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Just weeks ago, political pundits did not give Sonia Gandhi, the widow of assassinated former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, a ghost of a chance of forming a government in the world's largest democracy.
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The Gandhi-Nehru dynasty, India's Kennedys, have ruled India for 35 of the 57 years the country has been independent: Rajiv Gandhi was the son of former prime minister Indira Gandhi and grandson of Jawaharal Nehru, the first prime minister.
Indira Gandhi was one of India's most influential prime ministers and the once reclusive Sonia Gandhi seems to have modelled herself on her mother-in-law who was killed by her own security guards in 1984.
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Platform Lets Users Shop Online In Real-Time With Friends
Start-up BevyUp harnesses social networks to recreate the social nature of brick and mortar shopping with e-retailers.
Social shopping is taking the web by storm. We've grown increasingly comfortable with new websites and apps capturing this thriving area of technological innovation. BevyUp is one such start-up that has been in development for the past year by a handful of ex-Microsoft employees. The start-up seeks to enable shoppers browse and buy online alongside their friends, in real time across channels like Pinterest, Facebook, and Twitter to complete multiparty purchasing decisions. BevyUp provides a layer within the user's browser that moves seamlessly from websites and social media platforms; users can share their screen, activate the webcam, and mark various items they're interested in purchasing.
Founder Mauricio Cuevas tells the story of how he was bed-ridden following surgery and his sister asked for his help in purchasing a video camera online, "we spent nearly two hours exchanging URLs via email and text, talking on Skype and separately browsing websites. We still weren't able to come to a consensus and make an online purchase. That's when I knew there was a business opportunity to create technology that helps shoppers browse and buy items online together… Our goal is to recreate the social shopping experience of brick-and-mortar retail stores on ecommerce sites." Read our interview with BevyUp below to find out how their start-up is differentiated from other social shopping experiences.
How and when did shopping stop being social?
Shopping in brick-and-mortar stores has always been a social experience. And it still is. Online shopping is a different story. We know people want a social, collaborative experience when they shop online because they are using social networks and tools, like Pinterest, Twitter, Facebook, etc., to help them make purchase decisions. But these tools are not designed for collaborative shopping. Meanwhile, online retailers are losing out. Since social shopping interactions are not taking place on their websites, a treasure chest of business intelligence on buying sentiments and preferences is staying locked up on these social media sites and in email exchanges and phone conversations. So online shopping has never stopped been social, because it has not yet become social. The technology has not existed until now.
How did your insights on peer-to-peer networks impact the way you designed your user interface?
We have used some elements that are common in peer-to-peer networks to develop the BevyUp interface, however the design is primarily based on volumes of feedback and online behavior we've gathered (and keep gathering) from end users. We are constantly experimenting with our UI based on engagement data and looking for the best performing new elements to incorporate into our experience.
How will BevyUp help bolster analytics and consumer data for your partners? Who are your partners and key supporters?
Many online purchases involve more than one decision maker, including apparel, travel, bridal, jewelry, real estate, and more. Often, buyers are in different cities, states or even countries. BevyUp layers a collaborative social experience on top of any e-commerce site by enabling two or more people to shop online together.
In addition to co-browsing, we integrate text and video chat, sentiment tagging (e.g. love it, don't like, good deal, too expensive, etc.), a tag board that contains items with the sentiment tags applied to them by visitors, and a "Shop with an expert" option. This allows us to capture shopper activity, and more importantly visibility and actionable intelligence into sentiments and buying intentions that drive purchases.
This consumer data has never been available before, because it can't be extracted from analyzing a click stream. This is extremely valuable information for our customers, the online retailers. It enables them to convert more sales and capture add-on and up-sell opportunities. We plan to create new revenue sources based on this data. For example, we will enable retailers to offer shoppers real-time and personalized recommendations, etc.
Tell us about the competitive landscape. How has it evolved over the past 5-10 years. Where do you see it going? Which of your competitors seems to have longevity?
Some products have offered bits and pieces of what the BevyUp service does, but no has been able to provide a complete solution. Furthermore, no one has been able to unlock and provide retailers intelligence on shoppers' sentiments and buying preferences for individual products. Until now they have been unable to access this information because it was buried in Facebook pages, email messages or phone conversations. BevyUp has a first mover advantage.
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Here at the Pay and Conditions for Higher Education Workers website we bring you all the information you might need as a potential or current higher education worker regarding your pay levels and conditions of service.
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Welcome to the Pay and Conditions for Higher Education Workers website. We aim to address the main issues of pay levels for the various groups of higher education staff (relative to each other and to external comparators, and their adequacy for recruitment and retention of sufficient staff of the right quality), and difficulties associated with existing pay structures.
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Valparaiso overcame a five-point deficit in the final two minutes to earn a hard-fought 77-75 victory in a back-and-forth game with Youngstown State in Youngstown, Ohio Saturday evening.
"Our guys just had the hearts of winners tonight," said Crusader head coach Homer Drew. "We found ourselves down five late, playing our fifth game in ten days, and we're tired and exhausted, but we stepped up with lots of heart and confidence and found ways to make plays and get the victory in the end."
The Crusaders found themselves down 72-67 with 2:07 to go after a pair of free throws by Vytas Sulskis, but Brandon Wood (Kokomo, Ind./Kokomo [Highland C.C./Southern Illinois]) got the rally started just nine seconds later with a runner in the lane. On the next defensive trip, Brandon McPherson (Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence North) came up with a steal and found Wood ahead of the pack for a fast-break layup to cut the deficit to one with 1:30 to play.
After another Penguin turnover, freshman Matt Kenney (Mooresville, Ind./Mooresville) had a shot blocked on the offensive end, but didn't give up on the play, knocking the ball loose from YSU's DeAndre Mays from the back side. Wood corralled the loose ball just over halfcourt and fed Kenney up ahead for the dunk to put the Crusaders ahead 73-72 with 49 seconds remaining.
Cory Johnson (Duluth, Minn./Duluth East [Iowa State]) made the play of the game on the defensive side of the ball, stepping in and taking a charge on Mays with 35 seconds to play to get the ball back to Valpo. Kenney then stepped up at the free throw line, hitting both ends of a one-and-one at the stripe in the final 30 seconds to secure the game for the Crusaders.
"Cory's play was crucial for us," said Drew. "He stepped up and took that charge, preventing Youngstown from scoring and getting the ball back for us."
The game got off to a rough start for the Crusaders, who found themselves down 17-6 ten minutes into the contest. Valpo outscored the Penguins 24-11 over the half's final ten minutes, however, to take a two-point lead into halftime, thanks in large part to 11 straight Crusader points from Wood in one stretch.
Coming out of the break, it was Johnson who was getting it done on the offensive end, as he poured in 12 points in the first seven minutes of the second half. Youngstown State hung with the Crusaders basket for basket though, even after a stretch midway through the half where McPherson, Wood, and Kenney each connected on 3-pointers in a four-possession span.
Kenney came up with a big play on both ends shortly thereafter, blocking Mays' attempt at a jumper, corralling the rebound, and taking it all the way to the rack for a layup that put Valpo ahead 56-53 with 8:30 to play. 90 seconds later, Kenney and Wood connected on back-to-back triples that pushed the lead to 62-57 with 6:57 remaining. But Youngstown State would go on a 15-5 spurt over the next five minutes to take the lead and set up the closing sequence.
Kenney had the best overall game of his rookie season, going for career highs of 15 points, eight rebounds and five steals while also handing out five assists. Wood paced four Crusaders in double figures with 22 points on 8-of-13 shooting, including 4-of-5 from downtown, while Johnson posted 19 points. Howard Little (Chicago, Ill./Stoneridge [Calif.] School) went a sterling 6-of-7 from the floor, including two 3-pointers. McPherson only scored seven points, the first time in 11 games he hasn't been in double figures, but more than contributed with a season-best eight assists while not committing a turnover.
"Matt played the best game of his career tonight," said Drew. "During our stretch of seven wins in nine games, we had different guys step up other than our top three scorers, and that's what we got tonight from Matt. He stepped up tonight, especially in the last few minutes guarding Mays superbly on the defensive end. His effort on both ends of the court really gave us a lift."
The Crusaders shot just 49.1% for the game, but increased their shooting percentage to 58.6% in the second half, as they played the final 20 minutes without committing a turnover. Valpo also regained its touch from behind the 3-point line, hitting on 10-of-18 (55.6%) from downtown for the game.
"It was a big key not turning the ball over in the second half," said Drew. "Obviously it was a superb job by our entire team on the offensive end maintaining control of the ball after nine first-half turnovers, and it allowed us to move and share the ball and make big plays offensively."
Youngstown State (8-17, 2-13 Horizon) got 24 points and 11 rebounds on 8-of-13 shooting from Vytas Sulskis to lead its effort. Kelvin Bright added 18 points of 6-of-9 shooting, while Mays also posted a double-double with 16 points and ten assists.
Valparaiso (14-14, 9-7 Horizon) has already matched its highest total of Horizon League wins, tying the nine wins it had in 2007-08 in its inaugural season in the league. The Crusaders have two league contests remaining as they continue to jockey for positioning in the final standings, both of which will be played at the ARC. The first of those games comes this Wednesday, as Valpo hosts Loyola at 7:05 p.m. The game will be available live throughout Chicagoland on Lakeshore Public Television, and as always, all the action can be heard live on the Valpo Sports Radio Network (WEFM, 95.9 FM, Michigan City; WAKE, 1500 AM, Valparaiso; WLPR, 89.1 FM, Lowell) and can be seen on the Horizon League Network. Valpo's athletic website, www.valpoathletics.com, will have links for live audio, video and statistics.


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Assembly Leader Urges Senate to Pass Dream Act
Assembly Democrats have approved a one house version of the Dream Act, a bill to give college aid to the children of undocumented immigrants. They're now urging the Senate to follow suit.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who calls the Dream Act a top priority, blamed opposition among Senate Republicans for the measure's failure to advance in the upper chamber and he said the breakaway Independent Democrats in the Senate, who are in a coalition government with the GOP, need to work to bring the bill to the floor for a vote.
"We're hopeful that this year, facing election, there are enough Senators who will see that there is wisdom in what we are sending them," he said.
Senate Republicans have said they have concerns about the program's cost to taxpayers.
Speaker Silver said while his Democratic members feel strongly about offering tuition aid to children of immigrants, they do not have a consensus on a proposal by Governor Cuomo to offer free college to inmates in state prisons.


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Seneca County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest in connection with the June 23rd 2013 murder of William "Bill" Kenny. At 0248 AM on 06/23/2013, Deputies responded to a shots fired called in by neighbors at 827 Hecker Road, Waterloo, New York. Deputies found William Kenny, age 61, the sole occupant of the residence located in a bedroom suffering from gunshot wounds. He was transported to Geneva General Hospital in Geneva, New York where he was later pronounced dead.
Police Monday morning raided the home in Waterloo looking for Ralph Garafalo He was not at home and was arrested later that evening. Photo by Greg Cotterill, Finger Lakes News Radio.
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On 08/20/2013 at 7:16 PM, Sheriff's Office Investigators arre sted Ralph J Garafalo Jr., age 57, of 429 West Main Street, Waterloo NY for Murder in the 2nd degree. It is alleged that Garafalo participated in the murder of William Kenny. Garafalo was arraigned in the Town of Lodi Court and was committed to the Seneca County Correctional Facility on no bail. Sheriff Stenberg reports that the Sheriff's Office is continuing to investigate this crime. Because of the ongoing investigation further details can not be released at this time. The Sheriff expressed his condolences to the family and friends of William Kenny.


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2005-06 - Swam at SEC Championships where she recorded a season best time of 23.77 in the 50 free ... Also swam on the 200 free relay that finished seventh at the Championships ... In meet against Kentucky, was USC's highest finisher in the 50 free (third place) ... Swam a season best in the 100 breast with a time of 1:08.57 at UGA Invite ... Posted a time of 53.20 in the 100 free at Kentucky meet ... SEC Academic Honor Roll.
2004-05 - Contributed in sprint freestyle events in first season ... Placed 24th at SEC Championships in 50 freestyle as well as 29th in the 100 freestyle ... Secured season best times at Bulldog Invitational ... Second best time on the team in 100 freestyle (50.93) and third best time in 50 freestyle (23.58) ... Member of 200 freestyle relay at SEC Championships ... Named to 2005 SEC Freshmen Academic Honor Roll.
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Stanley Black & Decker Acquires Craftsman Tools from Sears for 900 Million Dollars
Its no surprise to people that buy tools regularly that Sears has been in bad shape for years, and that Sears selling its popular brands was something that was going to happen eventually. Everyone has heard of Kennmore, Craftsman, and Diehard it was just a matter of if and when Sears had to sell those brand names. The surprising thing is SBD aka Stanley Black and Decker bought Craftsman so soon after just acquiring the tool arm of Newell Rubbermaid which included the brands Irwin, Lenox, and Hilmore. The Craftsman purchase is more interesting because they sell tools from...Read More


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Olivia Munn's new PETA Ad Campaign
Olivia Munn is one of the latest celebrities who have stripped down for the animal rights group PETA. The sexy new PETA billboard aims to help the outspoken animal rights advocates raise awareness about the unethical treatment of circus elephants and those that are on captivity. Munn's PETA Ad campaign attacks the circus for its maltreatment of elephants.
"When you look at something like the circus and everyone's laughing and there's color and there's music and everything seems so great. But when you go right behind that door and they're in these crates all day long and then they're getting shocked and beat just so they can get up and dance around on a ball … it was just so sickening." said Olivia.
If you remember, Sasha Grey posed for PETA on their neutering and spaying campaign a couple of months ago and now we're seeing one of the hottest chick in town stripping down for animal rights group.
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Matisse Recovered
MIAMI (AP) - Two people have been sentenced in Miami federal court for the attempted sale of a Henri Matisse painting stolen from a Venezuelan museum.
Prosecutors said Tuesday that 46-year-old Pedro Antonio Marcuello Guzman of Miami was sentenced to two years in nine months in prison, and 50-year-old Maria Martha Elisa Ornelas Lazo of Mexico City was sentenced to one year and nine months. Both pleaded guilty to charges in October.
Court records show that FBI agents and an informant posing as art dealers were negotiating the sale for $740,000 of "Odalisque in Red Pants" with Marcuello in Miami last year. The painting was discovered stolen from Venezuela's Caracas Museum of Contemporary Art in December 2002. The original work was swapped with a forgery.
Prosecutors say Ornelas brought the painting to a Miami Beach hotel from Mexico City.
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Child advocate: Criminal Justice and Liberal Studies majors
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USC Sumter Bookstore. Contact Julie McCoy at 938-3753 or by email. Intern duties include: Receive knowledge and assist in daily operation of College Bookstore; Gain retail and merchandising experience; Learn and assist in inventory control and receiving; Assist in bookkeeping practices; and acquire POS experience.
Intern for the USC Sumter Marketing Department. Contact Misty Hatfield at 938-3728 or by email. Intern duties include: website maintenance; writing and proofreading, graphic design, social media engagement, marketing plan development, etc.
To apply for any of the above positions, contact the Palmetto College Programs Coordinator Rebekka Taylor at 803-938-3771 or by
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Hey guys, I just Checked out the new 09 WRX lately and I am really debating on getting it or the MazdaSpeed 3.
I have a couple of questions tho, maybe some of you may help me answer them, that would be awesome.
Whats Different from the STI engine and the new 09 WRX?
I heard the new WRX uses the same Turbo as the STI, is that true?
Im also looking to push 350 whp on the WRX, you think the engine can handle it? or would i need to start renforcing some stuff?
If anyone with knowledge of the car can fill me in that would be great. My friends been pushing me to get the STI but i think the 10k difference is to crazy and i put in better performance with that money. i just need some advice. Thanks


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Defense Stocks: Hold Your Fire
By Robert Friedman
Defense contractors soared Wednesday after Morgan Stanley predicted that the Pentagon will permit them to generate operating profit margins greater than the current 15% ceiling.
The Pentagon has been working to improve the financial health of the U.S. defense industry, especially after September 11. One of its latest reform proposals would allow defense contractors to keep a portion of savings from plant closings and other cost reduction programs. The government has responded by boosting payments to defense contractors and eliminating the regulatory requirement that weapons makers defray the cost of developing experimental weapons.
However, none of the major contractors are posting defense-related margins anywhere near the current limit. Moreover, always-shifting Pentagon strategies and Congressional priorities materially raises the probability of lower-than-expected sustainable defense spending hikes. Most defense contractors are trading at or above their sustainable cash earnings growth power.
Standard & Poor's is keeping its 5 STARS (buy) rating on Boeing (BA ), and reiterates its 3 STARS (hold) rating on General Dynamics (GD ), Northrop Grumman (NOC ) and Raytheon (RTN ). S&P is keeping its sell rating on Lockheed Martin (LMT ).
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Hi Deb, Mas often looks at these threads so maybe he will answer. He is in such demand that it is just hard to be everywhere. I live in AZ and I'm flying to WA to attend LFI II and will probably have to fly to LFI III later in the year. One of the reasons his classes are so good are the quality female instructors he has. Gail, his S O, is wonderful, patient and understanding.
In AZ, Kate often assists and she is as good.
The 800 mile trip is worth it just for the knowledge that if you need legal assistance and you are an LFI Grad he will never let you down.
We are trying to get him to do an LFI I class in S/AZ next year and I'm close to setting it up.
We are looking to get an LFI II in Phx next year also and that looks good.
Get to his class, travel is inconsequential for what you get.


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"Next Generation" LEDs (Taillights) from V-Leds
Hi there, does anyone have any experience with this supposedly next generation LEDs: V3 TRITON RED LED BRAKE LIGHT TURN SIGNAL SYSTEM | 1 PAIR
I have the Taillightsolutions LED kit with their custom harness and resistors and even though it's pretty bright, I wouldn't mind a little upgrade since I do a lot of stop and go night driving. I also want to keep their originals as spare in case one goes bad. Their kit is over a year now and still running flawlessly (knock on wood). I have a 2011 model, this is not related at all to the new model.
Here are the specs:
Extended Description: V3 TRITON RED MULTI-APPLICATION HIGH POWER LED BRAKE TURN SIGNAL LIGHT SYSTEM 7440 7443 1156 1157 3156 3157
Manufacturer ID: V3TR-PL3
Light Color: Red
In Package: 1 Pair
Operating Voltage (Volts): 14.5v
Output Total Lumens: 210lm
V Star Rating: 5
CANBUS Proof (Y/N): No
Color Temperature (Kelvin): No
Current Control: No
DUAL Polarity (Y/N): No
High Power (Y/N): No
LED Type: No
Oversize (Y/N): No
OVER Heat Protection (Y/N): No
OVER Voltage Protection (Y/N): No
Purchase Package: No
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The gentleman from taillight solutions confirmed by email these are really good and work with their kit. Just wanted to post my findings in case anyone is doing a similar research.
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yes this leds are awesome!
Triton v3 switchback Jeep GC WK - YouTube
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These would be nice for front turn signals on the WK2
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If you wish to use them in the rear tail/brake/turn light position (outboard), you will need to also order their ballast resistor kit ($20 for pair last I saw) otherwise you will experience the 'fast flash' issue with your turn signals, as the LEDs do not consume enough power to prevent the 'fast flash' condition.
They would work well in the tail gate (inboard) position as that is only a tail/marker light function.
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Yes, I already have LEDS with resistors. I'll post a follow up after I update.
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I have these in my reverse and in my parking/turn lights on my WK2. I have the V3, just received them this week.
They are very bright and the included module does add a load so you do not get hyper flashing. When I mention, "very bright", these are the brightest LED I have seen on the road.
I had an issue where one bulb would not light up white (parking), amber turning is fine.
I still haven't looked at it. Maybe one of the pins isn't touching or it needs a little dielectric grease. Be warned that the 744x adapters do not fit tightly into the factory harness. (Might have something to do with my white light not coming on...)
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I would like to see these demonstrated on a 2014 wk2...
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5k vs stock
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UFC 136 Betting Odds
UFC 136 Betting Odds: What a great night of fights The Ultimate Fighting Championship has in store for us, as two world titles will be on the line this evening at UFC 136 Betting Odds! The first, 5-round championship fight will be the third installment of a heated rivalry, as (13-1-1) Frankie "The Answer" Edgar [-140 ML] looks to avenge the only loss of his MMA career as he takes on No.1 contender, (11-0-1, 1 NC) Gray "The Bully" Maynard [+110 ML].
The UFC 136 co-main event will be for the UFC's Featherweight championship, as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world in (19-1-0) Jose "Junior" Aldo [-500 ML] faces former lightweight No.1 contender, UFC 136 Betting Odds underdog, (16-5-0) Kenny "Kenflo" Florian [+350 ML]. But that's not all folks!!!
The UFC 136 Betting Odds fight I'm most excited about seeing tonight consists of two of the best middleweights in the world. But that's what makes this a must-see bout. What makes this an automatic Fight of the Night favorite, for me, is the fact that I know, neither – Anderson Silva-killer — (11-3-0) Chael Sonnen [-275 ML] nor knockout machine (26-10-1) Brian "All American" Stann [+215 ML] will back down from going balls to the wall in this fight!
In true, Chael Sonnen fashion, the former No.1 contender sounded off about his opponent. But unlike his rants about Anderson Silva, Sonnen's tone has been much different this time around. The former NCAA Division I All-American wrestler speaks with tons of respect when talking about the highly-decorated, former United States Marine Captain and Silver Star recipient.
"I listen to all these prima donna, fake tough guys that are in the UFC. Guys that say 'I'm only gonna fight champions and former champions'… I will fight any man God ever made and there's not one other guy on the roster that can make that claim," Sonnen said during a UFC 136 pre-fight interview. "I think Brian is one of these guys that's a real fighter. There's nothing that I can do to scare Brian Stann.
"There's gonna be a red-white and blue asswhipping. I don't know if I'm going to take it or if I'm going to give it, or if it's gonna go both ways. We are going to fight! When the music hits those speakers on the eighth, I'll put my mouthpiece in, I'll walk to that ring and I will take care of business!"
The rest of the UFC 136 Betting Odds go as follow:
Tiequan Zhang [-145] vs Darren Elkins [+115]
Steve Cantwell [-160] vs Mike Massenzio [+130]
Aaron Simpson [-400] vs Eric Schafer [+300]
Stipe Miocic [-300] vs Joey Beltran [+240]
Anthony Pettis [-325] vs Jeremy Stephens [+250]
Demian Maia [-300] vs Jorge Santiago [+230]
Nam Phan [-225] vs Leonard Garcia [+175]
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Musicians representing five diverse cultures perform a concert in the new chapel of the Church of Scientology of Hamburg
The Church of Scientology Hamburg hosted a Concert for Diversity in their new chapel March 9, featuring artists from five different nations.
The eclectic mix of genre and style spanned the cultural landscape from Iran to Nigeria, New Zealand, the Netherlands and Germany. Each of the seven groups or artists brought to the audience their unique sound and expression, and the finale where they performed together capped the evening.
The theme of the event was the role of the artist in bridging cultural differences and bringing about a better world, as expressed by Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard: "A culture is only as great as its dreams, and its dreams are dreamed by artists."
The Church of Scientology of Hamburg newly opened its doors in a dedication ceremony on January 21, 2012, attended by 1,500 Scientologists, guests and dignitaries. The grand opening marked the culmination of the transformation of the seven-story Church into an Ideal Church of Scientology to better meet the needs of Hamburg's growing Scientology congregation and the community at large. The renovation and grand opening was part of a program to open Ideal Scientology Organizations around the world to fulfill L. Ron Hubbard's vision for the religion. They are designed to provide all Scientology religious services to their parishioners and to serve as a home for the entire community and a meeting ground of cooperative efforts to uplift citizens of all denominations.
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Henry Duesbury
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Henry Duesbury (a relative of the Duesbury family of Royal Crown Derby fame) was the Borough Architect for Derby from 1841 to about 1854. He designed Derby's Guild Hall, the Arboretum Square entrance and orangery, and the so-called Crystal Palace at the Derby Arboretum.
There are a number of other important buildings within the city of Derby also designed by Duesbury including the County asylum (built 1849-51) which became the Pastures hospital in Mickleover and is now converted into flats.[1]
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Alarm: Fire, Alarm: Security, Bath: Master, Bath: Sep. Tub/Shower, Central Vacuum, Closet: Walk-In, Den/Office, Dishwasher: Built-In, Disposal, French Doors, Jetted Tub, Kitchen: Second, Mother-in-Law Apt., Oven: Double, Vaulted Ceilings, Granite Countertops
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2013 USC Football Schedule Announced
Jan. 10, 2013
USC's 2013 football schedule has been announced by the Pac-12 Conference.
The Trojans will play seven home games in the Coliseum in 2013. Overall, USC's 13-game schedule features seven teams that played in a bowl this year, all winning at least 8 games, and four who finished ranked in the final AP Top 25. Four opponents will be guided by new coaches.
USC will play twice on Thursday nights, including once at home, and one time on Friday night.
Troy's non-conference opponents in 2013 are Hawaii, Boston College, Utah State and Notre Dame. The Trojans will not play Oregon or Washington in the regular season in 2013 or 2014.
USC football tickets are available for purchase on GetTrojanTix.com/football.
USC will open its 2013 slate with a Thursday night road game on Aug. 29 against Norm Chow'sHawaii team, the fourth time that the Trojans have opened a season facing the Warriors in Honolulu's Aloha Stadium.
Troy then begins Pac-12 play by hosting Washington State on Sept. 7, the first of three consecutive home games for the Trojans. USC then welcomes a pair of squads that last visited the Coliseum in the 1980s: Boston College with new head coach Steve Addazio on Sept. 14 and defending Western Athletic Conference champion Utah State and new coach Matt Wells on Sept. 21.
The Trojans return to Pac-12 action at Arizona State on Sept. 28, then have a bye before hosting Arizona in a Thursday night contest on Oct. 10, the first-ever non-Thanksgiving or non-bowl Thursday game USC has played in the Coliseum (the last time USC played a weekday game at home was the 2002 opener against Auburn on Labor Day).
USC next travels to BCS Championship Game participant Notre Dame on Oct. 19 for its annual intersectional clash before returning home to host Utah on Oct. 26 on Trojan Family Weekend.
The Trojans then go to Oregon State for a Friday night game on Nov. 1, the first of three road trips in a four-game span. After visiting California, guided by new coach Sonny Dykes, on Nov. 9, USC returns to the Coliseum to play defending Pac-12 champ Stanford on Nov. 16 on Homecoming/Reunion Weekend before going to Colorado (under new coach Mike MacIntyre) on Nov. 23.
Troy concludes its regular season by hosting crosstown rival UCLA in a Thanksgiving weekend battle on Nov. 30.
Game times and television plans for USC's 2013 games will be announced at a later date. All games will be nationally televised by either ESPN, ABC, FOX or Pac-12 Networks.
The Pac-12 Championship Game will be played on Saturday, Dec. 7, at the stadium of the division winner with the best overall conference record.
USC returns 16 starters from its 2012 squad, including unanimous All-American first teamer and Biletnikoff Award-winning wide receiver Marqise Lee, who set Pac-12 season records for receptions (118) and receiving yards (1,721) while finishing fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting, along with Hendricks Award finalist defensive end Morgan Breslin, Freshman All-American first teamers Leonard Williams at defensive tackle and Max Tuerk on the offensive line, tailback Silas Redd and linebackers Dion Bailey and Hayes Pullard.
The Trojans are coming off a 7-6 season in which they started off 6-1 before dropping five of their final six games.
Aug. 29 (Th.) -- at Hawaii
Sept. 7 -- Washington State
Sept. 14 -- Boston College
Sept. 21 -- Utah State
Sept. 28 -- at Arizona State
Oct. 10 (Th.) -- Arizona
Oct. 19 -- at Notre Dame
Oct. 26 -- Utah (Trojan Family Weekend)
Nov. 1 (Fr.) -- at Oregon State
Nov. 9 -- at California
Nov. 16 -- Stanford (Homecoming/Reunion Weekend)
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The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation announced on Monday, August 4, that it will open a new facility providing female inmates approaching the end of their sentences with transitional services to assist with their reentry into society.
"This reentry facility is yet another example of California's commitment to rehabilitation and better preparing inmates for life after their release," said department secretary Jeff Beard in a release accompanying the announcement.
The facility, to be in the newly expanded Las Colinas facility in Santee, is expected to open later in the year when the first phase of construction on a new facility is complete. A second phase of construction at Las Colinas will begin when inmates are transferred to the new facility and the existing jail is demolished to make way for further expansion.
The facility will house 82 inmates at its inception, with the possibility of expanding to a capacity of up to 118 in the future. Inmates selected for the program will have less than four years remaining on their sentences.
Aside from a few peace officers, staffing will be provided by independent contractor WestCare Foundation, which "provides behavioral and mental health services in 17 states and two territories."
Expected annual operating cost for the program is $2.4 million, which is not inclusive of facility costs.


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These lists represent the second rotation through the Group 5 basins and another step in the process of restoring impaired waters for these basins. Now that these lists have been adopted by Secretarial Order, the Department staff will begin developing TMDLs for waters on the verified list. A TMDL represents the maximum amount of pollutant loading that can be discharged to a water body and have its designated uses be met. After TMDL adoption, the next step in this process will be the development, by watershed stakeholders and DEP, of a Basin Management Action Plan (BMAP). The BMAP will specify the activities, schedule, and funding sources that point and nonpoint source dischargers will undertake to restore the water body.
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LA Times' Andrew Malcolm will make your head hurt, again (and again)
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The latest from Malcolm's never-ending low-ball attacks? This week, Laura Bush's former flak used the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor to ridicule Obama, because naturally who doesn't see the connection? (Well, Obama did grow up in Hawaii.) Specifically, Malcolm complained that Obama's speech last week about the future U.S. policy in Afghanistan wasn't like FDR speech to the nation the day after Pearl Harbor.
I kid you not, Malcolm thinks that rhetorically, Obama's speech regarding a tactical decision to send more troops to fight a battle that's been unfolding for eight years half-a-world away should have been just like when FDR addressed Americans hours after the country was attacked by the air. I think perhaps only Andrew Malcolm is dumb enough to actually believe his own premise.
From Laura Bush's former flak [emphasis added]:
Last week we had President Obama's less-than-rousing Afghanistan war speech, trying to have it both ways by dispatching more troops while promising a scheduled departure. And not once using the word "victory."
So here as a political refresher are two historic videos -- one about the actual attack itself by 350 planes from Imperial Japanese aircraft carriers more than 200 miles away.
The other video includes President Franklin D. Roosevelt's famous war speech the very next day, the one saying that Dec. 7, 1941, would live in infamy. And here we are 24,837 days later remembering.
And now a real presidential war speech from the days of radio when voice and words mattered more than looks.
Meanwhile, can we please take one step back and ponder the rancid hypocrisy of Malcolm supposedly longing for a "real presidential war speech"; for the time when a president properly rallied a nation into battle? Because here's the sad truth about today's right-wing Obama haters: If America were tested again like it was by Pearl Harbor, and if a Democrat sat in the Oval Office, you can be sure that Malcolm and his kind, instead of rallying around the president in the nation's hour of need, would help unleash mobs to tear the president down in order to score political points.
On Monday, Malcolm praised FDR for being "real" when he addressed the country in the wake of the shocking attack by the Japanese. But today? OMG, can you imagine how Limbaugh and Beck and Hannity, and the online chorus of professional Obama haters like Malcolm would savagely go after the Democratic president--instantly and without reservation--if America came under attack by a foreign power?
Pretty ironic, isn't it? Malcolm hearkens back to a "real" president war speech like the one given by FDR and wished we had a leader today who could rally the nation like FDR did. Of course, FDR didn't have deal with a political movement, fueled by well-funded corporate media (like the LA Times), whose entire political purpose is to tear the president down.
So Malcolm please, spare us the lectures about "real" presidential speeches, not when it's so clear that Obama Derangement Syndrome has you hoping America fails.
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Is this what dealer service dept expects ?
Does the typical BMW service department expect the following :
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2. Customer never ever opens the hood to check on the service work.
3. Customer just accepts that whatever work was done was correct.
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I just received mine back , am I asking too much for the following :
1. Oil was overfilled as over fill warning went off, I did confirm it was overfilled
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I only mentioned obviously the oil being overfilled, still awaiting an answer about
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Vince Carter, G, New Jersey Nets
The rest of the players on our list are but footnotes to the King of Depressing Players, Mr. Vince Carter. It goes far beyond his on-court performance, the lack of substantially positive results his teams have met with over the years, and the individual accolades and reputation he's accrued over the years for being what many consider a primetime scorer. No, it's much deeper than that, and to find it all you have to do is look into the man's eyes during a random Tuesday or Wednesday night regular-season game… especially when his moribund New Jersey Nets are playing a, say, Charlotte Bobcats or Milwaukee Bucks.
They say the eyes are a window into the soul, and if that's true, we see a broken man when we see VC. And folks, we don't tune into the revered NBA League Pass on a nightly basis to watch broken men put up 25 points in a losing effort on a bad team. It ruins our night, sucks the flavor out of our take-out sushi, and turns our red wine into sour, syrupy goo.
The last man standing in New Jersey from the old "Big Three," VC and the Nets are tied at the hip for the foreseeable future after they gave him a ludicrous contract extension that'll pay him $48.8 million the next three seasons, with a team option for $18 million in 2011. Unless they give Kevin McHale a call up in Minnesota, that basically equates to an untradeable contract. It was a desperate move by a desperate franchise that's made exactly one good move–trading Jason Kidd for a package headlined by Devin Harris–in a long time. If LeBron doesn't come in 2010… oh, we cringe at the thought. It's just too depressing to think about a team led by VC in his mid-30s.
Ben Wallace, C, Cleveland Cavaliers
He should have finished out his career in Detroit for less money; the precipitous decline in his once-famous across-the-board stat-stuffing from the moment he donned that Chicago Bulls jersey for the first time would have been a lot easier to stomach. Instead, we're left with this version of Ben Wallace, the 25th highest-paid player in the NBA (he makes more than teammate LeBron James, for one). He's a man who's seen his per-game averages in rebounds, steals, and blocks–the three categories he staked his reputation on during those All-Star years with the Pistons–fall off a cliff. Oh, he's also scoring even less than he used to… and we're talking about a career 6.4 point/per player here.
Of course, Big Ben is also playing less, too, but that's because he's simply not nearly as effective overall at doing all the small things exceptionally well as he used to be. At 34 years old, there's just not much left in the tank, and every time that famous Big Ben gong sounds in Cleveland, it's more a sad reminder of what used to be than anything else. An undrafted underdog out of Virginia Union, Wallace won a NBA title and a slew of Defensive Player of the Year awards to go along with those All-Star selections. For a six-year stretch, he was the face of one of the NBA's most successful franchises. Seeing him now fighting for playing time with the likes of Anderson Varejao is something we'd rather not endure.
More of the NBA's most depressing players after the jump…
Tracy McGrady, G/F, Houston Rockets
T-Mac, the 7th most well-compensated player in the league with a salary of $21.1 million this season, is finally, definitively, facing a make-or-break year. He was supposed to be ready to carry his team to at least a first-round victory in each of the past, oh, three seasons, but it never happened for various
excuses reasons: Yao was out. He himself wasn't even close to 100%. His teammates were too young / too small / too inexperienced. The coaching wasn't great.
Well, there are no excuses this year with him surrounded by one of the strongest supporting casts of his career. McGrady is clearly not the explosive player we've seen over the years, and his positively slow start to the season is not a good omen for his chances of finally, after 11 NBA seasons, advancing past the first round of the playoffs.
That's a well-known criticism of McGrady that we'll spare you much rehashing and discussion about, but it really does bear pause: never in his entire career has a player some have ranked in the top-10 in the league been able to rise up and carry his team past anybody when it counts. Never. Not once.
That's obviously depressing as it is. A look at his individual stats through 10 games, then, is like piling fresh shit on top of a long-decomposing manure pile: 38% FG (career low), 4.8 boards (lowest since rookie season), 4.8 assists (lowest since 2000), 0.3 blocks (lowest since 2001), 16.7 points (lowest since 1999). Sadly, T-Mac is also suffering a bit from the VC Eyes Syndrome, and that is not a good thing whatsoever.
Bruce Bowen, F, San Antonio Spurs
Outside of the corner three-pointer, Bowen has never been mistaken as an offensive threat. Still, the eight-time NBA All-Defensive Team selection took nearly three games to score his first field goal of the season; thus far he's averaging a paltry 3.4 points, 2.6 boards, 0.5 steals, and 2.3 FG attempts per in eight contests–all career lows since his 1999-00 season that was split between the Philadelphia 76ers and Miami Heat. Worse yet, the 37-year-old Bowen just isn't having the same kind of consistent defensive impact he's hung his hat on during this amazing decade of dominance for the San Antonio Spurs.
The fact that he's no longer the defensive stopper he used to be, and that the Spurs aren't going to realistically compete for a title this season, makes Bowen's lingering presence in San Antonio a little sad. This franchise's stubborn refusal to do any sort of meaningful retooling of their aging roster seems to finally be coming back to bite them, and though he's certainly not to blame for that, Bowen is representative of it. Owed $4 million annually for this season and next, we can't blame Bowen for not walking away from two big, final paychecks, but last summer would have been a good time for him to call it a day. Instead… this. Ugh.
Richard "Peanut" Jefferson, F, Milwaukee Bucks
There's something appropriate about Peanut landing in Milwaukee; it's the perfect marriage of a perpetually depressing player joining one of the most depressing franchises in all of the NBA. Yes, he's played for the Team USA Olympic team, he's even played in the NBA Finals, but there's absolutely nothing about RJ and his one-trick pony game that says anything more than mediocrity to either of us here at ETB.
And we know there's a lot of you out there that disagree with us. Hey, this is a career 17.4 points/per scorer we're talking about, right? He's shot 47% for his career and was one-third of New Jersey's "Big Three." That's all well and good, but he's also a player who hasn't done much to contribute to a winning cause in a long, long time either. Sure, he can put the ball in the basket, but given 39 minutes a night and 16 field-goal attempts, most NBA players with marginal offensive talent can too; give Gerald Green the same opportunity and you're going to get relatively similar results.
And despite his obvious desire to still be considered an elite talent who can carry a team, he just isn't. Elite players don't shrink under the spotlight as often as he does, like during last Saturday's overtime loss to the Boston Celtics when he couldn't do anything right during the extra stanza. It all adds up to a player whose incessant whining, flopping, and flailing makes for one seriously joyless watch on a mostly joyless team.
Jerome James, C, New York Knicks
An unheralded 7-1 man joins the NBA in 1998 after being drafted in the second round by the Sacramento Kings. He never averages more than 5.4 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks/per until the 2005 NBA playoffs, when over the course of two series he scores in double digits and flirts with a double-double eight times. In fact, at times he suddenly looks dominant for the Seattle Supersonics, such as in Game 1 against the team that drafted him when he finished with 17 points, 15 boards, and 5 blocks.
Of course, it was a contract year, but surely those relatively impressive performances had more to do with James busting out and announcing his arrival on the NBA stage then just auditioning for a bloated payday… right? Well, that little hoodwinking of Zeke Thomas and the NY Knicks sure worked out well for him and his agent–a five-year, $30 million deal–but not so much for his new team. A permanent fixture at the very end of New York's bench, James averaged about 2.5 points, 1.8 boards, 0.4 blocks, and about 8 minutes/per during his first three seasons at MSG, three seasons in which he's played in a total of 87 games. It's unlikely he'll even equal those numbers in this, the fourth year of his gift that keeps on giving from Knicks management. Only 1 1/2 more years to go, Knicks fans. Only 1 1/2 more years.
Joe Smith, F/C, Oklahoma City Thunder
Somebody please get Joe Smith off the OKC Thunder's roster. Release him, trade him, buy him out, offer him his full $4.8 million salary to just watch the games from the locker room–there's absolutely nothing worse than a veteran on the tailend of a mediocre career that never lived up to billing floundering away on a team as bad as the Thunder are.
Though he's still an effective post player at 33 years young, the former first-overall pick has been reduced to stop-gap status in Oklahoma City, a 20-minutes-a-night vet whose modest contributions could mean something to a playoff contender, but here mean nothing but helping keep the Thunder within 25 points in the second half. He'll be an unrestricted free agent next year, and is all but guaranteed to join his tenth franchise since being taken at the top of the draft in 1995 by the Golden State Warriors. That you just know that lucky #10 likely won't be his last stop, either, makes his impending move even sadder than it already is.
Shaquille O'Neal, C, Phoenix Suns
Loyal ETB readers know there's no love lost here for one of the league's dirtiest players of all-time. I've already written at length about O'Neal's casual rascist remarks over the years, his over-the-top braggadacio that most major media outlets choose to frame as innocent jokery, and the downright dangerous elbows, body blows, and cheap shots he's so fond of delivering to his opponents.
But you can read all about that stuff here; on a strictly performance level, O'Neal's ongoing belief that he's still the game's most dominant force is what lands him on this list of the NBA's most depressing players (seeing this 325-pound lug wearing a purple jersey doesn't help either). In the words of wise man 'Sheed Wallace, "that ball don't lie."
Yes, he can still power dunk with the best of them and has been dialing back Father Time's clock lately with some nice performances in Phoenix. But his output has undergone a steep decline these past 4 seasons or so, and watching him huff and puff up and down the court at 36 years old (and getting fatter than Chris Webber in his new NBA TV gig) is a bit depressing to those of us who remember his high-flying, above-the-rim days with the Orlando Magic.
And really–it's a little unbelievable that after all these years as a professional basketball player, one who's called himself "The NBA's Most Dominant Force" for a long time now, he still never bothered to learn how to shoot free-throws or to score anywhere outside the paint. Honestly, when was the last time you saw him hit a jump shot? I know, I know–he doesn't need to. Hogwash.
Jamaal Magloire, C, Miami Heat
We've all heard the "Big Cat" apologists trot this line out every time he lays a big ol' basketball egg and is subsequently released and signed by another team desperate for end-of-the-bench depth: "He was an All-Star 4 years ago, and he's still only 30 years old." That's nice, it really is–but the cold, hard facts surrounding this former NBA talent prove that his best days are far, far behind him. In fact, his days of offering any sort of, well, anything seem over and done with too.
The Miami Heat mark the sixth team Magloire's been employed by in the past four seasons… and he's currently out until at least sometime in December with a fractured hand. An All-Star during the 2003-04 campaign when he averaged 13.7 points, 10.3 boards, and 1.2 blocks in playing in all 82 games, Magloire has since bounced around between the Bucks, Trail Blazers, Mavericks, and Nets as a stop-gap solution that could never live up to low expectations. Whether he's lost his passion for the game or just plain lost it, Magloire is barely hanging onto a roster spot. Though in today's NBA it basically equates to chump change, he'll make $570,919 this year for simply being a depressing presence on the otherwise much-improved Heat.
Chucky Atkins, PG, Denver Nuggets
This season just might be the last season in the NBA for this journeyman point guard, and though if anything else he's proven to be a gamer over the years, Atkins is another one of these players desperately hanging onto a roster spot that really should go to a younger, hungrier prospect. Since joining the Denver Nuggets–his seventh team in nine seasons–the 34-year-old, pint-sized PG has played in a whopping 24 of 90 regular-season games due to injury; his latest malady, a surgically repaired right knee, has him out indefinitely with no definitive timetable for his return announced.
He's on the last year of a contract that'll see him collect $3.4 million for simply rehabbing his knee and sitting on the bench in a well-tailored suit, and you have to believe the Nuggets–or any other reasonable team with a plan for the future–won't be in a hurry to sign an aging, undersized, injury-prone guard sporting a career field-goal percentage of 41.5%. Seeing him languishing on the bench in street clothes makes us sad enough as it is, but if he comes back and reinjures himself again, we just might never be able to watch another Nuggets game until he's been removed from the public eye.
Other Players Who Make Us Sad:
– Mark Madsen, F, Minnesota Timberwolves
– Austin Croshere, F, Milwaukee Bucks
– Sean May, F, Charlotte Bobcats
– Jeff Foster, F/C, Indiana Pacers
– Quentin Richardson, G, New York Knicks
– Tony Battie, C, Orlando Magic
– Mark Blount, C, Miami Heat
– Chris Mihm, C, Los Angeles Lakers
– Robert Horry, F, San Antonio Spurs (?)
– Michael Finley, G/F, San Antonio Spurs
– Donyell Marshall, F, Philadelphia 76ers
– Jerry Stackhouse, G, Dallas Mavericks
– Lorenzen Wright, C, Cleveland Cavaliers
– Desmond Mason, F, Oklahoma City Thunder
– Stephon Marbury, PG New York Knicks (Reader's Pick)
– Darius Miles, F, ex-Portland Trail Blazers (Reader's Pick)
– Brian Cook, F, Orlando Magic (Reader's Pick)
– Adam Morrison, G/F, Charlotte Bobcats (Reader's Pick)
– Steve Francis, G, Houston Rockets (Reader's Pick)
– Zydrunas Ilgauskas, C, Cleveland Cavaliers (Reader's Pick)
– Al Harrington, F/C, Golden State Warriors (Reader's Pick)
– Ron Artest, F, Houston Rockets (Reader's Picks)
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skelder (plural skelders)
- (obsolete) A vagrant; a cheat.
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skelder (third-person singular simple present skelders, present participle skeldering, simple past and past participle skeldered)
- To deceive; to cheat; to trick.
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Happy New Year's Eve!
Weirdly, I usually make resolutions in the summer -- I guess the explanation is that I was a student forever and now have kids in school, so summer seems like a time to reflect and plan and fall is a time for new beginnings.
But my blog runs on a calendar year, so I thought, hey, why not make some resolutions. Just a few, so that I might have a prayer of achieving some of them. Here goes....
1) Spend a little more time on social media. For me, this resolution is about balance. I had a very busy year outside the blog, and I prioritized posting and returning comments, so in 2014 I wasn't on Twitter, etc. as much as usual. This was partly a bad thing, because I missed chatting with other bloggers, but I also realized it was a good thing, because Twitter can be a place where ARC envy starts and drama lurks. So my resolution is to pop in on a regular basis, but not hang out there all day long. I'm just happier that way.
2) Run more discussion posts. I meant to do this in 2014, and then just didn't get around to it as much as I hoped. I love discussion posts, so I am really going to try to make this happen!
3) Meet more bloggers. I feel like I "know" a bunch of bloggers, most online and some in real life, but I'm always so excited when I find a great new blog. So I'm going to make more of an effort to seek out new people to talk to.
4) Try to read more books that I like. This is always a tricky one too. I like to try new things, but at the same time, I really dislike reading a book that I'm not enjoying. Toward the end of 2014, I started being pickier about requests. Then I told myself that if I was wrong about a book -- meaning that I passed on reviewing it and then read amazing things about it -- I could always read it later.
Okay, that's probably enough. What are some of your reading/blogging resolutions for 2015?


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Computer Aided Stock Analysis (CASA) 2012/2013
Southeast Florida Chapter Better-Investing
These 8 monthly presentations will perform a stock study of the company featured in BetterInvesting magazine's stock to Study for the current month. A Stock Selection Guide (SSG) will be completed each month, using Toolkit software. Over the course of the sessions instruction will cover the fundamentals of the SSG and continue through Adding Judgement, PERT (Portfolio Evaluation & Review Technique). Other topics will include Investor's Toolkit, Take Stock and StockCentral.
Register for al sessions and save $15
Session are on the following Saturdays: Time: 9:30 till 11:30 see map at right
Sep. 8
Oct. 13
Nov. 10
Dec. 8
Jan. 12
Feb. 9
Mar. 9
Apr. 13
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BetterInvesting provides investor education to investment club and to individual investors. BetterInvesting's local chapter leadership is entirely volunteer and seeks to provide this education at low cost and without any promotional bias to all members. Please check our website at betterinvesting.org
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