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I use their lipglosses. I wanted to try other things as well but then it was also out of order on Sephora website.
hey does no one here use guerlain products?
please tell me someone does..id love to share the makeup tips and recommendations
I use their lipglosses. I wanted to try other things as well but then it was also out of order on Sephora website.
i have the 2 diff shades of lipgloss
there bronzer
both are ace mannn
and the sea/sun eye cream shadow
anyone else?
Guerlain aint a drugstore brand
me like the sound of that bronzer the tealo
moved cos guerlain sure isn't drugstore
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lol lara thats what i use..the winter ones..
and hey philosopher..im gonna get it for u i dont care..ure missing out and im gonna cry
alot of chinese people go use their products
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lol lara thats what i use..the winter ones..
and hey philosopher..im gonna get it for u i dont care..ure missing out and im gonna cry
alot of chinese people go use their products
i dont teach philosphy this term you have to start calling me slacker
grr...my face may blow up if i use anything but mac
I use the Terracotta bronzing powder daily, but mainly to even out lighter parts on my face
I own so much Guerlain, and I love it all. Esp Terracotta Loose Powder Khol, Les Meteorites (in mythic and some old gold-version), Terracotta Bronzing Powder, Issima Silky Smooth Foundation...and the eyeshadows are so lovely. Shimmer-free (I hate shimmer), long-lasting, natural-looking. And I really love the packaging.
Terracotta Loose Powder Khol is my favourite though
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My friend introduced me to the terracotta eye khols and oh my gosh!! The best one is Black from summer 2006. I am currently scouring ebay for one!!! They sparkle is amazing and GREAT for smokey look! And the packaging is fun!
The best thing about Gerlain is the packaging, it's so beautiful. I have a prune eye khol which is very nice, it's so creamy and matte which I prefer.
i use lipsticks, glosses, meteorites and loose powder eye kohl all of them are great. loose powder eye kohl is really close to original arabian eye kohls that my grandmother uses and more safe. my grandma tried it on for once and she quickly gave up her faithful and long in service ethnic eye kohl and started using guerlain. french royal family used to use guerlain too. in conclusion i can say as good as chanel but cheaper they have so many unique products with a famous jewelry designer designed package.
Do you have to mix the powder eye kohl with anything? How well does it stay?
I love being a dazzleglass Bimbo!
no you just apply it in your waterline and voila. and for staying i use it when i go to beach and after a whole day at beach swimmg etc. it still stays there
I use the meteorites and the pure light powder,... I LOVE them,.. just wish they were so godawful expensive,.. But ya know,.. I bought my meteorites when they first released the complexion evening ones,.. that tells you something,.. they last for a long time
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I like the lipsticks (in Folie de Grenat)
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I had just got my first Guerlain lippie and I'm in love. And this one lippie made me realize how... not so nice (to say the least) MAC lipsticks really are. I got that KissKiss Maxi Shine in Purple Shine. Such beautiful & sexy berry color, but the best is my lips keep SO moisturized the whole day and no lipstick does that for me, even most lip treatments and chapsticks. It has some great ingredients, this little wonder, I love it! I love the violet smell too.
I can see now how much MAC could improve their formulas instead of caring too much about the colors only. Actually, now I blame MAC for my lack of interest in l/s. I have so many e/s and just 3 or 4 lippies. Now I want all of those Guerlain KissKiss, too bad they are so expensive.
Capspock (or anyone else) can you take a picture of the KissKiss lip stuff? I'd like to see how shiny it is.
I love being a dazzleglass Bimbo!
The terracotta bronzers and kohls are amazing. The bronzers are neutral based, so they work fairly universally without giving the orange tone which you often get with bronzers. The kohls are just perfection. They took an old standard, and didn't change it, which is wonderful.
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My sister in law, who lives in Tehran, bought an entire box of the powder kohl liner... all in black. She's like obsessed with all their stuff, though in smaller quantities.
I like meteorites, Divinora Liquid Liner, and KissKiss Lipstick in Rose Desir.
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Love the eye kohls and meteorites. The Divinora primer is amazing.
I bought one of their Kiss Kiss gloss stick thing in vanilla beige - its soooo lush
I went to the counter to actually look for a bronzer cos Ive read in mags that they are known for doing the best bronzers?? is this true? im an nc40 and am looking for a subtle (not too shimmery) bronzer...the SA was off ill so I wasnt able to ask for any help... which bronzer do u guys recommend?
Their LE pearly sun powders look sooo lush and the packaging is HOT! I was soooo confused....help anyone???
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I can't live without Beige Strauss Kiss Kiss Lipstick. Only our Sephora carries it, they have very little Guerlain and the dept stores have nothing at all. I generally loathe frosts, but this is very....luminous.
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I love their terracotta bronzer. I have it in 01, which is the lightest shade of their moisturizing and long lasting bronzer.
Love, love, love it. I wear it daily
I took the plunge and bought a few things from them for which I have to say I am pleased with - I bought:
Kiss Kiss lip lift (primer) - have to say the best lip primer I have tried!
Teracotta Indian BronzePearly Sun powder LE (only wearable on occasions/evening)
Teracotta Light sheer bronzing powder - has shimmer to it also, not as much as the above tho - gorgeous but some may not like how shimmery it is.
and then cos I need a totally matte, light bronzer I popped across to E Lauder and bought their bronzer in soft matte... its perfect for me and Ive been reaching for this nearly every day.
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Last month, World Market Center announced that the summer edition of its Las Vegas Market, typically held in July, will move to a fall schedule beginning in 2009.
The new lineup has the Las Vegas Market slated for Sept. 14-17, 2009 -- approximately one month before next year's fall High Point Market, Oct. 17-22. Officials have also scaled back the duration of the tradeshow from five days to four. The winter Las Vegas Market will take place Feb. 9-13, 2009, as previously scheduled.
Bob Maricich, CEO of the World Market Center, acknowledges the competitive nature of the market industry, but he points out that the date change was the result of lengthy polling and customer input.
"We'd been talking about optimal times, probably prior to my arrival [in January 2008]," he explains. "And it's certainly been a discussion point since I've been there."
Maricich says the move will help broaden the Las Vegas Market's appeal to international visitors -- many of whom take extended vacations in summer months -- and domestic buyers seeking to minimize travel costs. Airfare, room rates and Las Vegas' sweltering weather are all generally more favorable in September.
From a broader perspective, the date change is also an attempt to showcase the brand appeal of the World Market Center, Maricich says. With the opening of Building C earlier this year, the integrated campus contains more than 5 million square feet of space, making for an exceptionally efficient buying experience. By holding the market over four days instead of five, the World Market Center makes the case that visitors can spend less time at market and still get the same buying experience.
"We have a unique situation because we own the campus and don't have conflicting dates, and [we] can really do the best thing for the attendees and tenants," Maricich explains. "We can do these things because of the unique nature of our operation."
The date change is not without its headaches, especially for those in the lighting industry. The 2009 fall dates overlap with the American Lighting Association's annual conference, scheduled for Sept. 13-15, in Palos Verdes, CA. The new dates also fall close to the Chicago International Casual Furniture and Accessories Market (Sept. 21-24, 2009) and the Atlanta Fall Gift & Home Furnishings Market (Sept. 12-14, 2009). The conflicts were unintentional but unavoidable, says Maricich.
"If you pull out the calendar, there's just no place where you're not on top of something else."

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The initial inhalations expose a moderately spicy, black peppercorn perfume; aeration brings about flax, cooked vegetables, and brown sugar. The platform flavor is intensely cocoa-like, then at midpalate, the taste leaps into deeper cocoa/bittersweet chocolate territory before turning lean and keenly bittersweet, oily and chocolaty in the finish.
84 pts.Wine Spectator: November 15, 1996
Tawny, mahogany. Medium body and sweetness. Leather, sweet pipe tobacco, dates and molasses. Deep, fragrant and woody. Plush texture. Complex.
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Dark chestnut. medium-bodied. Figs, aromatic pipe tobacco, roasted grain. moderately light texture. A bit soft, even diffuse on palate. Sweet fragrances are the hallmark here.
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Dark/amberish in color; a tame sort of rum; soft, accessible; a bit woody with a molasses note in the taste and nose; not a complex rum; has a fairly even finish. A rum better taken with tonic water.
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This cola-colored rum from Jamaica coats the mouth and gives off some woody, earthy tones.


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Public warned about email scam involving alleged court proceedings
A Western New York law firm is warning the public about an e-mail scam involving alleged orders from the state Unified Court System to appear at court proceedings that include an attachment connected to the e-mail.
The Hogan Willag firm said the attachments, which a reader is supposed to open to learn of the time and location of the supposed court appearance, really just contain a computer virus. The state court system does not send out such e-mail notices of court appearances and the e-mail should be deleted without opening the attachment, the firm said.


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Five things to watch this week in college football:
1. Louisiana State visits Alabama in one of those "game-of-the-century" moments that remind people why college football's regular season is so special. The winner has a fast track to the national title while the loser will no doubt be pining for a rematch.
2. Go tell it on the mountain. A week after its thrilling, prime-time Saturday overtime loss, USC plays a rare Friday night game in Boulder against a Colorado team that has struggled all season with altitude sickness. Remember, skiers, to keep your tips up.
3. Not so fast. Before Oregon plays at Stanford on Nov. 12 in the Pacific 12 Conference's version of LSU-Alabama, the Ducks face a dangerous test at much-improved Washington. Fast fact: Oregon and Washington might hate each other more than their traditional in-state rivals.


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Modern Disciples (Volume 1), Ian Anderson, 2011, ISBN 9781432772703
In a world where the gods of antiquity take human form and have been mating with present-day humans, one man begins to learn his destiny.
Ryan Hunter has been on his own for most of his life. One night, while accompanying a bounty hunter, Ryan sees some very strange things, and feels his godly "abilities" awakened within him. He soon finds himself, along with five other Disciples, in a hotel conference room in Orlando, Florida. Each are sitting next to their godly parents. It is not just Greek gods who are alive and well, but gods from many other cultures, including Norse, Aztec and Japanese.
The six are given a mission. They must travel into the Everglades, and kill a very special alligator. After several days trudging through the swamps, they find the alligator. Think of a giant, mutant alligator on steroids (that can climb trees). Later, the group finds a small town where they think can rest and recuperate for a few days. Strange things are going on in the town. All the women are dressed in very revealing outfits, and they all have blank looks on their faces. There are separate gatherings for men and women every night. Attendance, even by visitors, is expected. The group has to fight their way out of town.
Back at the same hotel conference room, the group learns of a fancy charity ball happening in the hotel. The organization's official address is an abandoned warehouse, and the people listed as the Board of Directors are all dead (no, they're not zombies). The group infiltrates the ball, and learns that, among other beings, vampires are involved. Do all members of the group survive their tasks? Do any of the group, three men and three women, hookup with each other? Do they stay together, and become the newest group of superheroes?
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With the growing popularity of e-commerce, competition has become intense among the players in the online trading marketplace. Each player is trying a new way out to overcome competitive pressures. However, there are some prominent players who continue to lead the market with its great performance.
A typical example here is that of eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY), which seems to be racing ahead mainly because of some key strengths. Its recently reported second quarter numbers met the Street's estimates, despite various problems faced by the company. This led to a rise in its share price.
Key growth drivers
Driven by growth in the PayPal segment, revenue surged 13% to $4.4 billion, over last year. This was higher than the analysts' estimate of $4.3 billion. The increase came in despite the data breach which led to a loss of 145 million customers' personal information, such as login ID, password, phone numbers. This was expected to hamper sales since customers would become cautious about shopping at eBay.
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Nonetheless, the online retailer managed to put up a great show because of its PayPal business, which makes 45% of its total revenue. PayPal registered sales growth of 20%, clocking in at $1.95 billion. The business added 4.1 million active customers to its customer base, which reached a total of 152.5 million. Even enabled commerce volume growth was 26%, as PayPal was launched in 10 new markets.
Also, eBay witnessed an increase of 6.6 million in new buyers and accounts in the mobile engine segment. Even the enterprise group reported same store sales growth of 14% with an increase of 15% in gross merchandise sales. Revenue from Marketplaces stood at $2.2 billion, as active users climbed 14% to 149 million active buyers.
Earnings too jumped to $0.69 per share from $0.63 per share in the prior year. Hence, the company did a commendable job of managing its costs and growing its top line.
Pressure from peers
However, eBay faces stiff competition from its peers such as Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) in e-commerce space. Amazon is quite big in size and geographical presence. Further, it has a much diversified product portfolio, and it continues to enter into new products. For instance, Amazon recently launched a new smartphone called Fire. This smartphone has special features such as detecting images to help in buying it at a simple touch.
Also, Alibaba's IPO in the coming months will pose a threat to other e-commerce players. Alibaba is a Chinese player and is expanding its presence in the U.S. through its website.
Points to look forward to
However, eBay too is formulating strategies to combat competition. It plans to expand its geographical presence. It recently got into the Latin American market, which should help eBay earn more dollars.
Further, it has made some acquisitions to expand its business. It acquired AppTek for machine translation recently. This buyout was in addition to the purchase of Phisix in February this year and that of Braintree in December last year.
Final words
Therefore, eBay has proved to be a shining star with its second-quarter performance. Moreover, revenue grew in all the segments of the business. Also, it repurchased shares which made investors happy. Further, its efforts to expand its business look interesting. However, a dull outlook is something which makes me doubtful about the company's near future. Nonetheless, this online retailer is a great pick for the long run.


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Auxiliary Bishop Andraos Abouna of Baghdad died Tuesday morning in a hospital in Erbil, the capital of Kurdish northern Iraq. The bishop was 67 years old and had suffered from kidney problems.
According to the Italian bishops' news agency SIR, Bishop Abouna underwent kidney surgery two months ago. He seemed to have recovered, however he had a relapse last week and was admitted to the hospital on Monday.
"His death is a great loss for the Iraqi Church," Bishop Shlemon Warduni, Chaldean Patriarchal Vicar of Baghdad, told SIR. "Msgr. Abouna was in charge of youth pastoral care. Now, let's pray for the Lord to give us a new pastor."
Chaldean Patriarch Emmanuel III Delly will preside at a funeral for Bishop Abouna, scheduled for Tuesday evening at St. Joseph's Cathedral in Ankawa, near Erbil.
Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), a Catholic charity that supports the faithful in places of persecution and difficulty, spoke with Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, who recalled how Bishop Abouna was "always smiling, even in very difficult situations."
"He was a very close friend not just to me but to so many others," Archbishop Warda said.
"Bishop Abouna was a very good and humble man, very open-minded," added Archbishop Louis Sako of Kirkuk. "He really took care of each one of his priests, and he always worked for the unity of the Church. I hope he can pray for us from heaven."
Born in 1943 in the northern Iraqi village of Bedar, Bishop Abouna entered the seminary at age 14 and was ordained a priest for the Chaldean Catholic Church in 1966.
He served as a parish priest in Iraq for 24 years, and was then moved to London, where he led the Chaldean and Syrian-Catholic Mission in England for 11 years.
On Novermber 11, 2002, he was named Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad. Shortly after his return to Iraq, Saddam Hussein was overthrown, and Baghdad became a hotbed of extreme violence.
Bishop Abouna led his people through the difficult times that followed. Bomb attacks on churches and threats of violence against non-Muslims led many to leave the city, but the bishop remained.
Despite increasing health problems, he continued to hold youth events when possible. He also responded to the priest shortage by serving at Our Lady of the Assumption parish.
ACN had helped pay for Bishop Abouna's health care. The organization had also worked with him to relocate St. Peter's Seminary away from Baghdad when conditions became unsafe.
"I had the pleasure to meet Bishop Abouna many times during my visits to northern Iraq," said Marie-Ange Siebrecht, ACN projects coordinator for Iraq. "He was a very spiritual person and had great concern for the priests and seminarians he was in charge of."
"Especially in Baghdad he played a great role among the priests to try to show them that there is a future in their country."


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Published 1:36 pm, Monday, April 1, 2013
A study published in the journal Pediatrics has found sexual activity among young teens is rare.
The authors of the study used data from the 2006 – 2010 National Survey of Family Growth conducted by the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, and other sources.
The study found 0.6 percent of 10-year-olds, 1.1 percent of 11-year-olds and 2.4 percent of 12-year-olds have had sex. Sexual activity is much more common among older teens with one-third of teens age 15 reporting have had sex and nearly half of teens aged 17 reporting the same. By age 19, 71 percent of teens report being sexually active.
"Policymakers and the media often sensationalize teen sexual behavior, suggesting that adolescents as young as 10 or 11 are increasingly sexually active," lead author Lawrence Finer said in a press release. "But the data just don't support that concern. Rather, we are seeing teens waiting longer to have sex, using contraceptives more frequently when they start having sex, and being less likely to become pregnant than their peers of past decades."
The majority of children ages 10 and 11, who report having had sex, also report that the sex was coerced. The authors argue that fact warrants extra attention.
One Texas study, published in 2011, found one in 10 Texas 6th graders report being sexually active. That number rose to 29 percent by the 8th grade.
Other studies, including one using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, have found the number of babies born to teen mothers in the U.S is at an all-time low. That number has been dropping across all ethnicities. Texas continues to be one of the states with the highest teen pregnancy rates however.
The study was done by researchers at the Guttmacher Institute which was affiliated with Planned Parenthood. Pediatrics is a journal published online by the American Academy of Pediatrics.


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National Geographic Society is entering the art market. After some debate, the archives of National Geographic have been opened up to institutions and private collectors interested in owning a slice of 20th-century life. The hoard of photographs cover everywhere from Uganda to the Mississippi, and will find a place in the market through Steven Kasher Gallery in Chelsea. On September 17, 2009, the gallery will host its first exhibition of material from the Society. Read more in today's NYT.
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I have decided that I am going to do some experimenting with my savings some more to see where we will reap the greatest savings. I save Scott, myself and our family a lot of money with my savvy shopping knowledge. I have pin pointed things down almost to an art form with a science behind it. It is now easy for me to go into the grocery store with my ads and coupons; get $700 in groceries and pay no more than $220. I am working on learning the different rewards programs from the different grocers to see where the biggest benefit and best savings in the long run is.
First I'm going to give tips on things that have HELPED me save thus far. Then I am going to do some research on these programs that many different grocers offer, and then devise a plan to see what my overall benefit and savings would be.
Tips on Saving Money while Grocery Shopping:
- Best night to grocery shop is Wednesday late night, after 9pm for 24 hour grocers, or 2 hours before closing for other grocers. The reason is because MOST grocery stores have their ads, ready and in your mail box my Tuesday's. The new sale starts/ends on Wednesday's. MOST, not all, and not in every region, grocery stores will honor previous and new weeks ads on Wednesday's. Additionally MOST grocery stores receive their weekly replenish shipment late Tuesday nights, and want to fastly sell their older items, and that's when they know IF they have MORE meat/produce etc than planned going into their new week. IF you can not make Wednesday night work out, Wednesday anytime is almost just as good for savings and quality combined.
- Another good reason to grocery shop on Wednesday is aside from the caliber of coupons you get in the Sunday newspaper, you also get a good caliber of coupons in the Wednesday paper.
- THE WORST three times to grocery shop are: Tuesday, Thursday, and no surprise Sunday's.
- ASK your local produce/meat/dairy workers in the grocery store if they have meat/produce/dairy near expiration that they can still sell you. You wont believe the sales you can get. Again the best night to do this is Wednesday nights. AS LONG as the meat/dairy is FROZEN it will remain good up to 4 weeks passed PRINTED sale by/expiration date. The sale by/expiration date on packages are NOT the actual expiration of the meat. The meat companies especially will often move this date up anywhere from 2-6 weeks to sale it faster, and to stay with in FDA compliance and guidelines.
- ALWAYS GO WITH A LIST! DO NOT EVER EVER just "WING IT". NEVER. Cardinal rule for spending almost 3 times as much is just "winging it". (Later in this blog entry I will run down how I do it for optimal savings.)
- Prior to making your grocery list, go through and make a weekly/monthly menu. (Base this upon how you would grocery shop. YOU WILL SAVE MORE if you grocery shop WEEKLY. I will go more in detail about this later on in this blog). Ie: Monday: Sloppy Joes with Carrots, Tuesday: Spaghetti and meatballs with garlic bread, etc.
- NEVER go hungry. This will cut down on impulse buying and snack over compensation. I will make sure to go AFTER we have eaten dinner, let it settle, which is just long enough for me to bathe both boys, get them settled in and ready for bed. That way I can leave them home with daddy, or grandpa.
- Elevate ANY and ALL distractions. If a grandparent is not available to watch our boys, then I will leave them home with daddy, so I can go in peace and with out interruption. I have PERSONALLY done a few experiments with this. Every time the result was I paid less, got better food selections and food lasted longer.
- Make a weekly budget along with your monthly budget and DO NOT GO OVER. Not even one penny.
- On your list that you have compiled (The details of the complied list will be below), keep a running total of what you SHOULD have spent, vs what you are ACTUALLY spending. (This is for price matching and couponing reasons. This is where you will be able to see your savings).
- Make a grocery list and keep it on your fridge. When you run out of things, IMMEDIATELY put it on your list. Do not chance your memory to recall it when it comes down to make your master list.
- Make a master pantry list. Include on your list how many of each item you like or would like to stay stocked up on. For example: 12 boxes of Mac and Cheese, 12 cans of tuna, 20 cans of soup, etc. (feel free to break the soup down into chicken noodle, tomato, etc). ALWAYS stay stocked up on dry and can goods. Especially veggies, they make for fast easy side dishes in a pinch, or when produce is wildly expensive.
- Keep stocked up on fast and easy meals, such as spaghetti, mac and cheese, hot dogs, hamburgers, etc.
- Cut meat out of two-three dinners a week. Try Breakfast for dinner (non meat, so omelets, pancakes, hash browns etc), spaghetti, stirfry, etc.
- TAKE YOUR LUNCH TO WORK! There is really no excuse to not to when, you can get bread for 4 loafs for $5 or tv dinners 10 for $10, or even left overs. You SAVE $$$$$ in the long run. Think about it. With a loaf of bread you have a sandwich for every day, for 1.50. You spend easily $5 or more if you eat out during lunch at work.
- Cook and freeze. Ie Lasagnas, casseroles, pastas, much of it will keep very well when you freeze it. Do this on a day off to make cooking dinner on late days at work easy.
- Try a variety of crock pot dinners.
- COUPON, every little penny counts. Just be aware that not ALL coupons will be used, and Not ALL coupons will be the BEST deal.
- No matter what BUY THE BETTER DEAL. There are MANY different apps for these smart phones that will compare prices with values, and quantities that will easily tell you which one is the BEST value in the long run. DO not be afraid to TRY at least TRY the store brands.
- AD/PRICE match. EVERY STORE THAT SALES grocery items. You will need to contact your local grocery stores in order to learn which ones do ad/price match and which ones do not, and what their local policy is on it. You will be surprised the vast differences, even in same states. For example, the Walmart in South Avondale, will not PRICE match unless it's in the ad, the Walmart in South Glendale will price and ad match as long as it is verifiable. Both are in West Phoenix.
- Avoid "quick" runs and "short lists" to the grocery store. Ie, the "I've run out of milk and eggs, and I need to just run in for a second..." runs. They never turn out to be "quick" runs, you almost always end up getting 5-10 times more than expected, and it's never worth it, because you will spend on average 6x's more.
- BUY IN bulk when the price per unit item is always a better deal! BE CAREFUL, don't get stuck in this rut or you will MISS other savings sometimes. For example: I buy my son's huggies diapers (Because they have a rewards program) at Costco. I was buying the Kirkland (Coscto brand) diapers because they were the better deal at first. THEN huggies changed their packaging to where their bulk boxes were the same amount of diapers, for the same price, and Costco often has a $5 off coupon once a month. Hints why it's the better deal in the long run. However, recently I have been experimenting with other scenarios. Once every 3 months it is in my better interest to buy my diapers at Kmart. I get three packages there, equalling the SAME number of diapers I get at Costco for the SAME price, BUT KMART pays me 2% back on my shop your way rewards program for buying those diapers, AND they will more times than not give me a bonus coupon that gives me $5-$10 back in shop my way rewards when I spend over $25. SO to make it worth my while. I buy two packages totalling $26 of my oldest sons diapers in one transaction, then two packages totalling $26 of my youngest sons diapers in a second transaction, and then in a third transaction I will buy one package of my older sons diapers and one of my younger sons diapers. Now I have the SAME amount of diapers I would NORMALLY have gotten from costco, for the same price (assuming I used the $5 off coupon), and I got anywhere from $15-$30 (Depending on what coupon I've gotten from previous transactions) in rewards money back PLUS 2% per transaction. So when you sit down and think about it, I have now made back half of what I spent. I then will take that money and buy other things I need, OR (More times than not) save my rewards money for Birthday and/or Christmas shopping for my boys. So you see if I got stuck in my rut of buying only from costco I would have missed out on this savings, bonus money.
- It may sound like a give me, but it is harder than you think. WATCH the register and watch as each item is rung in. Remember how you are suppose to write the price down on your list as you gather it through the store? Well often times (more than grocery stores are willing to admit it) the price it rings for is HIGHER than the price it says on the shelf. Most don't even look at this or notice it. IF a cashier is going to fast, which they are trained to do so, you CAN CAN CAN CAN CAN CAN ask them to SLOW down and VERIFY EACH price with you. Some will grumble at this, BUT you will lose money if you do not watch it. This is especially IMPORTANT if you are price/ad matching as well.
- COMPARISON shop. This is where it is important to look at a 4oz of bbq sauce for 2.99 and compare it to a 6oz of bbq sauce for 5.29 and compare what the better deal is. Remember you want to know how much it will costs you PER OUNCE (in this case) for the 4oz bottle and the 6oz bottle given the prices. Either using a smart phone app, or quick math you can get this. Long math would be 2.99/4oz=.75 cents per ounce and 5.29/6oz=.88 cents per ounce. So in THIS case the BETTER deal is the 4 oz bottle. So buy 2 of them for .69cents more for 2 ozs more. NOW add in a coupon for .75 off a 6oz bottle. So take your 5.29-.75=(4.54/6oz)=.76 cents per ounce. So is the 4oz or the 6oz the better deal? Even with the coupon the 4oz is still a better deal in the long run over the slightly lowered price of the 6oz and coupon. See where even one penny can MAKE a huge difference?
- Plan out your month so you are not stocking up on the same items every grocery trip. This you will have to figure out based on your local market. For example: I have personally found that it is best to do my regular grocery shopping items the first week of the month, my produce and dairy the second week of the month, my meat the third week of the month, and my bulk items the last week of the month. Each market is different.
- Consider using different stores for different reasons. For example: my regular grocery shopping week I use Walmart to ad/price match, my produce/dairy week I typically use Frys (almost always a better deal, not always the case, so keep up with the ads and trends), my meats I typically get at Albertsons the third week during their buy one get two free deals, if they do not have this deal, I will price/ad match at walmart, and my bulk is done at costco.
- When you come across an unbeatable deal, do not be afraid to stock up on it (with in reason), just make sure to adjust budget as needed, or buy less of other items in budget. IE: 4 months ago Costco had Huggies diapers on sale for 21.99 for large bulk box (normally 39.99) and a $5 off coupon. In this case, it is MORE than okay to stock up and take from another budget, just REMEMBER to do this in your budget book. IF you have no wiggle room from another budget, then resort to savings. BUT ONLY if it's a deal that you CAN not pass up.
- Grocery stores STILL HONOR RAIN CHECKS! IF they are OUT of something, ASK for a rain check. Don't be shy, ask for one!
- Stick to your lists.
- Use store savings cards/ rewards programs, etc.
- Substitute some of your drinks for water. Start with substituting one drink for water a day.
- If you know your grocery well enough, you will see even more savings when you create your grocery lists by grocery aisle.
- Try to limit eating out to either or/and once a week such as after Church on Sunday as a family, or a special family treat. (This does not include a once a month nice dinner out with your spouse. Just the two of you, make sure to budget that in for your monthly budget as well.)
- Use a calendar to remind you of important savings, etc, and when it is the better time to buy what in your local market.
Here is my work flow each week.
First my "Master Pantry List": (these are items that last long, you can buy in bulk when you find sales and stock up on that serve also for fast easy meals, for example on occasion I am low on food I can make what I call a dry beef stew. I use hamburger meat, brown in, and then cook a variety of canned veggies, and then mix it all together. Sometimes I will throw the meat into the pasta noodles, or mac and cheese, or even the veggies in these. When these items are on a unbeatable sale is when I stock up. OFTEN if the sale is good enough and I am still within budget I will stock past these qualities. BUT as a rule of thumb I always keep these quantities on hand and in mind when I go through ads and make my list. So in a sense they are always on my list, I may not always BUY them, but I can check the prices and see if there is a better special that week or not.)
- 15 cans each of each veggie we like. (ie: 10 cans of carrots, 10 cans of corn, 10 cans of green beans, etc) (I almost ALWAYS get these when they are 3 for $1 at Frys once every two months. This is when knowing your market will come in handy. Took me six months to figure this one out.
- 20 cans of Tuna. (Also almost always get these when they are 5 for $1 or cheaper. Again seems to only happen once every other month. I know if I see this deal I need to stock up, I also know that if there is a better deal than this, then I need to stock up on the better deal.)
- 20 boxes of mac and cheese
- 20 boxes of rice a roni
- 5 boxes/bags of spaghetti noodles.
- 2 jars of spaghetti sauce, 2 jars of Alfredo sauce, 2 cans of tomato paste/sauce
- 30 cans of soup (10 chicken noodle, 10 assorted cream of..... and 10 any other combo variations)
- Assorted assortments of baked goods. I typically like to keep 20 boxes of baked goods. There is no rhyme or reason. However I do like to keep a variety of muffin mix, bread mixes, and some cookie mixes.
- 3 boxes of oatmeal
- 4 boxes of cereal
- 1 large container of gold fish
- 1 large container of animal crackers
- 1 large bulk box of graham crackers
- 1 large bulk box of assorted snack crackers
- 3 large boxes of Bisquick/pancake mix
- 10 lb bag of sugar (in a container that is ant/bug proof)
- 50 lb of dog food also in an ant/bug proof container
- 2-3 loafs of bread
- 3 18plus ozs of peanut butter jars (typically one crunchy for myself and two creamy for Jayden and Scott)
- Hot dog and Hamburger buns
- Bagels
- 1 package of unopened tortillas (Corn tortillas are cheaper and healthier)
- 40 cans of assorted beans (this includes black beans, pinto beans, baked beans, refried beans, red beans and at least 2 cans of chili beans)
- 10 cans of manwich
- 30 cans assorted spaghetti o's and ravioli's
- 10 boxes of jiffy corn bread mix
- 3 cans of shake and bake mix or 5 boxes of shake and bake mix (depends on which one was the better deal when I last shopped for them)
- 2 64oz or more shelf stable apple juice's
- 1 24 pack of Pepsi and 1 24 pack of Dr Pepper (In addition to whats chilled in the fridge
- 1 back up of the following shelf stable bbq sauce, ranch, mayo, ketcup, mustard and salsa (if I haven't made my own salsa that month which is cheaper. Also making your own ranch is cheaper too.)
- 10 packages of taco seasoning
I have a master freezer and fridge check list as well. Items such as butter, sour cream, etc are on there. (I can provide my lists if requested. I only provided my pantry lists above to give you the idea, and so you can get the complete picture that I include everything. My TOTALS are based off of what my family will eat and how often they will. Jayden loves his raviolis for lunch or corn dogs, and chicken nuggets, so my list will have more than most of those items. You have to amend it to fit your family needs).
(THESE NEXT LISTS ARE EXAMPLES AND NOT ACTUAL just because I have not done my list for this week as of yet, but it will give you the idea of how my work flow goes)
My refrigerator list (the things we are out of or low on):
Garlic salt
bbq sauce
seasoning rubs for pork, chicken
My meal plan for the week:
Monday: sloppy joes with steamed veggies
Tuesday: Taco night (with mexi rice and beans w/cheese
Wednesday: bbq pork ribs in crock pot
Thursday: Spaghetti and meatballs with garlic bread
Friday: Crock pot lasagna
Saturday: Hamburgers and Fries
Sunday: Breakfast for dinner (pancakes, omelets, and breakfast burritos)
My Weekly ads for price matching: (Main thing to remember making this list is to INCLUDE all details, because it saves you time from having to hunt it down in the ad, and it's faster to look for this item, and compare it to other similar items to find the best deal) (I normally do this in alphabet order but because I'm not doing this based off of an ad, just giving an example it's not alphabetized.)
10oz kraft bbq sauce 3.99 w/coupon .50/off on 10oz kraft bbq sauce
Bananas .58/lb when you buy 2lbs
Hidden Valley Ranch 20oz bottle 10.99/bottle w/ 1.00 off coupon
Food City:
Bone in chicken breasts .48/lb
Tyson chicken nuggets 5oz bag 2.99 w/coupon 1.00 off.
buy one assorted package of pork chops at 1.99/lb get two of equal or lesser value for free (MOST places will NOT price match a bogo UNLESS their is a unit price on the ad).
Hidden Valley 10oz bottle of Ranch 5.99/bottle w/coupon .45off (I typically make sure the coupon matches or is with in parameters of ad if I'm going to include it on the lists, more times than not, the ad will say Hidden Valley 7-10oz bottle of Ranch 5.99 and the coupon will often say Hidden Valley 8oz bottle of Ranch .45 off).
I then will go through my matching ad and strike out things that are similar and figure out which one is the better value.
For example: I found two stores that have Hidden Valley Ranch in their ad, I now need to figure out WHICH one is the better deal, and if the coupons fall with in the parameters. Lets just say the coupons are good with what the ad is advertising. So at Fry's it is .50 cents per ounce using the coupon and ad match. At Albertsons it is .69 cents per ounce with the coupon and ad match. So that makes the one at Frys a better deal in the long run. You are paying .19 cents less per ounce by ad matching to Frys and using the coupon.
You would then go through the list and do the same with all like items.
Then you combine your final lists into one master list, but make sure to do it according to aisle at the store. It should look like this (Mind you mine is not by aisle at the store, just going off of the example)
Hidden Valley Ranch 10 oz bottle 5.99 @ Albertsons w/ .45 off coupon
Bone in Chicken breasts .48/lb @ Food City
(Make sure to check the ad for things already ON your lists: your master on hand lists, your out of/low lists, and your weekly meal plan lists and include them on your master lists, EVEN if you do not find them on the ads. MAKE SURE to compare all like items at the store for the best over all price in the long run.) Don't forget to write the price that the store has it at next to the item so you can calculate your savings afterwards. Keep in mind that you wont use every item you have selected to price match, because you will still compare every item to other like items to find the best value in the long run.
Now take these SAME pointers and apply them to everything else, like hygiene items, bulk items, cleaning items, etc. Your weekly ads will ALSO have these items in them as well. Get to know sales and trends of these items in your local area.
Now as far as couponing goes, I make it simple. I only clip what I WILL use. I only get two Wednesday papers from the dollar store EARLY wednesday morning before anyone can steal the coupons and before the papers are gone, as well as I get two Sunday papers EARLY Sunday mornings. I clip my coupons Sunday nights, after my family has gone to bed. I will check my master lists Monday nights after my family goes to bed, and on Tuesday nights I make my lists, and prepare to do my grocery shopping Wednesday nights.
I hope this helps! Ask me for clarification. Just remember you will have to also put in the leg work and figure out your budget, what works for your family, your local market trends/sales, what coupons work/do not work for your family, etc. These are just POINTERS and Guidelines.
Let me know if I can help you!
Quoting Laura.L:
I too use coupons & compare ads. I am confused though why you would plan your weekly meal before going through the sale ads. I plan my meals based off of what is on sale & I have coupons for. If its not on sale, I don't buy it!
Quoting boygirlboymom:
I work for a major chain in my area. Most of our stores get deliveries of perishable items daily, my store is smaller so we get four trucks a week. Sale prices carrying over, or getting overstocked on an item is greatly reduced. It does happen though.


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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – Advocates of rewriting Alabama's 113-year-old constitution aren't giving up even though the process stalled after an advisory opinion from Chief Justice Roy Moore disputed the legality of the process.
"If I come back in the next quadrennium, I'm going to continue to push for us to finish up the job we started," House Speaker Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn, said.
Alabama's 1901 constitution is the longest of any state, with more than 800 amendments. One portion can be amended by the Legislature approving a proposed constitutional amendment and submitting it to voters statewide for ratification. The whole document can be rewritten if the Legislature and Alabama voters approve of holding a constitutional convention with delegates from across the states.
After Republicans won control of the Legislature in the 2010 election, the new Republican leadership began pushing to rewrite the constitution one article at a time. The Legislature created a commission to make recommendations. Then the Legislature turned those recommendations into proposed constitutional amendments, which were approved by lawmakers and submitted to voters statewide for approval.
So far, the process has led to the articles on banking and corporations being revised and approved by voters.
In the 2014 legislative session, lawmakers were working on five articles. After some critics challenged the legality of the process, the chairman of the Senate Constitution and Elections Committee, Republican Bryan Taylor of Prattville, asked the Supreme Court for an advisory opinion. The answers caused the committee to put its work on hold Wednesday.
Chief Justice Moore and Justice Tom Parker wrote advisory opinions this month saying the Legislature's article-by-article revision is not constitutional.
Moore said addressing a few articles each year does not change the reality that the Legislature has undertaken a near total rewrite of the document through an in-house constitutional convention. "By wresting the convention process from the people, the Legislature has unconstitutionally made itself the paramount mechanism of constitutional revisions," he said.
The other seven justices on the Supreme Court declined to issue opinions.
Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, R-Anniston, said Moore's advisory opinion brought work to a halt. "For me, that's not a reason to stop moving forward," he said.
He said he hopes to re-energize the effort, possibly in the current session, even though the Legislature has only six days left to meet.
Republican Dick Brewbaker of Pike Road, a member of the Senate Constitution and Elections Committee, said it was time to pause and seek clarification, including seeing whether the other seven justices might offer their views. "The court needs to unmuddy the waters," he said.
Hubbard said, "I don't believe we should stop just because you have two justices of the Supreme Court making an advisory opinion. That's their opinion. Obviously there are nine justices. That means seven may not necessarily agree with that."
Nancy Ekberg of Birmingham, communications chairman for Alabama Citizens for Constitutional Reform, said the Constitutional Revision Commission created by the Legislature expired in 2013, but its recommendations live on and can be considered at any time.
"No one should give up hope," she said.
Birmingham attorney Lenora Pate, chairman of the group, said it has always supported having a constitutional convention and what has happened in the Legislature may create more discussion about that. But she said it's too early to say.
"This is an election year, and we don't know who will be in the Legislature for the next quadrennium. We don't know what the focus will be," she said.
There is one thing she is sure about.
"The effort for constitutional reform is not over," she said.
(Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)


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I'm not sure how much of a push Rob Thomas' "Veronica Mars" will get in terms of a theatrical release, or if it will even get one. This looks like a direct-to-DVD/Blu-ray type of movie to me. Honestly, there's not a lot of people who will be making the effort to see this thing except for the folks who actually pitched in money to get the movie made. We can all agree on that, right?
Having said that, here's the full trailer for "Veronica Mars". Well, you paid good money to see it get made, so I guess get excited?
Veronica Mars has put Neptune and her amateur sleuthing days behind her on the eve of graduating law school. While interviewing at high-end law firms, Veronica gets a call from her ex-boyfriend Logan who has been accused of murder. Veronica heads back to Neptune just to help Logan find an attorney, but when things don't seem right with how Logan's case is perceived and handled, Veronica finds herself being pulled back into a life she thought she had left behind.
Starring Kristen Bell, Jason Dohring, Chris Lowell, Ryan Hansen, Krysten Ritter, Percy Daggs III, Tina Majorino, Francis Capra Ken Marino and Enrico Colantoni.
Ronnie solves it this March 14, 2014.


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Does anybody understand the mentality of dogs when they see an MTB ?
Their default behaviour seems to be dither and then stop right in my path...
Other noted behaviours are
1) Chasing and yapping at heals (usualy jack russels)
2) Sitting down, not giving a sh1t (collies sometimes)
3) Half noticeing me, but somehow it does not register so the threat of running into my path is implicit in this behaviour. (most of them, most of the time)


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GNU xorriso creates, loads, manipulates, and writes ISO 9660 filesystem images with Rock Ridge extensions. Files can be copied in and out. The session results get written to optical media or to filesystem objects. Rather than needing external tools for ISO 9660 production and CD/DVD/BD burning, it is a static compilation of libburnia-project.org. Thus GNU xorriso depends only on fundamental operating system facilities.
|Archiving Filesystems backup
|Operating Systems
|POSIX GNU/Linux FreeBSD Solaris NetBSD
Release Notes: A freshly introduced regression prevented compilation of GNU xorriso on systems other than GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, or NetBSD. A very old libburn bug was corrected that could cause a buffer overflow by one 0-byte with CD TAO burn runs. Another fresh bug caused annoying error messages with xorriso-tcltk has been fixed.
Release Notes: xorriso has learned to operate optical drives and media on NetBSD. A few rarely-occurring bugs have been fixed. It is now possible to find files with names which cannot be represented unchanged in ECMA-119, Joliet, or HFS+.
Release Notes: A long-standing hidden bug was fixed which affected inspection of unformatted DVD+RWs. EL Torito boot images are now put to low block addresses by default. Read speeds can be reported and set. Several rarely-occuring bugs were fixed.
Release Notes: Several small bugs were fixed. The capabilities of xorriso to serve frontend programs in dialog mode have been improved.
Release Notes: Several bugs were fixed. The recently introduced boot preparation capabilities were tested. New boot preparation options for GRUB2 were added.
A Fluent OpenStack client API for Java.
A TWiki appliance that is easy to use and lightweight.


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Write an essay, win a restaurant
An Arizona couple is giving away their restaurant to one lucky winner of an essay contest.
David Bain and his wife, Dawn, own the Outside Inn restaurant in Sierra Vista. They launched the contest to pay it forward and help someone start their own business.
"With the help of a close personal friend and a small cash infusion, 23 years ago we moved our family to Sierra Vista Arizona and opened our restaurant The Outside Inn," the contest website reads. "Now it is our turn to repay that favor that was offered to us so many years ago."
Participants must write a 200-word essay about "Why I would like to operate my own restaurant" to be considered for the prize. Writers must be 18 years or older.
The winner of this contest will receive "a well established, fully running restaurant, the real estate, and all equipment and inventory."
The cost of the contest is $125 per entry. The Bains will select the top 100 submissions, and an independent three-person panel will select the winner.
Click here for the contest rules.


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At the same time FC Barcelona has risen two points clear of champions Valencia to lead the league for the first time in three years with Madrid trailing in tenth place seven points behind."Owen Raul Morientes Figo Ronaldo Zidane Beckham ... and only four goals blasted sports daily Marca on Monday.
With four goals in six matches two of them from midfielder David Beckham's free kicks the Spanish powerhouse has made the lowest-scoring start to a season in a lifetime.
Such statistics can only add to the pressure mounting on new coach Mariano Garcia Remon especially when you consider that three players in the league Savo Milosevic and Marco Di Vaio not to mention former Madrid striker Samuel Eto'o have all scored more goals than the whole of the Madrid squad this season.
Madrid suffered its third loss in six matches Sunday as Albert Luque netted Deportivo La Coruna's 1-0 winner.
Luque had made a defense-busting fast run that stunned the powerhouse in the 45th minute.
Embarrassingly Argentina international central defender Walter Samuel who joined Madrid for ?25 million (US$30.2 million) from AS Roma in May was nowhere near Luque when he netted the goal.
Defenders Michel Salgado and Ivan Helguera were powerless to stop Luque and fullback Roberto Carlos was stranded in the attacking midfield.
In fairness Madrid had a chance to go ahead in the third minute when Raul Gonzalez was tripped in the penalty area but referee Teixeira Vilienes did not see the foul.
Michael Owen also had two good chances in the 36th minute and 45th minutes but he shot the first wide of the left post and lost his footing as he kicked the other.
Remon then substituted Owen with Fernando Morientes in the 52nd minute but the change backfired as Madrid's attacking possibilities seemed to halt completely.
Owen's speed which benefits from balls through the midfield could not be used to maximum effect with the crosses that Madrid was reduced to trying by Deportivo's tight defensive formation.
At a shareholders' meeting earlier on Sunday Madrid president Florentino Perez gave his full support to the coach.
He explained that Remon had stepped in when Jose Antonio Camacho resigned unexpectedly.
"We have the whole season ahead of us and Mariano Garcia Remon with his enormous drive will lend continuity to our work said Perez.
For the moment Perez is fully behind Remon it remains to be seen how long the honeymoon can last.


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GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.'s special envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi says evidence suggests that some kind of chemical "substance" was used in an attack that killed hundreds of people, but said any military strike on Syria must have U.N. Security Council approval.
Brahimi spoke to reporters Wednesday in Geneva as a U.N. inspection team was investigating the alleged poison gas attack near Damascus on Aug. 21 and momentum built for Western military action against Syrian President Bashar Assad's.
Brahimi said that "it does seem like some kind of substance was used" that killed hundreds of people, but "international law says that any U.S.-led military action must be taken after" agreement in the 15-nation Security Council.
He added that President Barack Obama's administration is "not known to be trigger-happy."


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A First World War exhibition shared items donated by Bolney families and informed attendants of what life was like for soldiers in the trenches.
Gillian Pickett visited the exhibition at St Mary Magdalene's Church on Cowfold Road with a picture of her grandfather, Arthur Edmond Cassam, with hopes to find out more about him.
She said: "We were thrilled because we weren't really expecting to find out anything because he came from Kent, we didn't know he lived in Bolney.
"Before he went away he got married in the church in Bolney, and he had quite a few siblings which we didn't know about, one of which died at five months ."
She explained that the exhibition was very informative.
"There was a lot of information about the life of a soldier, and in the trenches, even how they went to the toilet and got rid of that!"
She also discovered that her grandmother's father was well known by the historians, as he was in the locally well renowned Alcock family.
"We didn't know about that, they knew the name straight away," she added.


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Gold advances to all-time high
London: Gold climbed to a record for the third straight day on demand for a hedge against inflation.
Gold advanced to an all-time high of $1,466.50 an ounce after the European Central Bank raised interest rates for the first time in almost three years to tame accelerating prices.
The precious metal also gained as fighting in Libya, Japan's nuclear crisis and concerns about European debt boosted demand for the metal as a haven.
"Inflation uncertainty and geopolitical risks are still high," said Bayram Dincer, an analyst at LGT Capital Management in Pfaeffikon, Switzerland.
"Sovereign bankruptcy in the European periphery is also supporting gold prices."
Gold futures for June delivery rose $2.60, or 0.2 per cent, to $1,461.10 at 10:18am on the Comex in New York. The metal for immediate delivery in London gained as much as 0.4 per cent to a record $1,464.93.
The ECB yesterday raised the benchmark interest rate to 1.25 per cent from a record low of 1 per cent.
"Gold is supported by the view that the dollar will weaken," said Frank McGhee, the head dealer at Integrated Brokerage Services LLC in Chicago.
Gold will average $1,460 this year, up from a previous forecast of $1,426, Standard Chartered Plc said yesterday in a report. Prices will average $1,650 next year, the bank said.
Silver futures for May delivery rose 12.8 cents, or 0.3 per cent, to $39.515 an ounce on the Comex. on Wednesday, the price reached $39.785, the highest since January 1980.
That year, the most-active contract reached a record $50.35.
Palladium futures for June delivery advanced $8.40, or 1.1 per cent, to $793 an ounce on the Nymex. Platinum futures for July delivery gained $6.70, or 0.4 per cent, to $1,804.50 an ounce on the Nymex.


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Something exciting just happened! When I went to start writing this blog post, my first thought and start of a sentence to write was in Spanish. Wow. I had already been starting to see Spanish appear in my dreams, but even then only in situations where I was needed to translate for people. And now this! I'm really excited to see how much easier my Spanish is flowing.
Our internet has still been spotty, which has made for an interesting past week. {I wrote this a week ago. Current update: our internet is BACK!} If I was in the states, and for whatever reason didn't have internet, I'd probably be sad, but I'd have lots of ideas of things to do. Here, between my lack of knowledge of the area, the eminent rain, and my nervousness of walking alone or at night, my options become a bit limited. My homework has gotten done very quickly, and I've already finished a book! I'm making my life here sound pretty boring. Let me try to change your mind about that:
Last weekend, we went on a day excursion to a coffee plantation, volcano, and waterfalls. What an awesome trip! I learned so much about coffee, and even got to try some. Hands down, it was some of the best coffee I've ever had. Here are some interesting coffee-related facts, in case you're a coffee fan like me:
- The Doka Coffee Plantation's main buyers are Pete's Coffee, Green Mountain Coffee, and Starbucks. All of it gets bought pre-roasting, and the individual companies do that part of the process themselves.
- Coffee has a harvesting period of about 4 months, during which time workers from Panama and Nicaragua come to hand-pick the coffee "cherries".
- The workers have to return to each tree 4 times, because the cherries ripen at different rates.
- Each coffee plant lives about 25-28 years, after which time it gets replaced with a new one.
- Coffee is the second biggest export in the world, and one of the biggest in Costa Rica, alongside bananas.
- Coffee is the second-most-preferred beverage in the world, after water. I think the full listing was water, coffee, tea, beer, wine, coke.
- Coffee doesn't smell or taste like coffee until it is roasted. The first coffee-enjoyers originally would eat or suck on the raw coffee cherries in order to feel the caffeine effect. Then one night, while they were celebrating around a fire, they were spitting the cherries into the fire. Fascinated by the amazing smell, coffee as we know it today was discovered.
All in all, a fascinating first stop!
After, we drove to the volcano. We took a nice walk through the cloud forest (a different climate than the rain forests of Costa Rica, but still very cool) and admired the "Poor Man's Umbrella" plant. We arrived at the crater just in time to take a few pictures. After maybe ten minutes, the cloud forest lived up to its name and swept a huge cloud over everything, hiding the volcano completely from sight. Our luck was holding out!
After our nice walk back, we drove over to La Paz Waterfall Gardens. We enjoyed a fantastic buffet lunch, and then walked around and looked at animals. It was like a zoo, but all of the animals are unable to be released in the wild, whether it be because of a previous injury, or previous not-so-intelligent owner. I'm not a fan of zoos, but the reasoning behind this animal refuge helped make it more enjoyable. Oh! And I got to hold a toucan! You can probably tell by the picture that I was freaking out just a bit, but hey, going abroad means embracing new experiences, right?
All of us were pretty happy with our day, and THEN we got to the waterfall. Wow. I've never been to Niagara Falls, but I have seen some waterfalls. Even after such an incredible day, the waterfall was truly mind-blowing.
So loud! What a sight, and with that image imprinted on our minds, we made our way back through San Jose slowly, as they were celebrating Independence Day. Another awesome experience to add to the list.
A few days later, we got some pretty serious rain storms. Based off my previous posts, you may be saying "Yea, I get it. It rains. A lot. Move on." But this was serious rain. All day serious rain. Turning on the news, we realized it was even more serious than we had thought. At the waterfalls we had visited just a few short days earlier, there was major destruction. A "temporary" bridge had been broken (it was only temporary since it had broken before) due to the force of the waterfall and the storm. The frequent earthquake tremors and now drenching rain was the last straw, and the bridge was completely ruined, as was much of the surrounding area.
It was humbling to think we had been there just days before and now the area won't be ready to accept visitors for quite some time. Just another reminder of how vulnerable Costa Rica is to natural forces. It really builds a much deeper respect for the Ticos, government, everything Costa Rica. I'm here complaining about my shoes getting wet on a near daily basis, and they're here living every day with a natural disaster around the corner.
Since that trip and realization, I've spent some time exploring San José. My friends and I visited a famous bakery, which was really good! We spent our Saturday exploring the city. They have a really neat thing in San Jose called "Enamorate de Tu Ciudad", which basically means love, or fall in love, with your city. There's music, local artisans come to sell their products, our host family has a sno-cone stand, and table games and workshops are going on for whoever wants to participate. I thought that was such a cool idea! Maybe Easton can get something like that going 😉
Some of my friends and I also ventured to a nearby beach, Jacó, for the day, but unfortunately our luck had dissipated. It rained the entire day. Not optimal for a beach day, but we wandered around, enjoyed each other's company over some yummy food, and walked around the beach for a bit. It ended up being a surprisingly pleasant day.
One thing I've realized over the course of all these adventures, is wherever I go, I just want to buy people souvenirs! There's always so many cool and interesting things to buy, I have to be careful with my money.
This past weekend we went to Nicaragua. My mom is now in the country and I get to see her in 2 days! Can't wait to tell you all about it!


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As a part of MLS' "March to Soccer" campaign, Dwayne De Rosario and Chris Pontius are currently in New York City to promote the upcoming season. De Rosario and Pontius, along with other marquee players in the League, will be sitting down with several media outlets, including CNN, Sports Illustrated and ESPN's SportsCenter, over the course of 2.5 days.
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Expand BART's reach. I strongly support the BART Silicon Valley project, a $900 million grant agreement with the Federal government that will extend BART 16.1 miles from Fremont into Santa Clara County. Once completed, the project will reduce commuters' travel time and generate new jobs as housing is built around new stations in the South Bay. Estimates show that throughout the duration of the project, 2,400 temporary jobs and 7,000 jobs will be created. I will advocate for infrastructure projects and negotiate grant agreements between federal and local governments to pay for them.
Kashkari replied instantly, eager to highlight his steadfast opposition to California's high-speed rail project in front of a conservative audience: "Absolutely. Day one, that train is dead."
One big question now is whether, despite spending billions already, the project will ever be completed. Another is whether high-speed rail is the issue that can rejuvenate California's moribund Republican Party. For his part, Brown continues to embrace the undertaking, which has faced a series of legal, financial, and practical hurdles that have driven up costs and delayed construction for years. Even news that some members of his own party have abandoned the project hasn't dimmed Brown's unyielding optimism.
But there is one project Brown has decided not to save for the future: building the nation's first high-speed rail line, one of the largest infrastructure projects in U.S. history, with an estimated price tag of $68 billion--if not higher. Shovels are poised to hit the ground this year on the first section of track, the latest advance in Brown's 32-year quest (he signed the first bill authorizing a study of high-speed rail in 1982) to erect something he believes befits the image of California as a "land of dreams."
"We aren't all Twitter-holics that have to have instant gratification after 140 characters," Brown said. "We can take a few years and build for the future, and that's my sense here, that I'm coming back to be governor after all these years. It's been on my list for a long time."
Though the state has acquired $3.4 billion in federal funding to start construction of the rail project in the Central Valley, legal challenges have left state bond funding in question. Brown has made high-speed rail a priority, and he suggested two years ago that cap-and-trade revenue, which is designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, would be a future source of funding for the project.
But the use of cap-and-trade money for high-speed rail could be problematic. While the rail project could eventually help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, benefits would not be seen until after 2020, the year by which California is seeking to meet its greenhouse gas reduction goals.
Last year, you authorized another big project: High Speed Rail. Electrified trains are part of the future. China already has 5000 miles of high speed rail and intends to double that. Spain has 1600 miles and is building more. More than a dozen other countries have their own successful high speed rail systems.
The first phase constructs 30 miles of tunnels and bridges [in the] Tehachapi Mountains . Then we will build another 33 miles of tunnels and bridges before we get the train to its destination at Union Station in the heart of Los Angeles.
It has taken great perseverance to get us this far. I signed the original high speed rail Authority in 1982--over 30 years ago. In 2013, we will finally break ground and start construction.
When I first came to Sacramento, Apple had not yet invented their personal computer. There was no wind generated electricity, and we didn't have the nation's most advanced appliance efficiency standards. Of course, Yahoo, Google, Facebook and Twitter did not exist--not even in someone's imagination. California's economy has grown from less than $200 billion dollars when first I came to this rostrum to now over $2 trillion expected this year. California has been on the move--a marvel, even a miracle and some kind of gift.
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In Touch with Prairie Living
November 2013
By Michael M. Miller
Germans from Russia Heritage Collection
North Dakota State University Libraries, Fargo
As I prepare the November text, I am reminded of my first experience in writing this column in November, 1998. This is the 202nd monthly column written in 15 years. I appreciate the positive comments and continued interest from readers. In a future column, I will share with you the unforgettable experience of my travel to Argentina from September 23 to October 16 for the final filming and interviews in the Spanish, English and German languages for the 2015 South American Germans from Russia one-hour documentary project of Prairie Public Broadcasting. More information and photographs here.
My Thanksgiving regards to you and your family. We can be most thankful that our ancestors immigrated to the Dakota prairies, the USA and Canada from their former German villages of Russia. When I visited with tour members in May 2013 in the former German villages near Odessa, Ukraine, I was reminded of the life challenges these villagers experience every day for their personal survival, health and livelihood where our ancestors lived before immigrating to North and South America.
Jeremy Kopp, GRHC Special Collections Associate, attended Sauerkraut Day on October 9 in Wishek, N.D. with our displays. He comments, "Sauerkraut Day was a special day for me as it marked one year since I began working at the GRHC! I enjoyed catching up with many familiar faces in Wishek; the community is so welcoming!"
The NDSU Libraries' GRHC's most important outreach event is the Pride of Dakota Holiday Showcases sponsored by the North Dakota Department of Agriculture (www.prideofdakota.com). The Fargo Holiday Showcase is at the Convention Center/Centennial Hall (November 22-24) and the Bismarck Holiday Showcase is at the Convention Hall (December 6-8). The schedule is Friday, 4-9 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Come and visit our booth at the Fargo and Bismarck Holiday Showcases.
At the Holiday Showcases, we will premiere the new GRHC published book, "The Russian Germans under the Double Eagle and the Soviet Star: Including a Pictorial History of Cities, Landscapes and People", by the Bernd G. Längin. The website for the book can be found by clicking here. This popular book was orginially published in 1991 in German and has been translated to English and published by the GRHC.
From the back of the book, "Called by the Czars, banned by the Soviets: The Russian-Germans – Their great contributions advanced the cause of the Russian Empire for two hundred years. Bernd Laengin paints a picture of the rise and fall of the German minority under the Double Eagle and the Soviet Star. With an effectively unknown fate, a history is recalled before all traces of the German generations on the Volga, in Ukraine, in the Caucasus, Bessarabia and Volhynia are completely obliterated." Alex Herzog, who edited the book, writes, "This book is a good, comprehensive summary of the history of the Germans in Russia, and the illustrations contribute well to the message and content of the book."
Bernd G. Längin (1941-2008) was a longtime colleague and friend, I have fond memories of my visit with Bernd at Winnipeg, Manitoba and in Fargo, and his deep interest in the heritage and culture of the Germans from Russia in the Dakotas. His dream was to see this book translated and published in the English language. This book with the impressive historical photographs, is a wonderful tribute to his important work as a journalist and writer. He blends these photo images with the important story about the various Germans from Russia groups. Bernd had a particular interest in the Amish, Hutterite and Mennonite German communities and includes many outstanding photographs of their life. Bernd wrote over twenty-four books in his lifetime and was a wonderful story teller. He travelled the world many times and dedicated his life to the impact that leaving Europe, and Germany in particular, had on its many emigrants.
Chapters in the book visually cover: The Volga Region; Ukraine; Germans in the Causcasus; Bessarabia; Volhynia; and Siberia, Steppe Regions and Middle Asia. Bernd Längin shares descriptive chapters of "The Siren Call of the Czarina" and "First Called, then Banned" relating to the ethnic Russian-German groups.
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If you've got a need for speed, a shindig like this is the place to be.
Unless, of course, you're navigating the midway along the bleachers in a golf cart while you're on a mission to shoot pictures and video.
The past two days, that has been what myself and photo editor Tom Braid have been doing. Tom's the loud one. I'm the one in the loud shirt.
While these Indy drivers can rack up some m.p.h., there are faster folks here.
The Edmonton Police Service have their race cars here. The Challenger is the new one but the old Duster is rockin' a new badged paint job. They are just on display. No high-speed chases. And -- so far -- they haven't issued any speeding tickets.
Driving fast has put Terry Capp in the Canadian Motorsports Hall of Fame. The local drag-racing legend has always done it in a straight line, pushing a few thousand horse. His BubbleUp nostalgia funny car is on display in the Castrol Racing setup.
Capp holds the Canadian top-end speed record and he did it just a couple of years ago, going 300-m.p.h-plus before his own internal odometer ticked off 60.
The hope was to do a burn-out on a long enough stretch near the grandstands, but certain powers concerned with the event waived a black flag on that.
"Maybe they were scared to hear the sound of a real engine!"
But there's nobody here faster than Canadian Air Force pilot, Capt. Dave Monk. The captain and his cohorts arrived at the City Centre Airport race site doing about, oh, 800 m.p.h. and have been staying put alongside the tanks at the CFB military display.
I asked Cap'n Dave if the thinks any of the hotshot ground-bound racers -- like, say, fellow Canuck and woundedwarriors.ca guy Paul Tracy -- could handle any of the CAF's speed machines.
Since they are used to having things blur past their vision, the pilot thought most of the drivers could possibly do it.
But the other way around? Monk wants to stay in the air.
"I'd probably crash," he said.
Dave "Crash" Monk? Sorry, Capt. That tag is already taken.
Random anonymous survey says ... One.
That's how many of the many I asked that answered a straight-up 'yes' to the question of whether we will see Sebastien Bourdais back racing in North America, and, in IndyCars in particular.
There had to be obvious interest from Newman/Haas/Lanigan last off-season to bring their four-peat Champ-Car champ back to winning shores, but Bourdais wasn't ready to give up his Formula One dream. But then, halfway through the F-1 season, Torro Rossi made Bourdais's mind up for him.
There were maybes that leaned towards no, but most figured that the Frenchman would try to form a post-F-1 career in Europe, as close as possible to he and his wife's home in Le Mans, France.
If I buy an Indy team, I'm hiring today's polesitter Will Power away from that pesky Penske fellow.
Because he's shown steady improvement in his career, and made the most of every chance he's been given.
And because I'd convince Scott Speed to quit messing with NASCAR and come back to open wheel to be the Aussie's teammate.
Power and Speed. How could anyone beat that combination?
But I guess I wouldn't be able to get away with calling the team "Crash Motorsports."


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By Jennifer Tzeses
10 Foolproof Hot-Weather Hairstyles
Let's face it: No matter how long you spend doing your hair, chances are your strands won't withstand the ravages of summer heat and humidity. So instead of blow drying and flat ironing your way to silky smooth locks, only to have them frizz up the minute you step outside, why not stylishly surrender your tresses to the season? Here, learn how to easily replicate 10 celebrity-inspired summer styles-from a modern updo to a chic braid-without breaking a sweat. Photo credit: Marianna Massey/Getty Images
Polished Pixie
A slicked-backed style like Emma Watson's adds instant sophistication to any look. Plus, "it's a chic way to pull short hair off your face on a hot summer day," says celebrity stylist Umberto Savone. It's also an easy way to give short hair a dressy finish for a formal event, he adds. To create the look, apply an anti-frizz serum to wet hair, comb into a deep side part and blow dry straight or air dry. Once hair is dry, apply an oil-based serum from root to tip. Comb through to set, and you're good to go. Photo credit: Jon Furniss/Getty Images
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Retro Ponytail
Because they keep your tresses off your neck, ponytails are the go-to style for sticky hot days. Unfortunately, they also tend to look unpolished. However, adding a little extra oomph along the top gives an ordinary pony old-school charm that works for day or night. The key to Emma Stone's hairstyle is adding height at the crown, says Savone. To get the look, use a small brush to tease a section of hair at the top of your head to create lift. Then gather strands into a ponytail and secure with an elastic band. You can hide the elastic by wrapping a piece of hair around it and tucking ends underneath, securing with bobby pins. Lightly brush over the crown to smooth out any unruly pieces. Photo credit: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images
Beachy Pouf
When temperatures soar, forget trying to coax waves or curls into a sleek blowout. Instead, take a cue from Reese Witherspoon's beachy ringlets and use your natural waves to create a dressy bed-head look. If your hair already has some curl, you're one step ahead of this 'do, says celebrity stylist Sean Jahanbigloo of Juan Juan Salon in Beverly Hills. If not, spritz a sea salt spray onto dry hair, then tightly twist 1-inch sections to form waves around your whole head. Defuse dry and run your fingers through the twists to rough them up a bit. Lightly tease a small section of hair at the top of your head and pin it back with one or two bobby pins. Photo credit: Marianna Massey/Getty Images
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By adding edgy texture, a short cut can be made over for summer, says Jahanbigloo. While longer bangs like Evan Rachel Wood's would normally fall on the forehead, giving them some lift keeps them off the face, making the look ideal for hot days. Before blow drying hair, apply a volumizing mousse to the front pieces. Then use your fingers to pull hair away from your face as you dry it. Once strands are dry, apply pomade to the front pieces, lifting and pulling them upward and to the side of your forehead. And don't stress about perfecting the style: The less structured the hair is, the more modern it will look. Photo credit: Mark Sullivan/Getty Images
Top Knot
When a summer fete calls for formal attire, a pristine updo, like this one worn by LaLa Vazquez, is a pretty way to pull your hair back. The sleek look is especially ideal for steamy days when humidity can take its toll on loose strands, says Savone. To achieve the style, apply a bit of styling wax to dry hair, slick it back using a brush and gather it into a ponytail at the top of your crown. Separate hair into three sections, teasing each to create added volume. Twist and wrap sections, one at a time, around the elastic band and secure with bobby pins. Photo credit: Paul Archuleta/Getty Images
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Soft Sweep
Jessica Alba's wavy half-up, half-down 'do has a casual feel that's equal parts beachy and romantic. If your hair has a natural wave, skip the hot tools and let it air dry or quickly defuse it, says Savone. Or, you can make waves by spritzing a sea salt spray onto dry hair and scrunching strands, he adds. To complete the look, twist two small sections of hair on either side of your face and secure them at the back of your head. Leave the ends out and secure with bobby pins. Photo credit: Michael Buckner/Getty Images
Side Braid
A plain plait that corrals your strands becomes a hot weather staple-especially if you haven't had time to wash your hair or are coming straight from the beach. Although a regular braid straight down your back can look dated and tack on years, when it's worn on the side like Nicole Kidman's, it will work for all ages (though Jahanbigloo notes that "the look works best with thick, long hair, otherwise it can seem flat and lifeless"). Achieving this braid is a cinch: Gather dry hair to one side just under your ear. Divide it into three sections and braid, securing the end with an elastic band. To make it more casual and undone-looking, leave a few wispy pieces out around your face. Photo credit: Isaac Brekken/Getty Images
Master these tricky beauty techniques.
Half-Up Bun
Kate Middleton's mini-knot is a playful way to keep hair off your face on sweaty days-but still sends off a romantic vibe from behind with loosely flowing locks. First wrap 1- to 2-inch sections of hair around a curling iron from end to root, so that the bottom of your hair has bounce. Repeat until your entire head is curled. Separate hair into a top and bottom section. Back-comb the top section to create more height and then pull it straight back into a mini-ponytail, leaving some slack at the crown for extra lift. Secure with an elastic band. Divide the ponytail into two sections and wrap each, one at a time, around the elastic band to form the bun. Fasten with bobby pins. Photo credit: Splash News/Getty Images
Undone Updo
The beauty of Gabrielle Union's look is that the pretty waves dress up a more practical method of keeping cool during the summer months-pulling your hair back into a low updo. The loose strands lend the look a casual flair that's still fancy enough for any occasion, says Jahanbigloo. To achieve the style, first divide hair into a middle part. Wrap strands around a 1-inch barrel curling iron until your entire head is curled. Leave the front strands out and sweep the rest of your hair up into a ponytail, fastening with an elastic band. Wrap the ponytail around the elastic band and secure with bobby pins. Finish with a lightweight hairspray to set. Photo credit: Paul Morigi/Getty Images
Check out 10 ways to revamp your entire look.
Wispy Roll
For a twist on an ordinary bun, try Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor's ladylike look. Not only is it polished, there's no need to use any hot tools to create this style-a major plus for humid nights. Start by applying a styling cream to damp hair and comb hair into a middle part. Take 3-inch sections of hair on either side of your head and loosely twist each from the front of your head to the back. Gather twists, along with the rest of your hair, and create a messy bun, and let air dry. Fasten with bobby pins that match the color of your hair to create a seamless look. Photo credit: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images
Original article appeared on WomansDay.com.
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Phillip, Which contest did this happen with? I've heard of a handful of contests that do this, and the usual reasoning boils down to whether or not a 'unique' call will be permitted. It could be a busted call, or a bootlegged or made-up call by someone having some twisted fun with the contest participants... or it could be a faked entry to give someone unethical a mult that no one else has. OTOH, I also know of many contests that will accept a 'unique' call, so long as it's determined that the call IS valid and isn't busted, etc. But I wouldn't consider it 'accepted international practice.' 73, ron w3wn On 06/25/12, Phillip Conza wrote: Gentlemen, Your opinions or ideas etc on this please. A local contester had a contact removed because of : .Last year an OP worked a LU station but it was disallowed because he was the only one who worked him, and 4 others had to work it before it was allowed as a multiplier. Nothing in the rules about that - apparently it's accepted international practice. I am not on a witch hunt I have read the rules covering this contest and I have read the ARRL DX rules which I take qualify as a body who would use " accepted international practice " yet I can't find any reference to this ..Is there such or is this pie in the sky ? Please gentleman your input.. or a pointer to this " accepted international practice " Just don't want to see it happen again .. 73 Phillip ZL2TZE / ZL2U _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list email@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list firstname.lastname@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest
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