could be made that any game against Auburn, Florida or Georgia Tech – teams the Bulldogs swept last season – are always big games. And that's certainly true to some extent, but in games with the entre country watching, i.e. Saturday night, Georgia is not doing itself any favors on the national scene.
Nationally, no one is going to take Georgia seriously until it wins a big game. The problem, but opportunity, is that the Bulldogs only have one big game left all season – Florida. Auburn and Georgia Tech look so bad right now there is no reason to have any snippy comments made about them. In those contests Georgia will almost certainly be considered the favorite. That likely won't be the case against the Gators, but time will tell on that.
So Georgia's season, like last year and most years, will come down to its performance against Florida. A win may well put Georgia back in Atlanta for to play for the SEC Championship. A loss will go a long way to cement the thinking that Georgia simply can't win the big game.


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Date of Stay: April, 2011
We stayed at the park for 3 days and found it to be an excellent location for the I-10 traveler. There is a Supermarket just down the Hwy from the park along with multiple fuel locations. The park is clean and has excellent cable TV provided in you rate. Large trees provide nice shady spots. We would most certainly stay here again if we are in the area. $15 rate reflects the Passport America rate.
Date of Stay: March, 2011
We have stayed at this park 3 times and always find the manager to be top notch. It is quiet and away from highway noise and close to San Antonio shopping. There are large grassy areas to exercise your pet's and yourself. We will always stay here when we are in the area.


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Second-Quarter Preview
The game isn't over yet, but let's declare victory for the first quarter and defeat for the second.
Based on the companies in the S&P 500 index that have reported so far, the first quarter looks very good and appears set to post a 13.7% year-over-year operating earnings gain, marking the 16th consecutive quarter of double-digit gains.
In the quarter, all 10 sectors posted increased earnings. Two-thirds of the companies beat Wall Street's consensus estimates, and three-quarters beat their results from a year ago. Energy sector earnings were up 39%, and those for health care companies rose 23%. Even the materials sector, which has been struggling for the past two quarters, managed a 4.5% gain.
Overall, the S&P 500 has put up four straight months of gains, to produce a 5.6% year-to-date total return (through April). So break out the non-alcoholic champagne, and let's celebrate. It's got to be non-alcoholic because we need to keep a close eye on the second quarter, which we think is not going to be as much fun.
Consumer spending, which made the 16 consecutive quarters of gains possible, is slowing down, from 5.5% growth in the first quarter to an estimated 3.2% in the second period. The first quarter started off with income taxes due, much higher winter heating costs in spite of reduced use, and near-record-high gasoline prices. Add flat income numbers, and you've got a recipe for reduced consumer spending, which we think should quickly translate into lower corporate profits for the second quarter.
There are also a couple of new wrinkles for the second quarter. The first is the rising number of companies that have reduced their share count. The $8.4 billion first-quarter profit that ExxonMobil (XOM) recently reported represented a 6.9% increase from a year earlier, but the company's per-share earnings gain was 12%. That's because ExxonMobil reduced its share count by 4.6%. This also affected the oil giant's price-to-earnings ratio because that valuation measure is calculated using earnings per share. We expect more than 100 stocks in the S&P 500 to be in a similar situation in the second quarter.
Another wrinkle is cash. Cash on the balance sheet continues to go up, and now stands at an all-time high for the S&P industrials (the S&P 500, excluding financial services). So at this point, we also need to look at the impact of interest income. At current levels, income from a 5% instrument, reduced by the statutory tax rate, would increase earnings by 3.9%.
Considering the share buyback situation, upcoming headlines may not tell the full story. We think investors need to review a company's income statement to see where the earnings growth is coming from. In our view, companies will be hard pressed to maintain the double-digit growth that investors want to see. Two of the ways they achieve this growth -- share count reductions and interest income -- are legitimate, but they are also quite different from income derived from the company's business operations. We think investors should look for solid earned income growth and be a bit wary of growth from short-term fixes.


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How in 2012 you can make menus and features as So bad :!
I made the mistake of purchasing a 37pfl ... Now we must deal with.
So here are some questions, if you know;
* Can we change this prehistoric USER interface ? How see informations program when changing program ?
* Why updates do not rule mentioned problems? (example: Sound Off sometimes , standby after poweroff... )
* Registration is Vimeo not working
* Can not change méteo of page welcomes
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Bruins set lineup for Maple Leafs preseason tilt
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Blake Wheeler leads a Boston Bruins traveling party for a Wednesday night preseason game against the Toronto Maple Leafs following up on Tuesday night's 2-1 win over the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. Wheeler, Byron Bitz, Brad Marchand, Jamie Arniel and Vladimir Sobotka will play among the forward group for the second straight game, and both Matt Hunwick and Adam McQuaid will play for the second straight day.
The B's players getting their first taste of preseason action include: Steve Begin, Patrice Bergeron, Drew Larman, Guillaume Lefebvre, Jeff LoVecchio, Michael Ryder and Shawn Thornton at forward, and Derek Morris, Mark Stuart, Dennis Wideman and Any Wozniewski on defense. Dany Sabourin is expected to get the call between the pipes for the Bruins, and will play the whole game as Tuukka Rask did Tuesday night against the Rangers.
"I think we saw a lot of good things from the younger players (against the Rangers)," said B's coach Claude Julien. "Of course Max Sauve had the game-winning goal, but more than that probably surpassed what we expected from him and played well. Tuukka played well between the pipes, and Brad Marchand played well. Zach Hamill made some plays and he continued what he started at the rookie camps.
"You could see the Penners and the Bodnarchuks, you could see they have a year of pro under their belts and they were able to handle the pressure of the forecheck a lot better."


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