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Let's face it. Kids are expensive. On average, it costs Australian parents $557,013 to raise a child to age 24, according to 2011 figures from McCrindle Research. (In 2009, the federal government estimated it cost $384,543 to raise a child to age 18.)
The amounts are astounding considering that until not long ago, children were expected to contribute to the household and were not, generally, a financial drain on it. "From a young age, for much of human history, they would do household labour, whether gathering berries or getting water and bringing it back," says Dalton Conley, a data-loving sociologist, New York University professor and author of Parentology: Everything You Wanted to Know about the Science of Raising Children but Were Too Exhausted to Ask.
"From ages five and up, kids had an economic role to play in the household," he adds. "Today, as [Princeton University] sociologist Viviana Zelizer says, kids are emotionally priceless and economically worthless. They're just a big sinkhole of our time, attention and money, and yet at the same time, we think of them as our most important life project."
Why the shift? It boils down to the fact the economy now requires more technical knowledge, so children need more education than before. "[Kids] require a huge parental investment, particularly in this kind of economy where the stakes are high," says Conley.
"There are incredible rewards for those at the top, and life is stagnant at best or economically challenging for those below the top, and that also drives this fervour of investment in kids. We can't expect schools to impute all this knowledge. We know from the research that investments at home in time, energy and from birth and before are what actually develop kids who are successful in terms of this knowledge economy."
Conley took a scientist's approach to raising his children to make the most of his investment. As he describes in his book, he studied up on most major parenting decisions.
When should you have children?
Have your child in autumn and when birth rates are low. Studies have shown that children born in autumn live the longest, in both the southern and northern hemispheres.
Traditionally, mothers who gave birth in autumn had plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables throughout most of their pregnancy; another reason could also be that winter/spring babies are generally exposed to more germs. While Conley isn't sure if the logic still applies in an age when we import fresh fruit year-round, the benefit is too strong – the effect of birth season can still be seen at age 50 – to ignore.
And the other element of his advice?
Children from small birth cohorts tend to have more opportunities in life due to less competition. (The jury is out on the benefits of a child being one of the oldest in their class. While initially thought to give an edge, other research posits that it only provides a benefit during the early years, and that those who are young for their grade benefit from being around older peers.)
How many kids should you have?
"One of the most robust findings in sociology is the inverse relationship between quality and quantity of kids. That's a little harsh, but having more kids makes each kid, on average, worse off health-wise and academically," says Conley. "Everything a parent has to offer a kid is a fixed pie, despite what people say about how 'My love is not a pie' or 'It expands for each kid.' But homework checks and bedtime reading and emotional aid and regulation and all the things that matter in this economy are time-limited."
So, if Emma needs a maths tutor, that's a different equation than if Emma needs a maths tutor, Owen must take a course, Joe's school fees are due and Ava wants money for camp. But, says Conley, the number of children you have is one of many factors: "If you want four kids, go ahead. They're not going to be doomed, but we do know it's not costless."
How far apart should you have them?
The effects of spacing are less clear than the number of kids, but the general guideline is: further, rather than closer. "Here's an example where I did the wrong thing," says Conley. "My kids are 18 months apart." The closer they are, the worse they do educationally and economically later in life. If you have kids six, seven or more years apart, the attention and financial resources you can devote to each one are greater.
What should you name them?
"We named our kids very unusual names," says Conley, who named his daughter E (which was supposed to allow her to choose any "E" name that she liked, such as Emily or Ellen) and his son Yo (this name was meant to confound expectations since it is a Chinese name for a white boy whose full name, Yo Xing Heyno Augustus Eisner Alexander Weiser Knuckles, set a record for the longest in New York City files).
"Early research thought that was a bad idea, that people with unusual names were disproportionately over-represented in mental institutions and prisons. But later research showed that among well-off families, people with unusual names were more likely to be in Who's Who."
While Conley surmises that a child's name is one of the smallest factors influencing future success, he does say that in the US, children with African-American-sounding names are disadvantaged due to racism, and that boys with feminine names tend to have problems in school once they hit puberty.
"Giving your kid an unusual name is like putting it all on one horse or one roulette number – it's a more risky strategy," says Conley. "It could pay off in that they learn more impulse control, or people remember their name easier. Or it could lead them to feel different and unaccepted in a bad way."
Should Mum work?
Yes, it's annoying that this question still, in this day and age, focuses on Mum and not Dad. But, that aside, the short answer is, it depends.
"The net effect for lower socio-economic families of putting a kid in early education programs, in quality daycare, is that it's better for the kid and more cognitively stimulating," says Conley. But if the mother is highly educated, then giving the kid to a babysitter who's less educated, or putting them in a group-care setting, is less advantageous. The catch-22, he says, is that if you're highly educated you have more job opportunities, so it may not make financial sense for you to stop working to raise your child.
Some studies show that when both parents work, the offspring have more gender-equal outcomes economically, says Conley. But, he adds, "What's good for your kids at a young age may be quite different to what's good for your kid 10 years later ... and having two role models may be better than having somebody at home all the time."
As this question involves economic pressures particular to each family, Conley says there isn't one right answer.
Private or public school?
It doesn't matter. Some studies do show that class size and student-teacher ratio are important – the lower the better, says Conley. But studies of children randomly assigned to private schools through lotteries showed no benefit after the first year.
"Literally, families will move to a better school district or prep their kids – and I did this – to get into a 'magnet school', or they'll shell out a lot of money for their kids to go to private school, but I really believe it's like Pascal's wager: 'I'm going to believe in God just in case.' The research really doesn't show that reorganising our lives around what school our kid goes to matters all that much, but we do it just in case."
Should you bribe your children?
Maybe. Conley bribed his, but selectively. He paid his kids in gummy bears and video-game-playing time when they did maths problems. The risk was that he might have been eroding their "intrinsic motivation", but Conley decided that since he began with this system, he couldn't risk abandoning it. He also felt their intrinsic motivation to do maths was so low anyway that he needn't worry about eroding what hardly existed in the first place. In contrast, he would never offer them incentives to read more because they were already avid readers.
Research shows that when kids given cash payments had them removed, their academic motivation didn't dip. But that didn't make Conley feel comfortable enough to stop the maths bribes.
How should you handle attention deficit disorders?
Medication should be a last resort, which, for Conley, meant trying incentives, bribes and a placebo instead. "You could say, yes, the whole system is screwed up," says Conley, "and boys are over-represented in the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder group, and the educational system is not meant for boys who have more fidgety energy, and we'd need to have PE twice a day so they could burn off energy, we could have standing desks – you could change the whole system.
"When it was an industrial economy and you could make a living in a factory, education wasn't that important. But today, even if you work in a factory, you have to know how to do a lot of maths. So, there's more that kids need to learn and more that they cram into their heads every day for the first 18 or more years of their lives. And we need them to sit still for that."
Of his son, Conley says, "I resisted [giving him medication] as long as I could, but when he was going to be thrown out of his school, you buckle." Other families might make a different choice, as Conley's own mother did when he was diagnosed with ADHD as a child and she refused him medication.
Should you get divorced?
While the answer probably resides in your relationship, many couples do worry about the impact of divorce on the children. Conley writes that studies show the "eldest female child was the most disadvantaged kid in the aftermath of a divorce because of the added, adult roles she tended to take on". Also, that the children of divorcees are more likely to marry earlier and to pursue less education than if their parents had stayed together.
Conley decided that since he and his wife were getting divorced, all he could do was actively intervene, ensuring his daughter didn't take on too many household responsibilities, and that his kids stay in school as long as possible.
Still, when it comes down to it, he says, none of the above matters that much. The most important guideline is to make actions speak louder than words – to engage with your children in ways that show them you love them.


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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has hit back at claims Sebastian Vettel threw a 'hissy fit' at the team's under-performance in testing.
The reigning world champions have been plagued with problems in pre-season so far with reliability and overall pace both proving an issue.
There were reports earlier in the week that the four-time world champion German had thrown his toys out of the pram recently, something Horner vehemently denies.
"It is complete and utter rubbish - I don't know where that came from about Sebastian," he told Sky Sports .
"He is fine, he understands that there are issues and he is trying to help the team where he can.
"There has not been one raised voice, one bit of discontent, he has just got his head down and he has a huge amount of trust in the team."
Vettel's teammate Daniel Riccardo managed a longer stint in the car to provide Horner and Co. with something to build from.
"Daniel had a much more positive day, he did long runs, short runs and that was a step forward which allowed us for the first time to look at performance," he added.
"So there is still plenty to do and we are still definitely on the back foot, but we are pushing hard to catch up."

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Uttam Tambar, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Endowed Title W.W. Caruth, Jr. Scholar in Biomedical Research
Department Biochemistry
Graduate Programs Biological Chemistry
Uttam Tambar is an organic chemist with an interest in biomedical research. He received his AB degree from Harvard University in 2000, and his PhD from the California Institute of Technology in 2006. He was an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow at Columbia University (2006-2009). He began his independent research career in 2009 at UT Southwestern.
Dr. Tambar is interested in developing new strategies and concepts in synthetic chemistry to address challenging problems in biomedical research. In addition to making fundamental advances in chemistry, he will take advantage of the unique opportunities for collaborative research at UT Southwestern.
Laboratory Website: http://www4.utsouthwestern.edu/tambarlab
- Graduate School
- Harvard University (2000), Chemistry
- Graduate School
- California Institute of Techno (2006), Organic Chemistry
Research Interest
- Development of new tandem chemical reactions
- Discovery of small molecule drugs
- Synthesis of complex biologically active natural products
Featured Publications
- Total Synthesis of (±)-Trigonoliimine C via Oxidative Rearrangement of an Unsymmetrical Bis-Tryptamine
- Xiangbing Qi, Hongli Bao, Uttam K. Tambar J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011 133 10050-10053
- Catalytic Enantioselective [2,3]-Rearrangements of Amine N-Oxides
- Hongli Bao, Xiangbing Qi, Uttam K. Tambar J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011 133 1206-1208
- Tandem Catalytic Allylic Amination and [2,3]-Stevens Rearrangement of Tertiary Amines
- Arash Soheili, Uttam K. Tambar J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011 133 12956-12959
- Enantioselective (Formal) Aza-Diels-Alder Reactions with Non-Danishefsky-Type Dienes
- Uttam K. Tambar, Sharon K. Lee, James L. Leighton J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010 132 10248-10250
- A Convergent and Enantioselective Synthesis of (+)-Amurensinine via Selective C-H and C-C Bond Insertion Reactions
- Uttam K. Tambar, David C. Ebner, Brian M. Stoltz J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2006 128 11752-11753
Honors & Awards
- Sloan Foundation Research Fellowship
- W. W. Caruth, Jr. Scholar in Biomedical Research
- NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow
- National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellow
- John Harvard Scholar
Professional Associations/Affiliations
- American Chemical Society
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What if Terry Goodkind was purposefully showing us, the readers, how a brilliant, earnest, and well-intentioned young man could transform into that which he had once hated? What if we were being shown the evolution of a true fanatical killer? What if this was to be the greatest lesson of all, where in the final book it is revealed that Richard is the true evil now, and that someone else must now stop him?Would that be a mindfuck, or what?Alas, I don't expect this to be true. Goodkind clearly believes the Objectivist bullshit he spews
"My beloved brother who shares with me"- he pounded a fist to his chest "the tragedy of losing our own mother to fire! Fire took our mother from us when we were young, and left us to grow up alone, without her love and care, without her guidance. It was not some imagined enemy from across a boundary that took her, but an enemy of fire! She couldn't be there to comfort us when we hurt, when we cried in the night. And the thing that wounds the most is that it didn't have to be."Tears, glistening in the sunlight, ran down Michael's cheeks. "I am sorry, friends, please forgive me." He wiped the tears with a handkerchief he had handy. "It's just that only this morning I heard of another fire that took a fine young mother and father, and left their daughter an orphan. It brought my own pain back to me and I couldn't remain silent." Everyone was now solidly back with him. Their tears flowed freely. A woman put her arm around Richard's shoulder as he stood numb. She whispered how sorry she was.


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Hannigan Book Talk, Signing, & Party!
Jun 04, 2011
from 01:30 PM to 03:30 PM
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Join award-winning author Katherine Hannigan for a fun-filled two-part event on Saturday June 4. Hannigan will give an all-ages book talk followed by a Q & A with the audience at Decorah Public Library beginning at 1:30 p.m. At 2:30 p.m. Dragonfly Books will host a party- complete with juice, coffee, and cake- to celebrate the recent publication of Hannigan's third book, "True (… sort of)." Both events are free and open to the public.
About "True (… sort of):"
True: Delly Pattison likes surpresents (presents that are a surprise). The day the Boyds come to town, Delly's sure a special surpresent is on its way. But lately, everything that she thinks will be good and fun turns into trouble. She's never needed a surpresent more than now.
True: Brud Kinney wants to play basketball like nothing anybody's ever seen. When the Boyds arrive, though, Brud meets someone who plays like nothing he's ever seen.
True: Ferris Boyd isn't like anyone Delly or Brud have ever met. Ferris is a real mysturiosity (an extremely curious mystery).
True: Katherine Hannigan's first novel since her acclaimed Ida B is a compelling look at the ways friendships and truths are discovered.
It's all true ( . . . sort of).
Hannigan has undergraduate degrees in mathematics, education, and painting, and a Master of Fine Arts in studio art. She has worked as assistant professor of art and design and as an education coordinator for Head Start. Hannigan's first novel, "Ida B . . . and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World" was a New York Times bestseller, a Book Sense bestseller, a Parents' Choice Gold Award winner, and it appeared on more than twenty five state award lists. "Emmaline and the Bunny," which she not only wrote but also illustrated, was published in 2009. Hannigan currently lives in rural northeast Iowa.
For more information about Hannigan's library visit, call 563-382-3717. For more information about the Dragonfly Books party, call 563-382-4275.


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Ark City dentist Dr. John Seitz was back in jail Friday following his arrest for violating bond conditions in the protection-from-stalking cases filed against him.
Court officials said Seitz will spend 24 hours in jail before being released. He was jailed around 9 a.m. because he unplugged a monitoring device in place at his home.
Once he is out of jail, Seitz will no longer be required to wear a GPS monitoring device and other restrictions of his bond have been lifted, according to Cowley County attorney Christopher Smith. The bond restrictions were lifted at the request of the woman who originally filed for the protection order.
Seitz was not scheduled to be back in court until October, but there were developments in the case that led to a court appearance this week.
Smith said that his office protested the lifting of the restrictions, however they were removed by a judge.
Seitz was arrested because he unplugged the GPS monitoring equipment prior to his court appearance. He likely did that in anticipation the restrictions were going to be removed, Smith said.
Seitz was arrested twice this summer for violating a protection from stalking order issued by the court. He posted $10,000 bond and was released from jail.
He is represented by Ark City attorney Rod Iverson.
The woman with the protective order is a potential witness in an investigation of Seitz.
Authorities have searched Seitzs home and office and an investigation is ongoing, officials said. It is not clear if or when formal charges might be filed.
Mandi Rosenquist contacted NewsCow on Friday to say that she is the woman who asked that the bond restrictions be lifted in the Seitz case.
She did so, she said, because Seitz had been calling her or otherwise contacting her and asking her to lift them.
He was calling and trying to persuade me, Rosenquist, who has been in an on-again, off-again relationship with Seitz, said. I got sick of him calling and begging me.
I want out of all of this. I want it over.
Rosenquist said more than anything she asked the restrictions be lifted to spare Seitzs family further embarrassment. It was clear, she said, that his family was suffering and Rosenquist doesnt want that.
She said she decided to sign a paper asking for the restrictions to be lifted after being in contact with Seitz and his attorney.
Rosenquist, who recently has moved away from this area, said she originally pursued a protection order through the courts because Seitz and another woman were bothering her. She hasnt pursued any criminal charges against the dentist, she said.
Rosenquist added that she did not feel the restrictions were doing much good anyway, because Seitz continued to contact her. Investigators knew she was in contact with him in person and by phone, and did not take action, she said.


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This type of pocky (covered biscuit stick) is dipped in chocolate filled with bits of crushed up cookies. If you like cookies 'n' cream ice cream then you are sure to become a fast fan of this delicious addictive pocky. The box shown holds 6 individual packets that (If memory serves me right) contain 3 sticks of pocky each. THATS 18 sticks of goodness! A fun, edible replacement for candles on a birthday cake too!


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So what do you think? Does the song-of-the-summer "Blurred Lines" sound like this Marvin Gaye classic from the 1970s, "Got to Give it Up"?
Well, Marvin Gaye's family certainly think the two sound alike, so alike they have filed suit against Thicke. The Hollywood Reporter reports:
Plaintiffs, who have the utmost respect for and admiration of Marvin Gaye, Funkadelic and their musical legacies, reluctantly file this action in the face of multiple adverse claims from alleged successors in interest to those artists. Defendants continue to insist that plaintiffs' massively successful composition, 'Blurred Lines,' copies 'their' compositions.
The Reporter also got their hands on the court docs:
A New York Times review of "Blurred Lines" when it was released cited the similarities between the two songs:
"Blurred Lines" is influenced heavily by Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give It Up," and even with the producer Pharrell Williams's clean, large drums and a sizzling, naughty guest rap by T.I., Mr. Thicke can't help himself — he loves yesterday way more than today.
Also named in the lawsuit are uber-producer Pharrell Williams and singer T.I., or Clifton Harris Jr. to his friends.
The 5 Best 'Blurred Lines' Parody Videos
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MMA Forum - UFC Forums - UFC Results - MMA Videos (http://www.mmaforum.com/forumindex.php)
- Training Logs (http://www.mmaforum.com/training-logs/)
- - My Journey (http://www.mmaforum.com/training-logs/88382-my-journey.html)
My Journey
Hello all,
I am extremely happy to be a part of the forum. I have read some posts for quite a while and finally decided to step up to the plate. I hope that sharing my journey will encourage me, help me to learn from all the great minds and bodies on this forum, and maybe help some guys here and there.
A little background about me:
Recently graduated business school with an MBA (focus on finance). I am in construction materials, also volunteer full time as a Chairman for a pediatric cancer charity. Needless to say it is a struggle to train but I hope that this forum and logging my efforts and results will help!
My training background:
Very little wrestling in HS. Boxing club in college. After college I began training MMA, was very sporadic because of work but background in Muay Thai (very traditional school, my teacher was a student of a former Muay Thai World Champion) and started BJJ under a Renzo Gracie Brown Belt. I had been training off and on for 4 years and last year finally became "serious" and was training 4-5 times a week, usually standup 4 days and BJJ 2-3. My training now is less traditional muay thai and more "striking for mma" I'd say, more of an americanized muay thai striking structure. BJJ is also non-traditional - no gi, no belt system, grappling for MMA I'd say. The school has some good amateur guys, a few pros that come in here and there, and has a great work ethic and "family" energy that I feel can really help me grow. My schedule there will ideally be:
Monday - Standup 1 hr, Grappling 1.5 hours
Tuesday - Standup 1 hr
Wednesday - Conditioning 1 hr, grappling 1.5 hours
Thursday - Standup 1 hr
Friday - Rest or Standup 1 hr or Strength/Conditioning
Saturday - Grappling 1.5 hours
Sunday - Strength/Conditioning
Depending on how worn out I am I may try to also do some strength/conditioning on saturday later in the day.
While I'd say my standup is a bit better than my ground game, I am not great in either, but really struggle with BJJ. One of my goals is to improve in that aspect, especially to establish better "basic" habits and eventually become more attack minded.
My true strength is probably my conditioning. I feel I am fairly well conditioned, but another one of my goals is to become more "BJJ strong," so I'd like to try to concentrate my weekend strength/conditioning on exercises that will help me with my ground game. It would be amazing to me, and extremely humbling, to be able to compete one day.
So I guess here begins my day 1 of my training log. It's not by any means day 1 of training but it will be a great introspective experience to track my day to day training regimine. I would be honored to hear some criticisms, pointers and tips from all of you.
Thank you for allowing me to post and I look forward to learning and growing with everyone.
Can you describe your body, height,weight?
What sort of strength training do you employ?
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Welcome to the forum :) Nice intro post. I'm sure alot of our members that post in the training logs section will be able to share information with you.
Enjoy your stay, and if you have any questions don't hesitate to contact a staff member.
Welcome to the forum, atleast your not starting a fight with your first post like most.
Hi Luger,
I am 5'10 and after training weighed about 178 pounds. I am muscular, not very long arms/legs.
I was using "Westside for Skinny Bastards" by Joe Defranco as my strength training for a while. I have been thinking about trying to incorporate CrossFit. My conditioning is usually something like this -
1 mile run (8 minute pace)
3 sets of 3 minute rounds of running / elliptical / bike at a 80-90% max pace
Then I usually lift. Right now I really only get to do strength/conditioning twice a week at most. I usually will do core movements, maybe 70% of max but at a fast pace. I like to think that I am continuing my cardio training while I weight lift as I try to keep it low rest. I may do something like this:
Dumbell Incline Bench Press - 80 lb dumbells - 3 sets of 10
Upright Rows - 3 Sets 100 lbs
Pull Ups - 3 sets of 10
Weighted Dips - 45 lb plate 3 sets of 10
Standing Curls - 3 sets, 85 lbs
I have been staying away from squatting/deadlifting lately because of the punishment on my knees, though I have also tried to do incorporate light weight power cleans when I am not too beat up from my fighting regiment.
Like I said, I'd like to try a 1-2 day split that would be quick but would help me with my functional strength for BJJ. Don't get me wrong, my real problem is form and getting used to being more offensive, also stupid habits and mistakes that I need to get rid of...but anything at this point will help!
Conditioning at my school will be a lot of body weight or light weight rounds, typical of what you would see employed by many mma fighters today. Usually that last about 1 hour with 6-7 minutes of total rest dispersed throughout the session.
Any other questions let me know.
PS - Workout today was 45 minutes BJJ drilling, mostly sweeps from side control. Also rolled for 4 5 minute rounds.
I was looking at what you said about your strength and conditioning program you are on. Free weights are good, but you need to do lower weights with really high reps. You want your workout to feel as close to sprinting as possible. This is the best way to get your body ready for the strain of being in the cage. Instead of running before you lift, start running after. So your body is already sore, and you have to push yourself when you are tired to maintain that pace all the way through. The best workout for mma is circuit training. It is easy to do in a gym with weights. Set up some stations, and instead of doing all your sets on one lift, do one set at one station. Then immediately move to the next station and make a full circuit of it. Go through it as many times as you would do sets at each station. Hope this helps. I see your last post was in march. How is the training going?
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Mazda forums think you can't tune the new St
Long story short the Mazda tuners are getting in the focus world because of the new ST
They think focus tuners will be behind in tuning the new ST I'm standing up for the focus community
I listed all the focus tuners and this is what someone said
This is not a post to bash on any forums or Mazda peps
If you take this post the wrong way get over it
What do you think Turbotom
This is what someone posted
This isn't the old focus... this is a brand new platform. FSwerks has been building and tuning PI durtec engines.... this is a whole new ball game. The new 2.0 (both N/A and turboed) employ a DI fuel system. Which no focus has previously used.... however, this new Focus fueling system looks remarkably similar to the MS3... which Cobb just so happens to have a little experience in.
This is also the first turbo charged Focus from the factory. That means ECU complexity that FSwerks has never even heard of. STC has made a tuning solution (most likely the software fswerks tunes with) for every previous model focus... yet they haven't even released the software for the 2012 NA focus. They keep stringing everyone along telling them this is a very complicated ECU and they are still working things out.
Which would you rather have.. a complany who is familiar with building tuner turbo kits for port injected cars... or a industry leading company who specializes in factory turbo charged cars with direct injected fueling systems.
Maybe you should do a little research before handing out such advice.
uh sounds like an unofficial company rep to me.
so if that's true then... Cobb just magically knew how to tune Mazdas? NO! they had to learn the new structure, learn how to make the best results from it and put it out on the market. Our guys will do the same.
sounds like some of these guys can't wrap their heads around how computers work. its not that bad. lol.
Yep sounds like Mazda guys
Yes the new Duratec is a lot like the mazda and I have been playing with them for some time , Changing pump gears for more fuel PSI , porting the heads , built many of the engines for the Mazda guys
This isnt new and it isnt rocket science , I am of high hope that SCT will have tuning for the 2012 and the ST as well as the upcoming RS
In 2009 after a hugh pissing contest cobb released FREE tuning software but you had to buy a AP (Access Port) for right at 700.00 , I have seen and used all the maps and done tuning on them
All I can say is I hope SCT comes out with a good working product with access to everything needed to properly tune the New Focus ECU
Does SCT have Tuning yet no , will they have it I do feel they will after all if cobb can do it does that mean no one else can ?
IDK on the newer vehicle's, but on my old Mazda, I used Megasquirt, it was ok, no one near as good as SCT, but it did the job
I have heard Cobb is actually working or going to be working on the new ST software to come up with a tune. So if sct doesn't then Cobb will. At least that's what Cobb tuning says.
Im hoping SCT does, I've always been happy with their products in the past... I have ZERO complaints about SCT, thus reason I keep buying from them....
...good things will be coming from SCT.....that's all I can say right now.
Just enough to get me excited, and keep me intrigued
Cobb rep.... yeah I wish. Maybe if you took 3 seconds to look at my sig on msf, you would have saw that I own a focus.
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The Chief Sealth Seahawks hosted the Cleveland high Eagles in a Metro-Sound football match-up friday night. Both teams were looking for their first win of the season, and they both came with an aggressive offensive plan that produced big plays all night long.
Sealth got the opening kick off and went to work quickly. They set the table with a couple of runs then unleashed a 54 yard TD pass from QB WESTON REED to wide receiver LEEANDRE DICKERSON going up 7-0 with less than 2 minutes gone in the game.
The two teams settled in and battled back and forth for much of the first quarter, with Cleveland making it to the Sealth red zone four times in the first quarter.
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On their second trip, the Eagles made it to the Sealth 13 yard line. They went to the air and the Sealth's Terrell stepped up again, snagging the ball in the end zone for his 2nd interception of the night, keeping Sealth on top of the scoreboard.
On their third trip, another long pass to Daniels put the Eagles on the Seahawks 10 yard line. The Sealth defense held once more and the cycle started again.
Hoping the 4th time in the red zone was a charm, the Eagles executed a series that looked like another dead end with 4th and long near the Sealth 30 yard line. Going for it, Cleveland's Amonte Phillips threw a 30 yard TD to Zechariah Brown and the Eagles were on the board 7-6.
Sealth regained their offensive rhythm in the 2nd quarter. Starting from their own 37 yard line, Reed connected on a beautiful pass to ALLONEY BURRIS who finished the job with his feet for a 63 yard touchdown.
Sealth was up 14-6 at the half.
The 3rd quarter was more of the same aggressive back and forth. After recovering a Cleveland fumble, Sealth returned the favor when the Eagles' Latrez Darden intercepted a Seahawk pass and returned it 70 yards for a score. That made it 14-12 with 9:50 left in the third.
Cleveland went up on Sealth later in the 3rd quarter. Starting on their own 13, Cleveland QB Philips had a long run to the 46 yard line. After stringing together a few more good runs, Cleveland handed off to Rachaun McConico for a 17 yard TD and it was 19-14 Cleveland at 1:33 in the third.
Sealth dug in and answered on their next possession starting at midfield. A 14 yard gain by DARON CAMACHO gave Sealth a first down. Then, Reed again went to BURRIS resulting in a 30 yard TD and Sealth was back up 20-19 at 11:17 in the 4th.
The lead did not last long. After the kick off to the 45 yard line, the Eagles put together another set of long runs off- tackle and up the middle. Then Eagle Rachaun McConico got the call for a hand off and turned it into a 47 yard run for a touchdown. The two point PAT failed, and it was 25-20 with 8:24 left in the game
The last 8 minutes was a frenzy of football with the chains traveling east and west. The crowd fully engaged knowing either team could pull out a win. Ultimately, Chief Sealth was unable to answer and the Cleveland Eagles got the win.
Final score 25-20
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I was in the middle of buying books and the site went down. Can't go on it now. What's going on?
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Amazon is down
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Trust amazon to be down when I am having troubles with delivery as it is!
Amazon down!!
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www.amazon.co.uk is down here
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No pictures; just little boxes with ? marks.
No pictures on Amazon today?
no graphics
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Graphics not loading, links not functioning. Overall website is unusable.
Low graphics no images all other websites ok
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problems with images and other assets - site difficult to use, checkout non-functional
1257hrs 24 August 2015 no images on Amazon uk website and can't complete purchases.
me too
12.43, 24/8/15 - Can't download MP3s purchased using Downloader software, graphics nand backgrounds not loading properly,
Not working for me either
Amazon Instant Video is not working on any of my devices.
Amazon not working for me 12:02 on 24th August. Same problem, graphics missing and nothing loading
Amazon UK website not working properly for me at 1140 on 24 August. Lots of graphics missing, unable to order or prevew books etc etc
Yes Amazon-prime down August 16th
amazon down +ebay and others bt infinity
Amazon is down for me, has been for at least the past hour, we are on infinity, but it wont work on my 3g through orange either, also ebay, microsoft email, google intermittently, 4od, theres quite a few
Down for me too tried to access amaxon.com also same responce with google chrome.
Ebay Amazon Abe down, & others. But not BBC
Yep down for me. Can get bbc.co.uk, but not ebay.co.uk. Very odd.
My Chrome browser can't find Amazon UK.
I can't access any of the Amazons or gamefaqs.
I can't access either
Down for me and BT diagnostics says DNS server not responding.
Amazon is down for me too.
i hav not been able to get onto amazon for 2 days... is that just christmas? i am in essex.
cannot currently order anything from amazon uk
Trying to access Amazon.co.uk and is showing an error page when I try to login. Can't get to their customer service email address either as it brings me to same error page. Anybody else having the same problem still?
I was in amazon uk last night and suddenly it collapsed! Since then I cannot access it. I am in Greece
Can't get it... tried on two different machines
Im in south africa, want to shop for thing in London on line
amazon.co.uk appears to be down
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you can get onto the site but not actually search anything or if you can will return to sign on page when clicking order button
amazon uk seems to be down at the moment
amazon.co.uk has been unavailable for several hours. I'm in Shrewsbury, UK. I have no problems with other web sites.
I can look at pages but get an error message from Amazon.co.uk when I try to log-in
amazon.uk is not accepting my postcode for an order and i gotten a delivery from them before
Not working on my wii u's wi-fi connection. Add to basket option not working.
I have tried repeatedly for the last 3 days to reach Amazon uk, without success. Is the site down or being developed?
Just spoke to amazon : We are aware of this issue, and our developers are working on a solution.
These errors are normally fixed quite quickly.
I would request you to wait for some time and try to place the order.
There seems to be exactly problem searching on amazon.de from Germany too. A message saying "service unvailable" appears and that's it. I just telephoned Amazon Germany on their 0800 number but it took me a loooooong time to find out you can reach them by phone. They were very pleased. I think they should make a hotline public for situations like this, a sort of one click to fix thing ...
Http/1.1 Service Unavailable. thats what i get when i search
well all i can say is you are down right now amazon.co.uk then try searching something
how can you tell others to host with you!!! if you can even have your own site running properly
I am in spain and unable to access the service why?
amazon uk site is down just now and verified by this website. apparently they were not aware, bad time to go down as day staff go home lol.
Nothing is more irritating than having a costly high speed super dooper internet connection and being unable to surf to Amazon. Thank you.
something not right not loading up
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Final stage of payment for new order has been stuck 'Loading' for at least 3 hours, order remains in Basket, and cannot interact with Contact Us facilities to seek advice. Tried on off at power supply etc, no change.
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My name is Shawna and I live in the Pacific Northwest (the Puget Sound area). I am happily married and teach First grade I enjoy making jewelry and have since during my college years, when I first began making wire wrapped beaded rings and selling them at my hometown farmers market. My mother-in-law convinced me to sell jewelry online for supplementary income during the summer months when I didn't get paid working as a teacher. Since my husband and I love going to the beach and collecting sea glass we find, I decided to begin my Etsy journey by wire wrapping surf tumbled glass into jewelry. I have added many different kinds of jewelry items other than sea glass to my shop since I have begun. I also use cultured (machine tumbled) sea glass in my jewelry pieces. If you have any questions about a piece of jewelry you are interested in buying, I am always easy to contact and will respond in a reasonable amount of time. I dedicate my spare time to adding new pieces of jewelry to my shop, so check back often! I hope you find that perfect gift or self indulged treasure! Thank you for stopping by my shop!
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This weekend may be the time to pick some Wigan and Aston Villa players for your Fantasy team, as the relegation-battling duo find form and fitness when it counts.
After dreadful seasons the pair have no injuries, with Wigan's only first-team absence the suspended Maynor Figueroa.
Wigan were bottom at various spells but a 3-1 win at Blackpool has taken them out of the relegation zone - Hugo Rodallega and Charles N'Zogbia the key men for the Latics.
They travel to Sunderland at the weekend, with the Black Cats having just lost keeper Craig Gordon for the season and without a win in nine games - since they sold star striker Darren Bent to Villa.
Speaking of which Villa are at home to Stoke, with their Midlands rivals all-but safe and semi-delirious after they spanked Bolton to qualify for the FA Cup final: it would be foolish not to back Villa in such a match, particularly with the Potters still missing John Carew and Danny Higginbotham.
At the top of the table there are minor worries over Chelsea defender Alex and fellow Brazilian Ramires, but with everyone else fit they should have too much for poor West Ham: replace Alex with attacking full-back Jose Bosingwa or Arsenal counterpart Bacary Sagna, who both should be fit with the Gunners playing Bolton on Sunday.
And whatever you do sell Paul Scholes - his mad challenge in the FA Cup semi-final defeat to Manchester City rules him out of United's next three matches; Darren Fletcher may not be risked so your best bet is Anderson.


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will these work on my bimmer? 1999 e46
will these work on my bimmer? 1999 e46
they will work but they wont be a straight fit.
bmw have a unique bulb holder for their headlights,and this holder is incompatible with a hid kit.
you can buy a modified holder on ebay...or find a kit which has them included.
i got my kit from that very seller,but he doesnt seem to have what you need in stock atm :(
another point to note is,if you are fitting them in a standard reflector headlight,you'll need the H7R hid bulbs.
craigledden (09-12-2008)
thanx for the advice i did know about the reflector/ deflector however i threw the link in a rush as i was due to go to work. but anyway i will ring them l8r to see what he says about it
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Nottinghamshire face Middlesex at Trent Bridge for the first time since 2007in this week's LV= County Championship fixture.
The two county sides have met on 108 previous occasions in Nottinghamshore, with all but one of them taking place at Trent Bridge – the 1970 fixture was played at Elm Avenue, Newark, with the visitors winning by 61 runs after centuries from Peter Parfitt and Eric Russell.
Perhaps unusually, the away team have had the better of things over the years, with Middlesex boasting a 33-24 winning advantage, with the other 51 matches ending in draws.
"Kevin Pietersen's 254 for Nottinghamshire against Middlesex was the highest score of his career."
Nottinghamshire's relatively poor record is undoubtedly due to them going without a single victory between 1934 and 1955.
In fact, since that 1934 success, Notts have only beaten Middlesex at home on eight occasions.
The most recent of those was in 2006 when Charlie Shreck produced his career-best figures of 8-31 as Middx were bowled out for just 49 in their second innings, to lose by an innings and 33 runs.
That was the second time in five years that a sensational bowling performance had contributed to a Notts win in this series of fixtures. In 2002 Stuart MacGill took 14 wickets in the match (6-54 & 8-111) in a contest that began with Kevin Pietersen making the highest score of his career to date, an unbeaten 254.
Middlesex's chief resistance in that game came from Andrew Strauss, who made 110. The England captain, expected to play this week, also compiled a score of 120 in the 2007 fixture.
Owais Shah has also registered a couple of centuries in recent years, making tons in both 2001 and 2005.
Since the Millennium each side has won twice at Trent Bridge, with the other three matches being drawn.
Apart from Pietersen's innings in 2002, four other Nottinghamshire batsmen have registered double-hundreds against Middlesex in Nottingham, Arthur Shrewsbury (267 in 1887), Charlie Harris (234 in 1933), Joe Hardstaff jnr (243 in 1937) and Derek Randall, who followed his first innings score of 209 in 1979 with an innings of 146, second time around, the only instance of a Notts batsman scoring centuries in both innings against the London side.
A significant number of players have represented both counties over the years, amongst them, Mike Harris , Bob White, Harry Latchman, Lance Klusener, Dirk Nannes, Scott Newman and Stephen Fleming, who scored 151 for Middx in the 2001 draw here, before moving north to join the Trent Bridge side four years later.
The most recent Nottinghamshire debutant in the home series of matches was 16-year old Bilal Shafayat, who made 72 and 24 in 2001.
Nottinghamshire's highest-ever individual score came against Middlesex, when Walter Keeton made an undefeated 312 in 1939, in a match played at The Oval.
The last first class hat-trick taken by a Nottinghamshire bowler also came against Middlesex, when Charlie Shreck dismissed Ed Smith, Eoin Morgan and Paul Weekes at Lord's in 2006.
Milestones to look out for this week include: Graeme Swann (648 first class wickets) and Chris Read (694 first class dismissals for Notts).
Notts remain unbeaten after five Championship matches and lie in second place in the table, four points behind Warwickshire. Middlesex lie third, having won two of their four matches, and are currently 18 points behind Notts.
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Probably more than any other ground outside the Caribbean, Trent Bridge has become synonymous with West Indian success and a long unbeaten run in first class matches, a statistic that will next be tested during the Investec Test Match later this month.
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England face West Indies in a Natwest International Twenty20 at Trent Bridge at 2.30pm on Sunday 24 June. Adult tickets cost £25-£45, all under 21s tickets cost £20, under 16s tickets cost £10 and family tickets cost £60 (2 adults, 2 under 16s).
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KRISTIE AND JOE'S WEDDINGOctober, 2010 in Malibu
"Our wedding in Malibu was beautiful and we are so pleased that we chose to work with The Sunset Restaurant to have our wedding ceremony and reception. We hired Mindy Roderick of "Mindy Events", based in Westlake Village, to help us coordinate the details and hire vendors...she came highly recommended by the Sunset Restaurant and I, in turn, recommend her highly to anyone planning a wedding. She hooked us up with talented and amazing vendors to help pull our big day together so beautifully."
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Susie Cakes23653 Calabasas Road
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Coastline Music3131 Sunset Avenue
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"Scott Norris is wonderful to work with. He is extremely organized, professional, fun and was really key in helping move things along when it came to the overall flow of the wedding and reception. Everyone at the reception danced (which is what we wanted) and he played music that appealed to everyone's varied tastes. :) We highly recommend Scott if you are looking for a reliable and fun DJ at a reasonable rate."
Floral Fields1713 W. Magnolia Blvd.
Burbank , California 91506
"I am so happy that I was referred to Debbie Fields. Right off the bat we clicked very well and she was patient with me, as I honestly had very little idea of what I wanted with the exception of the color scheme. She also was very conscientious of my budget and working within these parameters, while offering me a few options to chooose from that fit my style. I couldn't be more please by my experience working with her. The flowers at our ceremony and reception were beautiful and beyond my expectations! I highly recommend Floral Fields."
John Boone PhotographyMalibu, CA, USA
"John was amazing to work with from day 1. He has a very innate sense of the couple's style after meeting them a couple of times and reviewing photos that he's taken of other weddings. He doesn't have one set way of photographing weddings, but does have a great eye in capturing random moments. I absolutely love our wedding photos (and engagement photos) and couldn't be more pleased. I highly recommend John Boone."
The Sunset Restaurant6800 Westward Beach Rd
Malibu, CA 90265
"We had a very positive experience in working with the events team at the Sunset. We couldn't be more pleased. Our guests commented on the lovely setting, ambiance and amazing food. The ceremony was lovely on the beach and the team did a great job pulling together the seating for our smallish wedding (45+ guests)."
The Sunset Restaurant6800 Westward Beach Rd
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"We had a very positive experience in working with the events team at the Sunset. We couldn't be more pleased. Our guests commented on the lovely setting, ambiance and amazing food. The filet mignon we chose as one of our main entrees was to die for and our guests raved about it. The staff who took very care of us during the reception! They were incredible and highly professional. Overall, everyone had a ton of fun and commented on the beauty of this location."
Four Seasons Hotel>2 Dole Drive
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"The Four Seasons provided us with some very good rates for the Deluxe room as we wanted to get some room blocks for our friends and family. They're very professional and easy to work with and they went out of their way to make my husband and I feel special as well as our guests."
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Sewage pump problem
We have city sewer, but our house is lower than the street, so we have a pump that gets it to the street. Well, about 2 weeks ago we noticed water coming out of the overflow pipe. It has since gotten worse to where water comes out with every load of laundry, dish washer load, and yes toilet flushing. We called the city out, they hoped it was just a flipped fuse, but it wasn't. They suggested we call an electrician out to look at it. Is that who we really call? or do we call out a plumber, or a septic tank person?
Thanks for any advice
Here they are called grinder or macerator pumps and they belong to the municipality, try them first. Above ground sewage is definitly within their jurisdiction as well.
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Rabie Abu Khalil Alone with His Lute
The Lebanese musician Rabie Abu Khalil chose to limit his use only to his lute in his 10th CD after he combined in his previous records the east with the west represented by the trumpet and saxophone along with the tambourine cadences and drum beating.
The new CD includes 13 pieces of music played on the lute. These include Shawerma, Sharab al Tout, A'rous Labneh, Ghantous, Maharah fi Paris, and others.
The musician chose this time to unite with lute that takes listeners to old times and to eastern places, which have not been littered with any western feet.
Last year, Abu Khalil crowned his composed pieces with Sabbar al Maarefah which the western music critics described as the strongest project of all Abu Khalil's previous music works. They considered it as a summary of all what he has written to date and a focus on the ideas which his music conveyed.
"This Solo has been born on the "lute" without planning I used to sit with my lute to play some words which I wrote. This way and without any previous planning I found this written work for a lute a work that completes itself. I wasn't initially convinced of recording it but I felt it too intimate as if I took off my clothes and uncovered my secrets including my depression and the longing that we attempt to conceal," Abu Khalil told the daily al Nahar.
Middlesex University in London began teaching the music of Abu Khalil who will deliver a series of lectures on it -- Albawaba.com


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Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, the world's biggest buy-out company, has agreed to acquire satellite operator PanAmSat Corp from Rupert Murdoch's DirecTV for $US3.5 billion ($A4.8 billion).
KKR is buying PanAmSat from DirecTV and other investors for $US23.50 a share, the companies announced yesterday. DirecTV chief executive Chase Carey said in February that he might sell PanAmSat to focus on DirecTV's consumer pay TV business. PanAmSat mainly leases satellites to TV networks that use them to deliver programming to local cable TV systems and broadcast stations.
KKR has announced $US9 billion of takeovers in the past six weeks.
"KKR had been quiet for a long time, but there's only so long a firm that helped invent the business can be quiet," said Michael Madden, a principal with buy-out firm Questor Management. "You would expect them to come out swinging."
Buy-out companies such as KKR finance takeovers with a combination of cash and debt. Mr Murdoch's News Corp bought a 34 per cent stake in DirecTV in December from General Motors Corp and other investors for $US6.6 billion.
DirecTV assures Mr Murdoch a means of distributing programming in the US from News Corp's Fox TV networks and film studio.
Those services already have been developed at other satellite- TV services that News Corp controls around the world.
Mr Murdoch can fulfil that strategy without owning PanAmSat, investors said.
"The value of DirecTV is in DirecTV," said William Jacobs, an analyst with Harris Associates. "It's certainly not in the satellite services that PanAmSat provides. For them, it makes sense to sell the asset."
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Meg Haters
Posted 26 September 2009 - 05:16 PM
I think all of Meg's stuff are original and I agree with Kati.
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XPenny PringleX
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Posted 03 December 2009 - 03:14 PM
I think someone mentioned it before; but I figure an idea has to be judged on how it's executed. I think flair matters a lot more than a single spark.
And she's got flair. Lots of it.
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Posted 07 December 2009 - 09:44 AM
Oh and for the Meg haters, and this ''XxjonasbroashleymileyfanXx'' person, meg only puts those "racist" comments (as you put it, dear XxjonasbroashleymileyfanXx) it's because thats part of what makes her books funny, and it's how the character thinks. and I really dont think they're racist, you know. they're just comments!!
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Posted 04 February 2010 - 12:01 AM
Ohhhhkayyy!!! Meg's things are deffo not original but...whatever! I am outa here!
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well BOO YOU! I defintely thinkk u need 2 rethink your opinon because Meg's books are AWESOME!
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Posted 14 March 2010 - 03:59 PM
I haven´t been on here for quite some time and one of the reasons for this was that I noticed that I didn´t really read Meg Cabot´s books anymore, especially the newer ones. I still love Mediator and Avalon High though.
Her books are not perfect. In fact, there are a lot of flaws. But they are still good. I understand everyone who says they can´t stand these books because I actually see where they are coming from.
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Posted 01 June 2010 - 12:45 PM
If you go on Meg's website and click any book, most of them say where she got her inspiration from. The plots are totally original mainly based on her own experience. If you don't like Meg's books don't read them but don't come on here (a site for her fans not haters!) and say that her books are not 'original' or are 'copied from other authors'
Personally I love Sophie Kinsella and Meg Cabot and I've read most of their books. Both of their ideas - whilst they may be similar in some areas- are definately original. Sometimes I think of a very good storyline and later come across a book that's very similar to it. Obviously that doesn't mean I copied it!
Maybe you don't like Meg's books or you think they're not perfect (I'm not judging like I said before everyone is entitled to their own opinion) but the reality is she has millions of fans all over the world, she's a bestseller and loads of her books are being turned into movies so she must be doing something right.
And I don't know maybe one day (a long long long time away) I will grow out of her books, just like I'm going to grow out of my dresses, jewellary, makeup and networking sites and almost everything else but by then the little children now would have grown up and they'll be the ones laughing over her books. Either way she'll always have an audience and some little insignificant line in her any one of her stories will always stay with you (well I know it will stay with me anyway).
Also, I don't remember coming across any racist comments in her stories. So could someone please tell me what comments you're refering to?
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^^^What blogs?
Also, I honestly do not think Meg copies at all. If they're basing that on the Queen of Babble series and how it's like Shopaholic, it's only similar in the titles, not the story itself. And also, it's based on something Meg went through herself, so it's hard to copy someone else when it's based on your own experience.
So in conclusion, I personally believe those haters are just being stupid. They're just hating on her because she's popular. Apparently, you can't be a good writer AND popular, according to those kinds of people.
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This is the 12th annual WWBA Underclass World Championship, which will take place in Ft. Myers, FL using the spring training fields of the Boston Red Sox, Minnesota Twins, as well as historic Terry Park.
BAT TYPE: Wood bat. Only composite bats allowed must be solely wood composite.
ENTRY FEE: $1500/team
AGE LIMIT: 2015 Graduates or younger. There is no birth date age requirement. No seniors allowed.
COOLERS: Coolers/drinks will NOT be allowed.
GAMES: 4 guaranteed, weather permitting. Teams are expected to be able to play Friday October 11th. There will some select games played starting late afternoon on Thursday October 10th which are mainly played for all of the college coaches in town.
FORMAT: Teams will play 3 pool play games. Teams that play Thursday will play 1 per day. Teams that start Friday will play 3 games in two days. All pool play games will be done by end of day Saturday.
Sunday will start the playoffs and consolation games. We will be taking 52 teams (Pool winners only) to playoffs. Top 12 seeds will have a bye. We will play rounds of 52, 32, and 16 on Sunday. The round of 16 will start at 4PM. All teams that do not make playoffs will be offered a consolation game on Sunday. These games may be as late as 6:30PM. Monday will consist of the quarterfinals, semfinals, and championship games concluding approximately 4:30PM.
ALL TOURNAMENT PASS(good for all games/all days) - $25
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