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Feel so stupid and like I should cancel the check--edit--small update**update in replies**
We lost our beloved golden on Christmas. At first we weren't going to get another dog right away, but our other golden is very lonely and so is my hubby...he misses his dog. After searching for a few days we found someone in our price range. She said she wasn't good with computers so she didn't know how to use PayPal so I said I would send her a check. She is 2 hours a way so we wouldn't be able to visit before picking up the dog. She really sounded for real. She said she would send pics Monday night. She called back later and said her son was going out and he would send them Tuesday. Tuesday I didn't get anything. I called her and she said they were working on it. She still seemed sincere though. Never got pictures. I sent her a text telling her she could text the pics since email clearly wasn't working. She sends a text back saying it won't let her. I sent her one back asking her to try my husbands # still nothing. That was yesterday evening. The check is already out and should have arrived today if not tomorrow. I asked her to call once she got it, but I'm really feeling like we got scammed. She had many pics online of the same dog and talking to her she had so many details. I have checked her out...her name and address are legit. Should I give her a few more days or start worrying?
Just to clarify to everyone who keeps asking why didnt you pay for the dogwhen you get it? Every single breeder i have talked to requires a deposit to hold the dog...not just her. It is common practice. We gave her a DEPOSIT...not full payment. We already have a date scheduled to pick up the dog...feb. 2nd. I spoke with her today and she is going to send pics tonight. If i dont receive them by tomorrow, we are going to cancel payment and look elsewhere.
UPDATE: she called today and asked if i had FB. I added her and got pics of all the pups plus she emailed me one of just our puppy. I am feeling much better about the situation now.
~Melissa~Wife to Jarrod~Mommy to Nathan, Kristina, Tyler, and Ryan~
Quoting Nathans_mom0612:Quoting 2kids19yrsapart:
From someone who used to work in a bank...CANCEL THAT CHECK ASAP!! If she hasn't sent pics of the dog, I wouldn't deal with her. If it were me, I would have driven the 2 hrs to see the dog, pay her cash there, and take the dog home with me.
I hope you can cancel the check in time, before she steals your money. Just get there as soon as the bank opens tomorrow!!
The puppies arent ready til 1/28. Even the most reputable of breeders require a deposit to hold a puppy so i didnt see it as odd. I did keep a copy of the letter and check so i can bring her to court if she doesnt follow through. I checked her address it is legit and matches her name so im not worried about that.
Even though the puppies aren't ready yet, you could have still driven to see them, and paid a cash deposit, took pics for your own records, etc. I still think you need to cancel the check ASAP. And, was the $400 a deposit? Or was that entire price? I personally would have never paid a deposit without seeing the pup first.
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I find it really odd. When we sold our puppy we brought the dog to the person and got payment right then and there. I would never send someone money though the mail. It definitely sounds like a scam. If I were you I'd cancel the check and tell her you'll give her the full payment when you pick the dog up.
I could easily post a picture of someone else's dog or pictures of the puppies I had online. Sadly there are a lot of scam artists out there.
The only reason i wasnt suspicious was cuz it was actually my idea to send her a check. She said she had paypal and hadnt used it in forever so wasnt sure how to log in. She said she was going to have her son help her. The next day i remembered paypal charges you a fee to accept a payment so I called HER and said i could send a check so she didnt get the fee. She was whatever worked better. Her husband owns a company and their address is his companies address(i checked into it) so i know they arent running anywhere. I kept a copy of the check with a letter stating this check was for 1 male puppy so i thought i covered my ass. Im just feeling like niw i might have to sue this woman.
~Melissa~Wife to Jarrod~Mommy to Nathan, Kristina, Tyler, and Ryan~
Quoting 2kids19yrsapart:
I know. The only reason i did it was because she said she was sending pics that night...now she is taking her sweet ass time.
~Melissa~Wife to Jarrod~Mommy to Nathan, Kristina, Tyler, and Ryan~
That is a tough one then maybe they wont be ready in the time frame she gave you.
Quoting Nathans_mom0612:Quoting rayroe2:
If she is a breeder is would know how to use paypal. was the going to be shipped to you?
I guess she is considered a backyard breeder. She is private and only deals locally. This is her dogs 2nd litter. We are driving down there 2/2 to pick up the pup but like most breeders she requires a deposit in advance to hold the pup.
Just cancel the check. If she contacts you with questions, explain that you would like to make different arrangements. Try to find some time to visit her and meet the dog. I know 2 hrs is a long way, but it is the best way to protect yourself in this situation. Take the dog home if you like it, leave it there if you don't.
CANCEL THE CHECK QUICK IT IS A SCAM. NEVER PURCHASE NOTHING YOU CAN'T PHYSICALLY GET UNLESS IT'S FROM A COMPANY U CAN SUE!! Sorry for yelling I want you to do it quick!
OK...so when are you supposed to be getting the dog? You paid for the dog, not pctures of him. Forget the pics, you've already seen the dog in pictures, anyway. Just contact her about the details of when you will GET the dog, and if she starts hemming ang hawing, THEN cancel the check. And do THAT right away.
But really I don't understand why you just wouldn't have paid WHEN you picked up the dog, not before. That doesn't make any sense.


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The Islanders wanted to send a distinct message to the Penguins and everyone else around the league - that they stick up for each other at all costs.
They made their case, but it came at a steep price.
After the utter mayhem that unfolded at Nassau Coliseum in the Islanders' 9-3 rout of Pittsburgh on Friday, Trevor Gillies was suspended nine games for his elbow on Eric Tangradi and Matt Martin received a four-game ban for his ambush of Penguins forward Max Talbot. The Isles also were fined $100,000.
Penguins winger Eric Godard received an automatic 10-game suspension for leaving the bench to join the third-period brawl.
The display resulted in 10 players thrown out with game misconducts and a whopping 346 penalty minutes.
The roiling anger between the two teams was sparked nine days earlier when Talbot's blind-side hit on Blake Comeau left Comeau with a concussion. With more than a week for those feelings to fester, the game reeked of revenge.
"It's those payback games that we don't like, especially when it comes to injuries," league disciplinarian Colin Campbell told Newsday. "Those can be scary."
Campbell said the incidents involving Martin and Gillies were the main concern throughout the hearing, which lasted about three hours. Zenon Konopka's actions - reviewed as a potential violation of Rule 70.2, when a player makes a line change, then starts an altercation - were considered more minor.
Present during the hearings, held back-to-back in the team's hotel in downtown Buffalo, were Campbell, senior vice president of hockey operations Kris King, NHLPA associate counsel Roman Stoykewych, each player, each player's agent, Islanders general manager Garth Snow and coach Jack Capuano.
Micheal Haley, who fought Craig Adams, then Talbot and Penguins goalie Brent Johnson in the same stoppage, did not have a hearing, however.
According to one person with knowledge of the situation, Haley's instigator penalty and two-game misconduct - assessed during the game - were deemed sufficient punishment.
Although some people assumed that it was Rick DiPietro's brief and humiliating brawl with Johnson last week that sparked the rumble, it was not.
The result of DiPietro's scrap with Johnson was unfortunate - DiPietro was sidelined four to six weeks with facial fractures and knee swelling after one wicked punch - but not unfair.
The bad blood began earlier in the Islanders' embarrassing 3-0 shutout loss in Pittsburgh when Comeau suffered a concussion on a blind-side hit from Talbot, who received no penalty on the play.
Comeau, who has yet to play since Talbot's hit, expressed gratitude to his teammates.
"It's a good feeling for me that the guys saw what happened," he said. "I guess you could say they were sticking up for me. I appreciate that from all the guys. I think that goes to show what type of team we have."
Konopka said of the display: "We have a young, talented team and there have been a lot of liberties taken throughout the course of the season. It can only be built up so much before it comes out . . . It wasn't just a direct hit on Pittsburgh. They just kind of fell in the way. There were a lot of emotions built up. Sometimes something like this is healthy for a team. Some people outside the hockey world might think I'm crazy to say that, but it will build for the rest of this year and for the future of the organization."

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In Frameworks of Integrated Care for the Elderly: A Systematic Review, a literature review prepared for the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Margaret MacAdam examines articles and papers that study comprehensive models of integrated or coordinated care. She identified that some models of integrated health and social care can result in improved outcomes, client satisfaction and/or cost savings or cost-effectiveness. MacAdam identifies four frameworks with common interventions that must be structured to support each other. These key elements are: umbrella organizational structures to guide integration of strategic, managerial and service delivery levels; multidisciplinary case management for effective evaluation and planning of client needs; organized provider networks; and financial incentives to promote prevention, rehabilitation and the downward substitution of services, as well as to enable service integration and efficiency.
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It's the story of Ernest Hemmingway's first marriage told through the eyes of his wife, Hadley. Hemmingway was notorious for his affairs and womanizing - and this very innocent, unsuspecting woman became his first victim. Watching it all unfold is just so very difficult. I could feel the raw pain, embarassment, and every other crazy emotion that went with it.
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In 2004, the Central Intelligence Agency hired outside contractors from the private mercenary firm Blackwater to locate and assassinate top operatives of Al Qaeda, the New York Times reveals in a story dated this evening (Aug. 19). The Times's sources are current and former U.S. government officials. The CIA spent several millions of dollars on the project, but no Jihadists were captured or killed. Citizens of Potrero in far East County beat back an attempt by Blackwater to put a training camp there. Blackwater did succeed in putting a firing range on Otay Mesa. The company is now called Xe Services.
Was meaning to ask, Mr. B. What does "Xe" stand for? "X 'em out?"
It means "hugs" as in Hugs and kisses....as in XOXOXOXOXXO to SDaniels......
Looks like something followed you home, Daniels.
Don't worry -- if you don't feed it, it'll probably go away.
If not, you can always give it the ole water hose.
Response to post #1: My response is I have no idea what Xe stands for. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #2: XO stands for tic tac toe. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #3: Do you suppose that the dog that followed SDaniels home was a Blue Dog? Best, Don Bauder
Xe is the chemical symbol for Xenon, the heaviest non-radioactive Noble Gas, atomic number 54. Say what? The connection or significance of that to Blackwater and Mr. Prince is a mystery. Perhaps like many corporate names, it just sounded good.
Response to post #7: Does Amway peddle Xenon? Best, Don Bauder
Xe has few uses. It is non-reactive, and can be used to prevent any sort of biological activity. But generally the next-lighter Noble Gas, Argon, is used for that purpose, such as being injected and sealed between panes of thermopane windows. Xenon is really mostly a laboratory curiosity.
However, it is totally possible that Amway came up with some pitch for a product that employed Xenon. They had a million gimmicks. What's one more?
Response to post #9: Maybe the symbolic significance of Blackwater's switch to the Xe appellation is that of light gas. Best, Don Bauder
I really don't mind that they were hired to kill the bad guys (the bad guys should have expected it).
Slick website.. http://www.xecompany.com I really like the Response to Misleading Press Reports...
The joint audit by the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction and the United State Department of State Inspector General released yesterday does not, as some press reports have suggested, allege that Blackwater was ever complicit in overbilling the United States government for work it performed in Iraq in 2006 and 2007.
The audit does not even state that the government overpaid Blackwater for staffing issues. All it suggests is that invoices spanning a period of time are reviewed. A $55 million penalty has in no way been determined.
In fact, the government contracting officer determined that Blackwater was compliant with the terms of the contract at the time for which they were reviewing and the therefore did not apply any deductions or penalties. Blackwater only billed for services provided.
Sounds honest to me. - Joe.
Looks like something followed you home, Daniels.
Don't worry -- if you don't feed it, it'll probably go away.
If not, you can always give it the ole water hose.
Oh-oh, my online babe is jealous!
Geekess, the pup sends you many XOXOXOXOXOXO's too sweetay! I love it when you play "hard to get" :)
And the problem with killing Jihadists is ???
Would have been cheaper if they handed each commenter to this post $1 million each, and it would have been just as effective.
Would have been cheaper if they handed each commenter to this post $1 million each, and it would have been just as effective.
"...it would have been just as effective."
Not to mention much cheaper.
Response to post #11: I haven't studied the matter and find it difficult to respond. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #12: If there is a Geekess, is there also a Nerdess? Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #13: I guess the question is which way of killing Al Qaeda members is more economically efficient: with regular troops or mercenaries? Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #14: No matter how much I were paid, I'm afraid I would not kill a single member of Al Qaeda. I'm a horrible shot, as my Army record shows. Best, Don Bauder
Response to post #15: Yeah, but once each member of our blog got $1 million, traffic would inevitably slow down. Best, Don Bauder
The government should pay Bilgewater for confirmed kills only. This may have been the sticking point with the contract since federal law prevents Bilgewater from paying employees for piecework.
Response to post #21: Remember, too, that there have been other charges of misbehavior by the Blackwater employees in Iraq. Best, Don Bauder
Another black eye story hits the news today on Blackwater, showing how they were basically part of the gov by the way the CIA and BW hired each others senior advisors-very troubling conduct on all levels. This is why there MUST be a ban on all employment for gov employee with private sector emplloyers whom they contracted with for at least 5 years after the employee leaves gov service;
CIA-Blackwater assassination contract points to larger connections
The 2004 deal was just one part of a revolving-door relationship between the agency and the private security firm. Use of outside contractors for such activities has come under widespread criticism.
Response to post #23: The citizens of Potrero must rejoice every day that they beat back Blackwater's attempt to put a training camp in their area. Best, Don Bauder


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Sinclair Broadcast Group (Nasdaq: SBGI) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Sinclair Television Group, Inc. ("STG"), intends to offer, subject to market conditions and other factors, $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Unsecured Notes (the "Notes"). The Notes are expected to mature in 2022 and to be guaranteed by Sinclair and certain of Sinclair's subsidiaries.
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In a 24-hour rolling news cycle nothing lasts for long. Yesterday afternoon there was an almost audible screeching of gears as the blogocracy abandoned its post-Obama analysis mid-sentence and "Sarah Palin" became the hottest search terms on Google. John McCain's choice of the obscure Alaska governor as running mate caused enough shock and awe to wash the Denver convention off the airwaves. Which is a shame. For, in years to come - and especially if he becomes the first black president of the United States - the 2008 Democratic convention will rightly be remembered as Barack Obama's moment in history and for the climactic political theatre of his open-air acceptance speech on Thursday evening. What may not be so often recalled was the sometimes ruthless hard politics that went into Obama's success in Denver this week. It helped turn a convention that threatened up to the last minute to be unmanageable into a successful launchpad for the Democratic assault on the White House on November 4.
First things, however, must be said first. The Democrats made bold, optimistic and wonderful history in Denver this week. No one with any sense of either America's past or of the long march for human justice can fail to be inspired by the sight of an American political party nominating a black man to lead a country with such a long, shameful and bloody history of racial division. That it should happen on the anniversary of the great speech in which Martin Luther King dreamed of the day in which his children would be judged, not by the colour of their skin, but by the content of their character, was magnificently fitting. Whether the majority of American voters in enough states will have enough confidence in Obama's campaign for change to elect him as their president remains to be seen. But it is the political question of the next 67 days.
Mr Obama will not get elected just because he is an orator. His speech in Denver marked a recognition that elections are won on the basis of policy pledges and by framing the contest in a clear and sometimes confrontational way. In his acceptance speech, which will have been the first time that many voters have listened to him, Mr Obama framed the election as a classic contest between aspiration - the "American promise" - and fear. He offered a substantial menu of domestic spending promises on health, education and the environment, along with individual and small business tax cuts, though there was less detail about how he will pay for them. And he went on the offensive against Mr McCain on foreign and security policy, seeking to tie his opponent to the Bush years and hinting that he will make Mr McCain's age and temperament into campaign issues.
All this shows that Mr Obama is a clear-eyed not a dewy-eyed campaigner. He managed the potentially divisive convention with great firmness, recognising that the supporters of Hillary Clinton must have their moments but never allowing them to indulge themselves. The Clintons, especially Bill Clinton, responded impeccably. But it was all done on Mr Obama's unflinching terms, and he was notably less conciliatory to his opponents in his speech than they were to him in theirs.
Now, though, another fight begins, this time against opponents who will stop at nothing to exploit his weaknesses, which exist. Sarah Palin is a daring choice by McCain. She is a young, fresh, outside-the-Beltway conservative with great appeal to the republican grassroots. She is also massively inexperienced, at a stroke neutralising the very same charge against Obama. How, with an elderly potential president, Americans will judge governor Palin on the heartbeat test may prove critical in the months ahead. The times call for fresh vision and toughness. Mr Obama will need plenty of both if his dream is to become the reality for which we hope.


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A shiver-inducing chill rose through the air Monday morning at James Brown Arena as the Augusta RiverHawks opened their inaugural training camp.
Though the temperature drop came from the sheet of ice at their feet, the chill felt by the 23 minor leaguers came from the inside.
At least five of them won't make the final roster, and the competition to earn a spot on the team started early.
"You have to look at it as a job interview," goalie John Dorman said. "You just completely focus on doing what you have to do to make the team and nothing else."
Dorman was one of three goalies in camp Monday, but head coach Brad Ralph said he expects to bring in more later in the week when other teams holding training camps make their cuts. The RiverHawks can have as many as 30 in camp, but that list will be narrowed to 18 before the season starts.
"The biggest thing that they can do is compete," Ralph said. "Just compete and work hard and play with that tenacity that they would have in a game."
Ralph said the first wave of cuts could come Wednesday. Dorman, who was cut from a Central Hockey League camp last week, hopes to avoid the ax this time around.
"You have to come in here with the mindset that you're going to battle on every puck," he said. "I was cut already this season, and you just have to move on to the next opportunity."
Ralph, in his first year as a head coach, ran the players through a series of off-ice drills, testing for strength and conditioning, before a two-hour ice session that wrapped up at noon.
Even the players who stood out as the best on the ice Monday might not necessarily be guaranteed a spot on the team.
"There are still guys that are going to get cut from CHL and ECHL camps that we're going to keep an eye on," Ralph said. "I don't think some of the players were in the condition I was expecting them to be."
Ralph will lead the prospects through morning workouts and evening scrimmages over the next two days.
The team will play an exhibition game Friday night in Fayetteville, and local hockey fans will get their first look at the team Saturday night in a home exhibition game against Fayetteville.
The team's regular season will begin on the road with a Thursday night game in Fayetteville Oct. 21. The home opener will take place at James Brown Arena on Oct. 22.


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Certainly instead of "Big" games vs. "Small"(?) games pattern you could say this is just an Anglocentric point of view. cRPG from UK, USA or Canada get big scores and so-called here continental RPGs (from Germany, Poland or Belgium) … well I think you get the picture.


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The US Defense Department said on Friday it has finalized a contract for the purchase of a fifth batch of radar-evading F-35 fighter aircraft from Lockheed Martin Corp., a deal worth $3.8 billion for 32 of the advanced planes.
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is the costliest weapons program in US history. (Reuters)


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The recently announced Motorola Devour has been spotted in a photo shoot with the Nexus One. But, don't count this phone out as your potential next Android; it has a few surprises in store.
The device pictured is a prototype, codename Calgary but expect the Devour to be almost identical. The Devour has a metal like feel due to the aluminum chassis and will be released with Motoblur/Android 1.5 which should be quickly updated to Android 2.1 when it's ready for Blur. On top of being outfitted with Blur this device will be able to control all of your home electronics.
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The house has high quality of appliances which was a pleasure to use. However, the stay would have been even better if there were screen nets on front windows and on kitchen and on master bedroom doors. That way the house gets properly aired and guests do not smell a strange smell as soon as they enter the house. The lock to the half bathroom was broken and every other day the power went out to the microwave and refrigerator and we had to go behind the house to restore the power. The owner was very co-operative and he has assured that he will fix those problems.
I did not realize that washer and dryer was outside the house though only a few steps outside. Nor did I realize that the kitchen had no kitchen table or kitchen chairs. I would have realized both these feature if I had seen the pictures carefully and read the property features carefully.
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You could spend your day in L.A. at the Universal Studios theme park and the attached City Walk outdoor mall. Or you could take a picture of the Hollywood sign. (No, you can't drive to it. You can't even walk to it; there's a fence. So, from Franklin Avenue in Hollywood, turn uphill onto Beachwood Canyon Drive and take a photo halfway up the street. Or park at the end of Beachwood and hike 30 minutes to get really close.)
You could stroll down Hollywood Boulevard to Grauman's Chinese Theater and look at all the celebrity handprints and footprints, pose for photos with the weirdos who dress up as superheroes and ask you for money, then go hang out the Hollywood and Highland Center mall. Trendy and classic fashionistas will love perusing the clothing and furniture boutiques of world famous designers and up and comers along Melrose Avenue, Robertson Boulevard, Sunset Plaza, Beverly Boulevard, Third Street and La Brea Avenue.You could spend the day strolling in and out of a luxury stores on the twisty part of Rodeo Drive. Perhaps you could drive 45 minutes south to Disneyland for a day of memory making.
On almost any night of the week you can catch some great music from top acts of today and of lore at the Whiskey A-Go-Go (the Doors were the 'house band' in 1966!), the Troubadour, The Roxy Theatre (you just never know who is catching a bite at the The Rainbow Bar and Grill next door), The Key Club and The House Of Blues. An inspiring time can be had at The House of Blues every Sunday morning at the Gospel Brunch, featuring legendary gospel performers along with your biscuits and eggs!
Top Restaurants include the new Ink, by Michael Voltaggio, a winner of Bravo's Top Chef competition; BLT, by Gordon Ramsey of "Hell's Kitchen" fame; James Beard award winning chef, Suzanne Goin's Lucques, and Agostino Sciandri and Robert Deniro's Ago. If the paparazzi is an experience you just have to see for yourself, try the family owned and operated Madeo's, long a Hollywood crowd favorite for Northern Italian, or the Ivy, which flies in stone crabs daily from Joe's Stone Crab in Miami Beach. Young professionals and the entertainment crowd flock to Urth Caffe on Melrose Avenue all day long for fresh, light meals and excellent organic coffee, tea and juice drinks. And late at night, well actually, all day long, you'll find a line wrapped around the corner for one of Pink's Hot Dogs on La Brea Avenue.
If you're in need of a day at the spa or hair and makeup for a special occasion, there are many options to be pampered at the spas and salons that cater to fashionable trendsetters. Prive on Beverly Boulevard, the intimate setting at Kinara Spa on Robertson Boulevard and the glamorous Argyle Salon & Spa at Sunset Tower Hotel on Sunset Boulevard are just a few of your options.
Parking. Read street parking signs very carefully, especially in West Hollywood and Santa Monica, where I've funded entire traffic cops' salaries. Basically, you're going to put the keys into your rental car at the airport and never take them out: You'll be valeting everywhere. Even The Grove Mall.
Taxis. There are very few cabs to hail, despite what the new local law allowing hailing may imply. So perhaps you may want to rent a car.
Tipping. In restaurants, the standard tip is 15% to 20%. Give $2 per drink at bars and $2 to valets. They should really make those $2 bills more popular.
Beaches. The less crowded ones are south — Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach. The northern beaches — Santa Monica, Pacific Palisades, Malibu are a quick jaunt up Pacific Coast Highway (PCH).
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Add Applebee's and Jimmy John's to the growing list of small companies and franchisers warning that Obamacare will kill profits and force local stores to raise prices or slash employees and their hours.
"Somebody has to pay," said Apple-Metro Chairman Zane Tankel on Fox Business Network. The Applebee's chief added that it is unclear what Obamacare taxes, costs and fines will total, but said his restaurants will do whatever is necessary to stay in business.
The budget for employees and health care in the firm's 2013 budget is being kept open until after the election when he expects the administration to reveal more details on how Obamacare will be fully implemented in 2014. Obama, said Tankel, "is waiting until after the election, then he'll drop this on us."
Ditto for Jimmy John Liautaud, founder of Jimmy John's sub shacks, who also appeared on FBN.
Like a lot of small businesses, he said that the firm is considering cutting hours of workers to 28 to get under the Obamacare cap that requires companies to either fully fund health care or pay a $2,000 fine.
"We have to do that. There's no other way we can survive it, because we think it will cost us 50 cents a sandwich. That's just the actual cost," he told Fox. "If you have 40 or 50 employees at a restaurant, and the penalty is $2,000, and you're going to pay $80,000 or $100,000 penalty, there goes the profit in your restaurant," he added.


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Free sand and bags are available at the Cal Fire Mount Woodson Station at 16310 Highway 67 in Ramona. Shovels are at the station for people to load the sand.
Other locations in the unincorporated area for sand and bags are Cal Fire Julian Station, 1587 Highway 78, Julian; 28205 N. Lake Wohlford Rd., Valley Center; 16971 Hwy 76, Valley Center; 1364 Tavern Road, Alpine; North County Fire Protection, Station Four, 4375 Pala Mesa Drive, Fallbrook; and Dulzura Fire Station, 17304 Highway 94, Dulzura.
While the county is providing the sand and bags free of charge, residents are asked to provide their own shovels to load in case shovels are not available at all of the sites. Notice of any county road closures are posted on the county's Department of Public Works Web site at www.sdcounty.ca.gov/dpw/roads/roadclose.html.


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Jared Gaither, we hardly knew you. You fraud.
Had you even been able to manage a full season before wussing out, we could have excused you, could have believed these ailments were severe enough to sideline you.
(Big Lazy, go ahead and be angry. What have I written since last August, when I first questioned your manhood, that has not been shown to be an entirely accurate assessment?)
A brief history:
Gaither was acquired off waivers on Nov. 30, 2011 and started his first game for the Chargers five days later. As a fill-in, he was absolutely amazing. Honestly, a left tackle could not have played better over five games – let alone for a guy that made those starts without the benefit of training camp or weeks or even a real chance to learn the offense's intricacies.
Then came free agency. Gaither had not only set himself up well with that divine December audition, but he was set up by being the only starting left tackle on the market.
The Chargers brass held many meetings about giving millions to a player known during his days with the Baltimore Ravens as Big Lazy. The decision makers concluded it could blow up in their faces but that they had no choice to sign him, and they gave him a four-year, $24.5 million contract that paid Gaither $9 million (guaranteed) in the first year.
Gaither left the first practice of training camp with cramps. No, really.
He braved an entire practice the next day.
The following day, midway through the first practice in pads, he went down with "back spasms" and did not practice again until Sept. 26.
Talk began inside Chargers Park a few weeks after he left that first padded practice that Gaither maybe wasn't trying hard enough to get back on the field. By the season opener, there was word from several sources inside the building that the Chargers medical staff doubted the severity of Gaither's injury. There was implication from reliable sources that Gaither had shown to not be able to tolerate pain that a much smaller person -- perhaps one with ovaries -- would routinely abide.
(The reference to a woman's pain tolerance was not meant as a slight by the people who said it, nor is it meant as such by me. We all know who's bearing children and that the population would be much lower if men possessed birth canals. The comparison had to do with how a much smaller human, less accustomed to dealing with the bumps and bruises of football, might react to the same thing incapacitating Gaither.)
Gaither finally played Sept. 30 at Kansas City, performing pretty well for most of four quarters. He injured his groin the next week at New Orleans, missed a game, returned for two more games and was essentially finished Nov. 7 when he simply could not finish practice. The Chargers placed him on injured reserve on Nov. 23.
I guaranteed late in the season that he would never again play for the Chargers. I reiterated that promise even after Mike McCoy and Tom Telesco said everyone gets a fresh start.
Dean Spanos was never going to allow it. Teammates were not going to tolerate it. Both believe Gaither stole from them.
Professional athletes are like a wolf pack, they stick together publicly, even when they don't like a teammate privately. In almost two decades, I have never seen anything like the disgust Chargers players expressed regarding Gaither.
Now, blaming Gaither is easy, and responsibility ultimately lies at his feet.
But to solely blame him would be to impugn incompletely.
Someone gave Gaither this contract that in Chargers history is surpassed in its failure only by the 1998 drafting of Ryan Leaf.
Gaither's lasting effect in San Diego has become a part of A.J. Smith's legacy. Signing Gaither to that contract joins the handling of Vincent Jackson and drafting of Larry English – and awaits the possible inductions of the Ryan Mathews and Robert Meachem moves -- in the A.J. Hall of Blame.
What Smith did in the 2012 offseason was akin to a person with a nut allergy feeling they were about to starve and gobbling down a bowl full of pistachios. His bad drafts were like Smith coming in contact with peanuts, but it was Gaither, et al, and Gaither most of all, that ultimately secured Smith's demise.
What a disaster. At the worst possible position.
Over the past three years, the Chargers have paid a combined $21.6 million to Marcus McNeill and Gaither – to start a total of 29 games (of 48) at left tackle. (McNeill had to retire after 2011 due a chronic neck condition he had repeatedly tried to play through.)
Just five other teams paid more for their left tackle from 2010-12. All but one of those higher-priced players started more games than the McNeill-Gaither tandem. Four of those five left tackles made multiple Pro Bowls from '10-12. Three were named first-team All-Pro at least once.
Some people have taken to blaming Chargers vice president Ed McGuire for this contract. He is the guy who negotiates all deals for the team.
But McGuire does what he's told in these instances. He was told to get a deal done.
As much as anything, Gaither is a poster child for what can happen when a team gets desperate in free agency.
They didn't ignore the warning signs that were there due to the fact the Ravens let Gaither go for essentially the same act. What the Chargers did was blow through the warning signs.
There is plenty of blame to go around, mainly to cast upon Gaither.
Just because the Chargers wore a sign saying "rob us" doesn't mean he had to do it.


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Father of Four Charged With Brutal Rape, Sodomy of Girlfriend, Claims 'I Have Jesus on My Side'
Editor's note: Warning, story contains graphic details.
A Pennsylvania man who allegedly raped and sodomized his girlfriend, ripping out a portion of her insides in the process while under the influence of an illegal party drug known as "Molly," says he isn't worried about criminal charges for his actions because "I have Jesus on my side."
According to a report in the Pocono Record the man, Emmanuel Paulino, 29, of West Hazleton, Pa., was arrested shortly after 4:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Paulino's victim says she had agreed to have sex with him that morning but he suddenly "freaked out" then grabbed her by the neck and began choking her, according to citizensvoice.com.
While still choking his girlfriend, Paulino reportedly pushed his fist into the screaming woman's anus who begged him to "get out" noted the Record. He only stopped after one of the woman's minor children walked into the bedroom.
When police arrived on the scene they found Paulino's girlfriend curled up in in the fetal position, on the floor of her bedroom. Blood flowed "profusely" from her torso and she had bruising around her eyes, notes court documents. She was then rushed to Hazleton General Hospital and had to be flown from there to Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center.
Paulino, who also head-butted an officer while he was being taken in for questioning, subsequently admitted to police that he put his hand inside his girlfriend "and pulled something out. I pulled out something sticky that stuck to my hand," according to court papers reviewed by the Record. That something, says forensic pathologist Dr. Gary Ross, has been identified as stomach tissue.
He also told police that he took six doses of Molly, described by drugfree.org as the powder or crystal form of MDMA, the same chemical used in Ecstasy.
Police charged Paulino with felonies covering two counts each of aggravated assault and aggravated indecent assault. He was also charged with one count each of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and sexual assault. In addition he faces misdemeanors simple assault and indecent assault.
As he walked into his arraignment Tuesday night, Paulino told reporters that he wasn't worried about the charges, because "I have Jesus on my side."
In the courtroom, however, Magisterial District Judge James Dixon told him: "After hearing remarks from the trooper and also looking at the charges, I believe you may pose a danger to our community." He then set bail for the New York City born man, who said he is a father of four, at $250,000. He is expected to return for a preliminary hearing at 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 27.
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Start-up bicycle company advice
Hi guys, I'm looking to get some advice on a company that I'm starting up with a couple of friends. Sorry for hijacking your forum, but I will hopefully post regularly over the coming months.
A bit of background about myself. I'm 24, living in London, England. Have been into downhill biking since I was 11, mountain biking since I can remember and unfortunately into the commuting side since I got a 9-5!
We are taking a huge leap and developing our own road bicycle, however with a significant twist. The bike will include integrated handlebar, rear seat tube and bar end lights, navigation display on the handlebars, GPS tracking and alarm system for additional security (nothing beats a good lock and chain!). The bike will come with a mobile application which will be utilised for navigation, accessing the bicycle features (e.g light brightness, alarm setting etc) and recording performance metrics of rides)
In terms of design, navigation is illustrated via an LED array along the handlebar stem and an inch and a half either side of of the bars (think T shape). Bars will be an integrated bar and stem design. We have found a way to route internal cables through the handlebars, frame and seat tube - a major coup. The design is very simple, unless you are very close to the bike you will be unable to tell what's under the hood.
We are currently in the planning stage and have been short listed for a government innovation grant. Have planned to put in £4-5000 in metal work and same again in software and hardware.
We are targeting an RRP of £550 or $900 but this is very likely to change.
Thanks for reading. Any questions,suggestions, advice, abuse is more than welcome and would be much appreciated.
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First thing I gotta say is to remind you of the Solicitation GL (found in the FAQ)- so long as you aren't out to drum up investors or customers, we should be cool.
Now, since you've asked for input... it sounds like you've mated the Hammerhead to the Helios.
A couple of potential problems that I see right off:
1. Not sure of what type of shape your handlebar is (drop, flat, butterfly/other), but people have different proportions and need different sizes accordingly.
2. Same holds true for the stem- it is one of the easiest things to change to fine tune a fit, because they come in a wide array of lengths and degrees of elevation.
In other words, unless you intend to create a wide spectrum of sizing in your integrated bar/stem, you'll likely not have too many repeat customers due to the (perceived on my part at the moment) lack of adjustability.
As to the necessity of a smartphone to access/control the built-in techno-toys... poor idea, IMO. What happens if/when the phone battery dies? A bunch of the features won't be functioning or controllable? Your GPS- is that based off of the cell phone towers or off of true satellite nav? If it is bouncing off of cell towers, what happens when you don't have cell service?
Nomad had some solid points. And aside from bar sizing, people have different bar preferences as well. you may like drops, I like bullhorns.
Next, building a quality bicycle with all of those features is going to be very hard to do with the pricepoint you're talking about. It's hard to find a really well built bike in that price range, much less one with all of these fancy gadgets.
No hate, just something you may want to consider.
So this a one size folding bike ? with 'the Knowledge' of the London Cabby driver ?
to the next Taipei Cycle Trade show , I cannot imagine how you will hit that
price point at the dealer margin included level , paying London Overhead and UK labor rates.
thats why so much of the Bike Industry has gone to subcontractors.
customers dont have the money to buy a 2K product, so the jobs go abroad,
and the goods are re imported .. to hit the 1K price point.
I'd almost think they're have to market for casual riders (in which case why do you need a gps on your bike) or utility riders.
Serious road riders are probably going to have issues with the added weight and aren't going to drop a grand on a bike they've never heard of, unfortunately.
It sounds to me like the controls and sensors, including GPS, are integrated in the bike and the mobile app is more of a user interface and navigation processing. This is a good idea; I can't really fault it. The LED array navigation, excellent! I hope that the lights at least have a physically activated on/off switch - many of us sometimes just want to get on and ride, no phone, no setup, just flip the switch and go.
I imagine that not many people here have personally started a bicycle company, so you're on your own about that. But I can tell you that one recurring mistake that I've read about is taking a good idea and then specializing the end product so much that the business won't scale. So my only suggestion is to make sure that the bicycle is designed for as general a market as possible. I think that means that you'll have to pay as much attention to the bike's design as you do to the innovations. The bike has to be suitable to ride, no matter what else you do to it.
Along the lines of wphamilton's suggestion of scalability: How about sellng the components/electronics systems separately?. Good unique frames always seem to have a niche market appeal, and if you'd make it adaptable so your modern systems (gps, LED displys and other electronics), current systems (Di2, etc), or old school cable/hydraulic systems would work on it, you'd maight have a broader market. Also, can you make electronics systems that'll be usable on current bike lines, and not just your brand?
Speaking for myself (recreational cyclist, long distance cyclist, cycletourist, and occasionally a commuting cyclist) ... I've purchased a lot of bicycles, but have never had any desire to have all sorts of electronics integrated into my handlebars.
I like to select my own components and accessories.
However, I'm just one person ... Chelseaboy ... what has the reaction been when you've suggested this idea to your target audience?
My advice: Don't put any of your money in and draw a nice salary. When it goes belly up, take what you've learned and move on to the next venture...
It sounds like the biggest feature you are offering that you can't get on other bikes is the navigation functionality in the stem. And as previous posters mentioned, it's really important to be able to customize stem heights and lengths. So what about starting with a stem with integrated GPS? That could potentially also be a good way to get your ideas and your brand into the hands off real riders, which would then make it easier for folks to take the plunge on your whole fully-integrated bike. You can extend the clamp area to both sides to make more room for your display.
If I understand the concept of your navigation array, it's basically arrows telling you which way to go, right? On one hand, I like the idea of having a simple, easy-to-see arrow telling you where to go so that you can keep your eyes on the road. But on the other hand, in the real world, you often need details like street names and a visual map because GPS directions can be ambiguous and your position can be off sometimes. If you just have arrows for right and left, what happens when you have a choice between a right and a hard right? Do you have to stop and pull out your smartphone to look at the map?
For that matter, will you have maps preloaded, or will you access Google map over the cell network?
I'm not criticizing, I'm just trying to understand what you're doing. If you can do it in a way that really works for the way people use GPS devices for navigation on bikes and solve some of the problems, I think you'll really have something.
Lastly, you didn't mention how you plan on powering all this stuff. A dyno hub is the obvious choice, particularly since you're planning all this integrated wiring anyway.
But yeah, I think you really will have to sell the components separately. One reason is that you can start with a smaller project and get a product to market sooner that people can actually buy. That will afford you the time to make sure that each part of your system really works and pulls its weight. Then your fully integrated bike can be your flagship offering that people can buy after they've already tried your fork or your stem or whatever.
I think you do need to be really clear about who your target market is, too. Partly because cycling has a tendency to be compartmentalized and people often identify with one or two "tribes" and then don't buy stuff they don't feel is marketed to them. But also just because its generally good advice if you want to reach the people who might actually buy your product.
Electronics are short-time use and generally disposable as technology rapidly changes, unlike a well made bicycle.
I've had three generations of cyclo-computers with more functionality upgraded on the same bike over twenty years and am due for #4 .I'd not want anything integrated into a bike that will be obsolete before the 1st set of tires are worn out.
Guys like me aren't your target market, but who is?
One of the riders on my ride today was complaining about the Garmin battery gradually losing it's ability to hold a charge. She'll pay $200 to replace the Garmin unit, she says, the bike is roughly a $5,000 bike. So I agree with the points above, that the electronics are prone to get outdated, wear out, etc., and you need to be able to replace or update them at will and keep using the bike. The taillights on my bike are Planet Bike Superflashes, if one dies, you throw it away and buy another for $25.
Something to consider very carefully: The Number 1 problem I see with people inventing anything new in the field of bicycling is that they are not the ones actually using the product. Typically this comes up when students in an industrial-design class dream up concept bicycles, electric bicycles, whatever, but they aren't really experienced cyclists themselves. So be very very sure that you don't fall into that category. In particular, if you're fairly new to bicycle commuting, and inventing gadgetry for bicycle commuters, you fall into that category.
Something to consider: Does an actual cycling commuter need any kind of navigation system? I would think after two weeks you'd have your route memorized?
Is all this electronics going to be absolutely positively waterproof, where you can leave the bike out in torrential downpours without ill effect? Don't assume everyone's going to drag the bike inside, and if you can't remove the electronic gizmos from the bike, you have potential problems.
If you can incorporate off-the-shelf electronic systems into the bike, you'll be way ahead on cost of development.
Typically, on a road bike, you can vary handlebar width, and stem length and angle, independently of each other. If you integrate those items, you either lose a lot of flexibility, or have to stock an awful lot of different handlebars.
It's a good point that integrating electronics into the bike makes it more difficult to update or repair it, which is why I assumed that the integrated portion is only the display device (LED's) and the GPS unit since OP mentioned security tracking. The actual electronics and application would be the cell phone or tablet, which eliminates that problem and why I thought it was pretty clever. But I could be wrong that that's the actual plan. Is it?
It's happened before with other so-called entrepreneurs and survey-takers who are making something new and wonderful for us cyclists ... they post one message ... and disappear ... instead of engaging in a discussion with us.
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Start with the basics, Write down all your accounts , pay the important ones, like power water, rent, budget money for food then pic just one bill. Try to talk to the original creditor and see if they will resolve with a settlement. Most of the time if a bill has gone to collections it has been sold for pennies on the dollar. Most of the time you can write a pay for delete letter and get it removed from you credit for less then you owe. Dont get over whelmed buy the totla . Start with one and move to the next. Also you need to write validation letters to the Collections, most of the time they dont have all the right info and if they dont validate the debt in 30 day they have to delete it and they go away. Not always but most of the time. Good luck and dont look at the big number just brake it down!!!
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text: Here in Montana it will be in the mid forties tonight, with a 20 - 30 mph wind. I am going to take this opportunity to test the breathable winter sock Papa Smurf made for me last winter in the backyard. I ordered it kinda snug, at 48" wide, so it just fits with about two inches to spare on the bottom for my 2/3 UQ. Plan to use a poncho liner for TQ and reflectix square. I'm looking forward to trying this out, as I can't sleep with tarps flapping and snapping in 30 mph winds, so maybe this is the ticket, when no rain is forecast for weeks and weeks and weeks. BTW, the air here looks like downtown L.A. in a smog alert due to all the fires.


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by Profit Scanner | February 11, 2014 9:21 am
When it comes to deciding which are the best stocks to buy, many traders glom onto the big, household names – Bank of America (BAC[1]), Facebook (FB[2]), General Motors (GM[3]) and the like – but that can mean they overlook some of the hidden gems in the nano- and small-cap arenas.
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Baseball is the perfect cure for the winter blues. So forget about the fact that there is still snow on the ground, and plan a trip to the ballpark. Hey, technically the team is tied for first place right?
The Nationals started selling individual game tickets Tuesday at 10 a.m. The season kicks off on April 5. The team begins the season against the defending National League champions, the Philadelphia Phillies. They are likely going to face the new ace of the Phillies, Roy Halladay.
The big question is when the Nationals' future ace will make his pro debut. The team selected hard-throwing pitcher Stephen Strasburg with the top overall pick, and he's already impressing teammates at spring training. Strasburg is almost certain to start the year in the minor leagues, but he will get the call at some point. So you've got 81 chances of picking the right game!
Some of the other highlights on this year's schedule include a visit from the Dodgers the weekend of April 23rd. May 9 is Mother's Day, so take your mom to go see the Nationals take on the Marlins.
The Orioles make the short trip down I-95 for a three-game series starting on Friday, May 21. On July 4, forego the barbecue and watch the Nats go red, white and blue on the New York Mets.
If you think this is the year the Nationals will be fighting for the playoffs, then buy up October tickets now. The team finishes up October with nine straight home games against Houston, Atlanta and Philadelphia.
If none of those interest you, then check out all the promotions. T-shirts, bobbleheads and beer cups?! There's something for everyone.
Published at 10:16 AM EST on Mar 2, 2010 | Updated at 10:31 AM EST on Mar 2, 2010


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Cassandra for Greeks or for Geeks?
by Svetlana Sicular | August 11, 2012
Technology robs words of their intrinsic meaning: what happened to "like" and "friend"? Is it true that Facebook patented "face"? What is "oracle"? Who is Cassandra — a NoSQL database...
Haute Couture of Big Data
by Svetlana Sicular | July 19, 2012
Big data haute couture roughly illustrates the state of the market. The question is: does a big data market exist?
"Good morning I'm the global waiter at IT infrastructure solutions...


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PONTE VEDRA, Fla. - A deputy shot a bobcat that was possibly and was chasing people in Ponte Vedra on Friday afternoon.
Deputies were called to Patrick Mill Circle about 1 p.m. after receiving complaints.
They found the cat and determined it was sick and possibly rabid, and a deputy shot it to protect those around, according to the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and St. Johns County Animal Control were notified and did not respond at the time.
Several witnesses contacted representatives from FWC and reported the cat was possibly a Florida panther. Once the agency was notified, it responded to assist the Sheriff's Office and determined the animal to be a bobcat and not a panther.
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