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Complaint Review: Five Star Auto
- Five Star Auto
99-07 Roosevelt Avenue, Corona, NY
, Select State/Province
- Phone: 7183351555
- Web: www.five-starauto.com
- Category: Auto Dealers
Five Star Auto Car Sales, Fraud, Scam Corona New York
On November 18, 2013 I purchase a car at Five Star Auto Dealership. The sale person who sale me the car was Mr. Carlos Santiago. The car cost was $14,800 plus $1,153.75 for taxes and $337.00 for the plates. Mr. Santiago told me that the car fax was clean and that it was only drove by one owner. He told me that he would do an oil change and he would check the car before delivering it to me. I purchase the car as a gift for my mom and when I pick it up the owner title was under my name, Maria A. Chevres, and the Insurance was under my mother's name, Ana Molina. Mr. Santiago told me that my mother didn't need to sign because the car was under my name. When I sign my name, he proceed to show me where I was going to sign for my mom. I pick up the car at 6:10 pm and return the car back to Mr. Carlos Santiago at 7:45 pm that same day because the engine light turn on. I told him that he said to me that the car was safe so why was the engine light turning on, his answer was that he had put the wrong gas. I told him that I just drove the car to my mother's house. I told him I didn't want the car, to not cash the check and that he lied and didn't give me a valid receipt. I told Mr. Santiago I wanted my money back and I didn't want the car anymore. Mr. Santiago took the car back and told me to come the next day to the dealer to get my money. The next day, I went to the dealer and he offer me another car, he guaranty me that this GMC Acadia was in perfect condition. I took the car and went to the GMC Repair Dealer located at Manhattan to get the vehicle check up and get a second opinion to see if Mr. Santiago allegations were true. I paid out of my own pocket $115.00 for that checkup and the GMC Repair Dealer gave me a written report that said that the GMC Acadia that Mr. Santiago gave me had transmission problems. I took the vehicle back to Five Star Auto and told Mr. Santiago about the transmission problem the vehicle had. I ask him for the plates so I could return them and told him I didn't want to do any type of business with him anymore. He told me that he couldn't give me the plates until he speak to his boss. They only gave me back $14,800, I lost $1153.75 of taxes, $337.00 of the plates and $200.00 on the insurance and registration. He told me that if I wanted my tax money back to file a claim to the NYS Department of Taxation and Finance but I have papers that say that the tittle have not yet been issued. I have papers that prove that what I state is true and that Five Star Auto Dealership and Mr. Carlos Santiago not only lied, they scammed me.
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I read about mail in linux and I installed mailutils to send mail in command lines.
at first when I pressed ctrl+D to end the mail body, mail text ended. but the problem was that it didn't send mails at all. now moreover than that problem, even ctrl+D also does not work and after ctrl+D, I must use ctrl+C to end the mail. I dont know exactly what mistake I did during this time that now my ctrl+D does not work.
hence 2 questions:
1- when I want to send email is mailutils enough or I have to install any other service or do I need something like ssmtp?
2- why ctrl+D does not work but at first it was working? on a virtualbox it works but i dont want to reinstall my ubuntu. is there any program locking my ctrl+D or stopping me after pressing ctrl+D? if there is a program that I should uninstall? how can I recognize it?
thanks so much
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Positionally, Werth is the center of attention
When the Nationals arrive at Space Coast Stadium in a few weeks, it will be without the usual uncertainty that has accompanied the team to Viera, Fla., in past spring trainings. Up and down the roster, there are more sure things than question marks. Rotation? So many legitimate starting pitchers that either Ross Detwiler or John Lannan will likely end up in long relief. Bullpen?


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Teams that lose the Super Bowl all say the same thing. The pain will drive them back. The memory of the Super Bowl winners' celebration will spur them on to not only the next Roman numeral game but the Lombardi ceremony.
Except it doesn't. The last 40 Super Bowl losers failed to win the next Super Bowl. And none of the last 17 Super Bowl losers returned the following winter.
Will the 49ers be different?
While history is against them, hunger's on their side.
Jim Harbaugh's team stepped on to the Ray Lewis Football Hunger Scale today and weighed in with an 8.6. While that's a tick below the rival Seahawks (8.7), who gained when one of their pesky fans stretched a toe onto the scale, it's still a very high score. Near those two Super Bowl contenders are the Patriots (8.5) and Broncos (8.7).
But there's this: the scale may have been stingier when the 49ers stepped on, given what Lewis said last week. Rehashing his team's Super Bowl victory over the Niners, Ray suggested that the power outage that stopped play with the Ravens ahead 28-6 may not have been an accident.
"I'm not gonna accuse nobody of nothing — because I don't know facts. But you're a zillion-dollar company, and your lights go out? No. No way," Lewis said, via USA Today.
He continued: "You cannot tell me somebody wasn't sitting there and when they say, 'The Ravens [are] about to blow them out. Man, we better do something.' … That's a huge shift in any game, in all seriousness. And as you see how huge it was because it let them right back in the game."
One, comments like that make us proud of naming the hunger scale after Ray.
Two, Oliver Stone is on the phone this morning, calling Ray's people. Donald Sutherland is up for it. He'll play the spook who has the dope on NFL shutting down part of the New Orleans power grid. Ray will play Ray. Harbaughs will be Harbaughs.
Of course, if the 49ers hadn't trotted out their "Django Unchained" cast -- silent D -- then there's no cause to darken half the Bayou.
It felt like Joe Flacco might throw 18 touchdown passes.
Sure, irreplaceable 49ers defensive end Justin Smith was playing one-armed, but what about the other Niners defenders? Who stalled edge rusher Aldon Smith? Who drugged safety Dante Whitner?
The defense's best players are back this year. Here's thinking Patrick Willis and friends watched the Super Bowl film a few dozen times.
For Niners offensive players, winning the Super Bowl in New Jersey this winter is the only way to soften their failure to score a go-ahead touchdown after having driven to a a first-and-goal at the Ravens' 7-yard line with two minutes and change to play.
So what if the Ravens mugged a receiver or two. Winners understand how Super Bowl zebras react.
"How else can you finish that off but with a goal-line stand?" Lewis said. "That is championship football."
The chance to pay back the sneaky Rams is another prod for Harbaugh and team.
When I wrote last year that Jeff Fisher outcoached Harbaugh in both contests, Niners fans tweaked me for it on Twitter, but in the offseason, 49ers newcomer Craig Dahl said his former team had sniffed out San Francisco's run-pass tendencies through personnel giveaways. The stats seemed to support Dahl's claim. Harbaugh can't allow those shenanigans to continue. The Niners will improve on last year's 0-1-1 record against St. Louis.


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Misleading ads, voter intimidation, malfunctioning and confusing ballots... problems continue to plague U.S. elections. And designers are starting to step up.
Design for Democracy is an non-profit organization in Illinois . It's mission is to:
"Improve the informational and physical systems involved in the American voting experience through education and user-centered research, evaluation, strategic design, and implementation, in order to support an environment in which every voter counts."
From the about page:
"The team is national. Our focus is local. We approach election issues with a unique perspective: as designers. To do that we have specialists in graphic design, industrial design, interface design, Web site development, anthropology, and usability, all of whom understand the human factors in the voting.
We are objective and independent, and we are valued for our ability to consider all possible solutions without preference to a particular technology, ideology or organization. Our commitment is to the public good and we adhere to standards and practices that preserve our client-focused point of view. Our recommendations and the materials we create will be based on meeting election code requirements and understanding what will be easily implementable by those who operate elections.
Design for Democracy... is not aligned or associated with any corporations, organizations or entities that advocate a specific voting product or service.
Design for Democracy works directly with election officials in both large and small jurisdictions to maximize their resources and achieve specific goals.
For large jurisdictions, we can comprehensively study singular issues and determine areas for improvement in processes, procedures and materials. Then we can apply our knowledge and experience to recommend and implement those improvements.
With smaller jurisdictions, we can apply proven strategies and solutions, including templates that can be easily adapted to a particular need. These templates have already been used successfully in two Cook County, Illinois elections."
Affiliated organizations include the Industrial Designers Society of America, the American Institute of Graphic Artists, the Usability Professionals Association, and the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Thus far they're primarily active in Chicago, with a project in Oregon. After a proposed redesign of Chicago's butterfly ballot, the group then worked to change the Illinois Election Code to implement the redesign and legally allow the use of lowercase letters in candidate names. Student projects include the design of a more universally accessible voting booth and a more efficient document handling system.
Also, the nod to "user-centered research" in the mission statement refers mainly to field research and documentation rather than actual participation by voters and poll workers in the design process. At minimum, the usability professionals should be able to incorporate user feedback and testing into the process rather than just at the initial data gathering phase.
Once the voting process is redesigned, a hard look at how design can facilitate public participation in other processes (such as candidate making, ballot initiatives, campaign financing, city planning, etc.) would be much welcome.
Otherwise, this seems like a good first step towards engaging designers in civic affairs.
A follow up to this brief blog item on ballot design from May 2002.
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Redhat 9 - Unable to set up login screen
I've tried this as root, as well as a regular user. I am trying to customize my login screen using the Login Manager. I made all the changes, it looks good, but when I logout/restart..it's still set to default. I'm new with Linux..it's my 5th day with the OS, after switching from Win2k. It's an excellent operating system..video/sounds works great..just can't seem to figure this out. If anyone has any ideas..it'd be greatly appreciated..thanks!
What window or desktop manager are you using?
I've changed it using Gnome (I think it is somewhere in the gnome control panel) but have never tried with KDE.
Unable to change login screen
Thanks for the reply :). Oh..I'm using KDE, I don't think I installed Gnome...I can install it anytime I want right? And just choose what Window manager I want to use..I just customized KDE and I don't wanna lose any settings :/
yeah you can install Gnome and it shouldn't mess up your KDE settings.
I've never done it myself, but it can be done.
Alternatively you can get ximian desktop 2 (whcih is what I am using) which seems to be pretty popular. It also has the advantage of being dead easy to install (See www.ximian.com)
To allow for configuring of your login screen you can open up the Add/Remove programs screen, go under the X Desktop menu and take the check out of the box by gdm ( this is what RH uses as default, I've never figured out how to change this one ) and once gdm is removed then the kdm login manager will be the default, since you are using KDE you can then go under the login manager under the KDE Control Panel as root and customize to your hearts content.
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Learn how insurance companies and retail brokers are focusing on D&O liability Coverage as a profitable business strategy and as an entrée to a clients highest level executives.
Directors & Officers Liability has changed drastically over the last 20 years! It has moved from essentially an unknown exposure to today being one of the most visible liability exposures to the corporate executives.
As a result of this change, Directors & Officers Liability Insurance, the policy forms themselves, have also morphed from basically an unknown product to an essential and highly visible insurance contract commonly incorporated or required within a corporation's insurance portfolio.
Careers and ongoing business relationships can be greatly advanced or put in jeopardy depending on just how well certain D&O issues are understood, anticipated, and applied.
Since every director's and officer's personal assets are at risk, arising from a perceived wrong doing, the overall level of interest in this area of insurance has never been greater. Also of importance is how insurance companies and retail brokers have begun to focus on this specialized insurance product as a profitable business strategy and as an entrée to a client's highest level executives.
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WITH the Firsts' game against Civil Service being postponed in midweek, Garvey Seconds took pride of place at Comber Road on Saturday but finished disappointed with a 2-1 defeat to a very useful Annadale Seconds.
The Seconds, fielding a strong outfit themselves, started well and were in control of the game in the opening 15 minutes with little threat coming from the Annadale forwards. With ex first eleven players, Davie Smyth and Gareth Kidd in their defence, Garvey had difficulty creating open chances and after some fruitless raids into the circle, it was the visitors who had the first goal scoring effort in the 16th minute. However, Neil Brazil in the Seconds' goal was up to the shot and Garvey quickly responded with the first penalty corner of the game in the 22nd minute. Glen Whitten's drag flick was easily parried by the Annadale keeper.
After Annadale had forced their first penalty corner in the 28th minute which was also dealt with by Brazil, Garvey did open the scoring in the 33rd minute. A well weighted pass from John Gray found Glen Whitten on the left of the circle and his reverse stick shot fairly rocketed past the Annadale keeper.
Garvey took their slender one goal advantage into the second half but the second 35 minutes was not going to be the even contest of the first as Annadale grabbed control of the game with another ex international Chris Jackson being the key player.
Neil Brazil made another great block in the 38th minute and three more saves from set pieces as Annadale turned the screw but Garvey had a penalty corner of their own in the 46th minute; again it was unsuccessful and they were to be punished in the 60th minute when Annadale eventually scored a well deserved equaliser.
It came from their 4th penalty corner but only after Brazil had made another good save at the initial shot only to see the rebound struck past him while on the ground.
Garvey now were far from organised in the mid field area of the pitch and when they did create a wasted chance in the 65th minute, they were caught on the break; in a three to one situation, Annadale scored a very simple winning goal and left Paul Fleming, captain of the Seconds with some headaches for the future especially with the Irish Junior Cup match against Suttonians coming up in early December.


text: Careers in Aviation Aiming high? Consider a career in the skies Come fly the friendly skies…or stay on the ground or join the military! With an aviation career, you can work on land, sea or in the air."While being the pilot has traditionally gotten to be the more glamorous position, the facts are those airplanes would never make it off the ground if there weren't a whole host of people involved," says Capt. Rick Maloney, dean of the College of Aviation at Western Michigan University.Other aviation-related jobs include dispatchers, crew schedulers, flight attendants, baggage handlers and maintenance personnel."Then we can get into the entire world of aircraft design and engineering, manufacturing and interior design. Graduates from a fashion design background can find themselves decorating and designing the inside of airplanes," Maloney says. Here are three aviation careers to consider. Commercial pilot To become a commercial pilot, you have to take lessons from a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved instructor. Pilots receive training at an airport, a college or in the military."The best part of being a pilot is having a job that you love," says Maloney. "Once you are bitten by the aviation bug, it is something you will want to do forever. And the thought of being paid to do something you love is the best part."The seriousness of the job is the most challenging part of being a pilot, says Maloney, who has been flying for more than 33 years and retired as vice president of flight operations for United Airlines."You have sons and daughters, mothers and fathers, family and friends on the airplane with you, and there is a lot of responsibility that comes with that," he says.A pilot's work hours can also be challenging. You could be gone four days, home for two and then have to leave again."But as your seniority grows, you will be able to bid the best times for you to fly and will be able to enjoy both a family and your career," Maloney says.Perks can include meal vouchers, free or cheap airfare for pilots and their families, uniform allowance and health benefits. As far as salary, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that pilot salaries vary depending on seniority, plane size, cargo and company. Airline pilots earn an average of $92,060, according to the BLS in 2010. Aircraft mechanic If your passion is for technology, the field of aviation offers positions as mechanics. Military contractors, airports, airlines, corporations and individual pilots hire aviation technicians.You might consider a certification as an airframe and power plant technician, where you'll learn how to fix an airplane's air conditioning, pressuring, electrical and fuel systems. You'll also learn welding, woodworking, aerodynamics, engine systems and corrosion control. Or you could become an avionics technician and work with an aircraft's electronic communications, radar, navigation and auto pilot systems.Non-flying aviation careers are in high demand, says Tom Kirk, aviation division director at Enterprise-Ozark Community College in Alabama. "We're placing everybody that graduates and is employable," Kirk says.Courses from a two-year degree or certification in aircraft maintenance may transfer for credit to a bachelor's degree in the field—often a requirement if management is your goal.Aircraft mechanics and service technicians can expect to make an average of $53,220 per year or $25.59 per hour, reports the BLS. Military pilot Every military branch has aviation opportunities. In addition to pilot, you'll find job titles such as navigator, loadmaster, flight engineer, crew chief, gunner and bombardier.In the Army, aviation career fields include enlisted soldiers trained in helicopter maintenance and air operations; aviation warrant officers; and commissioned officers who are qualified pilots.CW4 Scott M. McCrea is an Army aviator in Fort Knox, Ky. "The best part of being an aviator is of course the opportunity to fly a multimillion dollar helicopter while seeing many different parts of the world," he says. "The other thing is working with highly trained, highly motivated pilots and maintenance personnel who enjoy doing what they do. The camaraderie is something special."While flying is an aviator's primary job, they do not fly every day and are assigned additional duties.McCrea says the most challenging part of being an aviator is maintaining knowledge and proficiency in aircraft."Most aviation skills are perishable; if you don't practice them, you tend to lose proficiency," he says. "Knowledge, skills and situational awareness are what allow you to quickly analyze and react properly to most incidents." Sponsored By: Air National Guard Our unique mission offers you the opportunity to help communities in need and support our nation's homeland defense efforts — both locally and abroad Air National Guard


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With a name like BitDefender Total Security 2008, you might think that BitDefender might have overdosed a bit on the hyperbole. However, this very-well specified utility bundle does seem to have most threats to your PC covered. Topping out BitDefender Total Security 2008's veritable laundry list of features are a handful of PC tune-up tools that eliminate duplicate files, clean out the Registry and defrag your hard disk. This is more or less the same feature set as Symantec Norton 360 but, since the 3-user version of Total Security sells for about £36, Norton works out as a rather expensive alternative.
As well as having a revised feature set, BitDefender Total Security 2008's other striking difference over the previous release is a much simplified front-end, which has far more in common with Symantec Norton 360. It's split into four large panes that report the status of the four main components Parental Control, Security, Backup and Tune-up. A colour-coded button indicates at a glance what is going on and, as with Norton 360, you want to see four green ticks in order to relax completely. If you see anything else, a click on a 'Fix all issues' button can automatically sort things out for you. A Quick Tasks panel lets you perform a handful of common tasks while the nitty-gritty settings are tucked away at the bottom of the screen. So BitDefender Total Security 2008 presents a shallow learning curve, a big improvement over last year's model.
BitDefender's AV credentials have been pretty good for the past few years at the very least. In recent time it has won the Virus Bulletin's VB100% award 14 times out of 18 and both ICSA Labs and West Coast Labs certify it for virus detection and removal. It has also earned certification AV-Comparatives and CheckVir. BitDefender Total Security 2008 certainly keeps itself vigorously up to date - it downloads virus signature updates hourly.
BitDefender Total Security 2008 lumps together its antivirus and antispyware scanning and as a result scanning speeds are on a par with, if not better than, its rivals. Virus scans can be scheduled or run manually. BitDefender Total Security 2008's real-time protection additionally scans all files when accessed and all incoming and outgoing email messages. And when BitDefender Total Security 2008 finds some malware it prevents you from accessing the file in any way - you can't even delete it. Spyware protection is much enhanced over its predecessor and BitDefender Total Security 2008 can cope with rootkits and other malware with aplomb. BitDefender Total Security 2008 now performs a preinstall scan to remove any resident spyware during installation.
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Born December 13, 1989 Taylor Alison Swift is a pop singer-songwriter, musician and actress.
While we wonder if she is a songstress, it is wonderful to know that she is a very much philanthropic and has donated more than hundred thousand dollars to charities and that too multiple times. Even her prom dress, not the Once Upon a Prom dress, was auctioned off and proceeds went to charity.
Dancing with the stars, we bring here a vignette of more than fifty of Taylor Swift's costumes, each more exquisite than the other. And what's more?
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Tiny Tim Productions presents this years must see Christmas Show, Puss In Boots, A tale of an extraordinary cat, who can talk and make up amazing stories! Tickets here!
When the Miller dies, his youngest son is disappointed to hear that all he got is a cat. But he soon discovers that this is no ordinary cat but a cat who can talk and who makes up the most amazing stories and lies.
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Other Writers:
Richard Brautigan
Charles Bukowski
William S. Burroughs
Neal Cassady
Gregory Corso
Robert Creeley
Diane di Prima
Robert Duncan
William Everson
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Allen Ginsberg
John Clellon Holmes
LeRoi Jones
Bob Kaufman
Jack Kerouac
Philip Lamantia
Denise Levertov
Michael McClure
Frank O'Hara
Peter Orlovsky
Kenneth Patchen
Kenneth Rexroth
Gary Snyder
Anne Waldman
Lew Welch
Philip Whalen
William Carlos Williams
In the late 1950's,
a promising young graduate from the University of Oregon was
accepted into a Stanford writing fellowship along with other
future novelists. While there, a friend suggested earning
extra cash by participating in some experiments involving chemicals
at the psych department of the college. Being an athlete, Ken
was the perfect guinea pig for testing these chemicals, which
included psilocybin, mescaline and LSD. Needless to say, Kesey
was very affected by these mind-altering drugs. During a part-time
orderly job at the psychiatric ward of the local VA hospital,
while still feeling the effects of these chemicals, he began
to have hallucinations. He envisioned an Indian sweeping the
floors; it was just what had been missing for his current writing
project. His new novel needed a narrator to keep the story in
third person and "Chief Broom" became the vital ingredient
for his new novel, "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest."
Ken began throwing parties on
campus at the little bohemian comunity he lived in called Perry
Lane. Soon these parties became well known for their wild nature
and certain chemicals that were mysteriously finding their way
into the punch. Before long these parties were attracting
too much attention, and Ken, with the money from his new novel,
bought a cottage in the mountains by a small town called La Honda.
He moved to this new home with his wife, Faye, and his three
children. Eventually the parties started up again in this mountain
hideaway with his friends, who had become known as the "Merry
Pranksters". In the summer of 1964, Ken bought a 1939 International
Harvester school bus to drive him and the Pranksters to New York
to see the World's Fair. They painted the bus with brooms, mops,
spray, splash and feet. Eventually the bus was fully psychedelic
and equipped with sound systems, platforms on top and, added
to the rear, turrets to climb up and down from the top platform,
a windshield on top to break the wind and a generator on the
back to power their equipment. The word "Further" was
painted on the destination shield to show thier confidence in
the old bus. They recruited Neal Cassady (from Jack Kerouac's On The Road) to be the driver of "Further".
Ken decided that this bus trip was going to be worthy of a movie,
so they bought some 16mm film equipment and striped outfits for
the crew to wear.
The bus trip to New York and back was a big success with a lot
of drama archived on film. Back at La Honda the crew continued
their parties, showing clips of the trip to the chemically induced
audience. Soon they realized that the "party" was too
big for the house. They began to put together "happenings"
at local halls, with sound effects hooked up to microphones,
light shows, film, costumes, strobes, and any other weirdness
the could find. A local struggling band known as the "Warlocks"
joined in with their Psychedelic-Blues; later they changed their
name to the Grateful Dead. The Pranksters put up posters around
town telling of these "Acid Tests," but the time and
location were kept secret until the last moment. These Acid Tests
would be a bombardment of sight and sound that were enhanced
by a big garbage can full of "Electric Kool-Aid."
Eventually the govenment decided to make LSD illegal and Ken
and the Pranksters fled to Mexico. After coming back to the U.S.
to do one last performance, known as the "Acid Test Graduation,"
Ken and a few others were busted on a marijuana charge. Upon
release from jail, Ken moved to a farm in Pleasant Hill, Oregon,
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|Orange blossom ice pops from Homestead Survival
This could be the year that the ice pop becomes the new cupcake. I'm sure some Brooklyn hipster is just about to debut an artisinal ice pop cart pulled by heirloom draft dogs.
Cynicism aside, what I like about ice pops is that, unlike other desserts, you can make them with either small amounts of sugar or no sugar at all. All you need is a ice pop mold and a freezer. What follows are a few links to recipes for healthy ice pops, perfect for those hot August days:
- Homestead Survival has a recipe for orange blossom water popsicles. They are just fruit, water, honey, lemon juice and some orange blossom water.
- The Sweet Life has some chocolate dipped peanut banana bars that look amazing.
- I've been making ice pops out of Fany Gerson's book Paletas: Authentic Recipes for Mexican Ice Pops, Shaved Ice and Aguas Frescas. I've made a couple of the recipes with just a small amount of sugar or no sugar at all and they've turned out great. These are ice pops for adults–think spicy ingredients like mezcal and avocado.
- You can, of course, just freeze some fruit juice and keep things simple.
As to how I make them, I've got some old Tupperware type ice pop molds that I've used for years. Pure simplicity. Take note Brooklyn hipsters: the paletas may be the new fixie. Start training those draft dogs.


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Tomato Type: Garden
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Season: Very Early
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Plant Type: Indeterminate
Plant Height: 6 ft.
Fruit Size: 8 oz.
Fruit Shape: Round
Skin Color: Red
Flesh Color: Red
Disease Resistance: Verticillium Wilt, Fusarium Wilt Race 1
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The economy looks like its worsening each day but doesn't be deceived; broke or not, people need services. There are so many businesses one can start in the Philippines at the moment. Big or small, there is 70% chance that they will flourish. Here are a few you could consider.
English instruction
Many Philippine's are struggling to enter the US. Maybe this may change with Trump's reign, but 5years shouldn't threaten a strategic entrepreneur. Trump will soon leave office. Start training English in the Philippines and you will reap. Besides, it is not that the English training demand is only because people want to go to the west. There is a high demand for English teachers in schools. Philippine adopted English tutoring in schools just recently in 2013. Parents who want their kids to perform well are one great source of income for an English tutor.
Content writing
The wave of content writing hasn't left the Philippines. There is a massive demand for content writers to match with the request for SEO content and internet marketing. If you are considering relocating to the Philippines, you can first test the market by looking for writing jobs online. See how it goes and then you will use that information to determine whether you should start up your content outsourcing company. But trust me, just like it is in the US, the UK or wherever else where content writing is booming, so it is in the Philippines.
Network marketing
Many product firms are being planted in Philippine right now, and the need for network marketing is high. The good thing about network marketing is that you can franchise a bigger firm and flourish. There are mostly cosmetic, herbal and beverage companies. Do your homework, though. Learn from the best like yoga for dummies. You don't want to franchise a business that sells fake products.
Social Media Marketing
One way you can make money in social media marketing is to position yourself as a social media agent. Many people want to advertise on Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms but they don't have the time to manage their social media pages. Others don't even know the procedure to get their ads running on the social media. Take advantage of that. You can do this from the comfort of your home. If you already live in the Philippines, do a door to door marketing to get clients then return home, sit on your computer and make money. All you will need here is trust with your customers and a good internet connection.
Online Stores
If you don't have money to rent a shop, try an online store. Have a delivery man and focus on interacting and taking customers' orders from the internet.
Online stores are flourishing not only in the Philippines but all over the globe. Everyone likes to be treated like a king by having the stuff they buy delivered. Grab the chance. You will make good profits without investing much especially in rent.
Milk Tea
Philippine's love milk. They will go to the moon and back just to get a nice cup of milk tea. This isn't about to change any soon. Strategize your tea shop on a busy street, and you won't regret it. If you can't afford to rent don't be afraid to start. You can begin by delivering tea to offices in flasks in the early mornings and evenings, or you can as well prepare the milk and sell your home.


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I was able to help my friend with a new spell and it has been manifesting well. There is still a way to go with that as the energy is ever-changing. I will absolutely have to stay on top of this for him to make sure we are working it to the best way possible.
I've been trying to fix a few things in my own life with magick which is something I rarely do. I like to save my magickal energy for my clients and other projects I am working on so casting spells for myself is usually a low priority.
However on 10-10-10 along with my Reaping Rewards spell that I cast for my clients I also did a special spell for myself. It's been a long time since I've crafted such a personal spell and it was very intense to complete.
I did both workings outside, the weather was perfect, cool enough for a fire but temperate so I didn't need a jacket.
After I finished the first working (which took a while since there were quite a few of them) I did my spell for myself.
I lit the fragrant and anointed parchment and watched it burn, flames snaking along the edges until it eventually became a pile of grey ash. It smoldered a bit which is usually a good sign that there is residual energy and a portends that there is more to come. This unnerved me a little considering what I was casting the spell for but I took it ultimately as a good sign.
What happened at the end was the most interesting, since the energy I had conjured brought animals from the night out of the woods toward me. I was surprised to hear so much activity out there. I saw animals running along my back fence and noises in the trees. Animals are often drawn to such energies but usually it's pretty quiet here in the suburbs. That night was different. It was a sign.
I'm at a crossroads, a place I've been before magickally (standing there asking Papa Legba to grace me) but never like this. Part of me is standing back to observe because it's so difficult to fathom the conditions of what is occurring and the rest of me has thrown myself into the fray completely.
It will be interesting to see how it manifests.


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Arizona athletic director Greg Byrne said Tuesday he talked to a lot of people about the Wildcats' coaching vacancy, and the name that came up the most -- and, presumably, the best -- was Rich Rodriguez.
Byrne highlighted three people he chatted with during a news conference introducing Rodriguez: former Florida coach Urban Meyer, current Arizona basketball coach Sean Miller and Charlie Ragle, a high school coach in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Ragle, coach at state power Chaparral High, had two players sign at Michigan, offensive lineman Taylor Lewan and defensive end Craig Roh, when Rodriguez was the Wolverines' coach. Ragle later asked if he and his staff could come up and visit and see how the Wolverines did things.
"He said, 'I've never dealt with a major college coach that had devoted so much time and interest in our program,'" Byrne said of the conversation. "Coach Ragle told me that he'd never been more impressed in dealing with a coaching staff."
Byrne then talked to Meyer.
"He said, 'Greg, if you hire Rich Rodriguez, you're getting one of the five greatest minds in college football,'" Byrne said.
Then he talked to Miller on a flight to New York, where he would meet with Rodriguez for a second time.
"He said, 'Greg, I'd think about a couple of things. Who is the most hungry guy out there? And the second thing is who do the coaches in the Pac-12 not want to have show up in Tucson, Ariz.?'" Byrne said. "He said, 'My opinion is it's Rich Rodriguez.'"
Byrne also will get Rodriguez at a discount.
Rodriguez, 48, signed a six-year, $15 million contract with Michigan in 2007, an average of $2.5 million a year. His Arizona contract will pay him an average of $1.91 million over five years. He will make $1.45 million in his first year, $1.5 million in his second, $1.6 million his third, $1.7 million his fourth and $1.8 million his fifth. He also will receive $300,000 annually from Nike and IMG.
Rodriguez surely endeared himself to Arizona fans when he took to the podium and immediately started talking about Rose Bowls and national championships.
"Why not us?" he said. "Why can't we win it all?"
He also tried to allay fears that this was a stepping stone to getting back to a big-money program to prove his critics wrong.
"This is my final coaching stop," he said. "I hope to be able to do this another 12 or 15 years."
How much did he want Wildcats fans to embrace him? Apparently a lot.
Said Rodriguez, "I will not just coach Arizona football. I will live it."
That might sound like the hyperbole of a man desperate to ingratiate himself. And Rodriguez did sound like that at times. But he also knows he's no longer the hot coaching prospect he once was. There are questions about him. He's the rising star who fell.
He admitted that he has reverted back to his attitude from West Virginia, where he had his major success. He's got the chip back on his shoulder.
"I've got something to prove," he said.
Other notable points from Rodriguez.
He said that Byrne asked him a lot of questions about the NCAA issues he had at Michigan. "There were issues," he said. "The issues were fixed, cleaned up. And I assure you -- I assured him -- that there would never be one again in the future."
He said he'd hire some staff members quickly -- over the next two weeks -- but he wanted the entire staff filled out before Christmas. He said he wanted a mix of guys he's coached with and guys who know the West Coast.
He said he would consider coaches on the present staff, but he also said he's not too worried about coaches who lack Pac-12 experience: "The best coaches can recruit anywhere."
Rodriguez said he first met with Byrne in Michigan "a couple of weeks ago" and met with him two subsequent times, in New York -- the Wildcats were playing basketball there on Nov. 17 and 18 -- and El Paso, Texas, where Rodriguez was calling the UTEP-Tulsa game on Nov. 19.
As for Michigan, Rodriguez was asked what he'd learned from the experience. He didn't really answer: "It's frustrating to watch them because they are doing so well. Those are all of my guys. But I'm proud of them because they are doing so well."
He tipped his cap to former coach Mike Stoops: "Mike Stoops did some great things here. There are some good players here ... Mike Stoops is a good football coach."
He tipped his cap to interim coach Tim Kish: "I think what he's done in a difficult situation has been absolutely remarkable."
He said he spent last spring hanging out with friend and California coach Jeff Tedford: "He might be regretting that now."
Expect the Arizona offense to look a lot like Oregon's offense: "We do like to play fast. I think the huddle is the biggest waste of time in football."
He hit lots of talking points: the rivalry with Arizona State, the 'Zona Zoo, the Tucson community, how former players are welcome around the program and how much he and his family looked forward to warm weather.
And when he concluded, he said, "Bear down."


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Los Angeles Lakers: On Competition and Kobe BryantNovember 28, 2010
Kobe Bryant has entered the legacy stage of his career, and the talk around the barber shop and on ESPN's Page 2 these days centers on where he ranks all-time, top five, or top 10. There are a few I'd rank over him—Michael, Magic, Russell, Kareem, Oscar, Wilt, Larry. I'd estimate him somewhere in the same strata as Elgin, Hakeem, West, Shaq and Duncan, although he's nowhere near finished. When its all said and done, he will end up somewhere between 3 and 8, with Jordan and Russell out of reach and the rest a slight possibility.
I've been a defender of Kobe Bryant since his 2002-2003 campaign, after the Lakers had just won three championships in a row. That was when he started to raise eyebrows around the league, and his detractors were in full force. I wasn't participating in the Kobe vs AI debates, as the pattern hadn't emerged to me yet. I thought it was just a Philly connection. But it got pretty heated when Vince Carter entered the picture.
Kobe vs Vince—remember those days? The human highlight reel certainly had his proponents, yet I kept telling the folks who would listen: It ain't about the highlights, it's about the skill set and the decision making. Vince surely had his moments, but he would never be as consistent and reliable because he didn't have a counter to every move. And look at Vince's arms and body, compared to Kobe or even Carmelo Anthony - they look exactly the same as when he first came into the league. He loves basketball, but never dedicated everything he had to making himself better.
Physical dedication aside, it's not just about the heart—that's too abstract—it's about understanding the game, understanding the opponent. Basketball isn't about pre-deciding what you are going to do, but rather, it is about reading the defense and reacting in a split second whether to go left, to step back, or to raise up. It took a while, as Vince is in his own right a hall of famer, but time caught up and Vince faded from the argument.
Next up: Kobe vs T-Mac—now those were the days! T-Mac is the most complete offensive player I've seen outside of Kobe Bryant and the argument was legitimate. He could do everything, counter everything and understood the game. Reading the defense, he destroyed the league in 2002-2003, averaging 32.1 PTS, 6.5 REB and 5.5 AST, statistically the best year I'd seen since Jordan.
When ESPN ran a front page special with two columnists debating who they would take, Kobe or T-Mac, right before a Lakers-Magic matchup, it was on. And for one, I didn't know the answer. The Magic would win the game, and T-Mac had the worst teammates I can remember, and took them to win almost 30 games that year. If he had kept it up, we could be talking about him in the top 10 today.
But with T-Mac, the problem was physical, not mental. Contrary to popular belief, he does not wilt under pressure. He has the second highest playoff scoring average in NBA history and the second best overall average next to Jordan. He once averaged 34/7/8 and usually averages over 30/5/5 in the post-season.
He never took the extra care of that back of his in the off-season: the diet, the ab workouts to protect the back, the strength training. He never made basketball his single preoccupation like Kobe, who slept four hours a day, worked out for eight hours a day in the offseason and could run a mile in 4:30. Unfortunately, injuries caught up with T-Mac and he faded.
And with that void in competition, Colorado happened. Kobe vs Adultery. This was the only incident where I didn't defend Kobe Bryant, although I knew his heart was in the right place—contrition and repentance. He addressed his sin by its proper name on national TV—adultery—and confessed it to his wife in front of the whole world. He sought a minister, and on an interview with Stephen A. Smith talked about God carrying his cross when he found it too heavy a burden.
We tend to cringe at mentions of God in the public sphere, it's like when George W. Bush answered who was his most influential philosopher was with "Jesus Christ. He changed my heart." We wonder, is it real? I say, look at their facial expression—and for a transformed life—and you will know.
I knew that his marriage had a chance of surviving. The haters flocked like vultures, and they do to this day. They say his marriage had no chance. But Kobe is a changed man—he's not Tiger Woods because he looked outward, not inward, for forgiveness and redemption. Humbled and transformed by grace, he opened up. His entire outlook changed. People think it's fake, it's marketing, it's image, etc. But it's been seven years. This guy, after hitting a buzzer-beating winner over Durant in 2007, blushed when heard his name mentioned in the same breath as Elgin. No more mano-y-mano.
It's real, because I know God is real. And his marriage survived. The joy is there, the peace is there. Jordan is chasing the wind these days, gambling and womanizing, but Kobe has found peace.
Then came Kobe vs Wade, worked up to a frenzy by the pro-Shaq media, Shaq's quotes and Wade's Finals MVP over the spineless Mavericks. I was back to work, defending the short-lived memories of haters everywhere, haters who do not understand the game of basketball.
By now, it is obvious Wade is nowhere the player Kobe is. He has a few unstoppable pet moves, but is inconsistent, random, pre-determines his actions and cannot shoot the ball beyond 20 feet. His post-game is underdeveloped, he gambles on defense and as recently exposed, he does not know how to play without the ball in his hands, because he does not understand team offense. Haters were blind to this in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
Then came Kobe vs Lebron, and here is the crux of the argument. Haters say Lebron makes teammates better, but that is entirely, flabbergastingly, gratuitously false. Dominating the ball and passing to your teammates for open shots does not make them better. Relegating them to standstill shooters does not make them better. Having good court vision and averaging more assists does not automatically make you the better team player!
To make your teammates better, you have to change their culture, their DNA. You have to make them self-sufficient, better, more confident players. That's what Kobe has learned to do. Look at Smush Parker—he was the starting point for a Lakers team that came within the cusp of beating the Suns—and he fell out of the rotation in Miami the next year. On the other hand, Larry Hughes, first team all-defense and averaging 22 a game in Washington, came to Cleveland, where his career completely vanished.
Lebron plays to his strengths, dominating the ball, while Kobe plays to his teammates strengths, hiding their weaknesses and allowing them to shine and build a career. Lamar Odom, Pau Gasol—they were secondary players before teaming with Kobe, and have become much, much, much better. Shannon Brown. Jordan Farmar, now that he is languishing on the Nets, exposed, understands.
Kobe doesn't have a weakness to his game. He can play off the ball, play within the offense, or take over the game offensively, or lock down the opposing team's best player. Furthermore, when Kobe sits out, his team plays fine, because he has made them better. When Lebron or Wade sit out, their team goes down the crapper, because they had spent their entire time as statues, bowling pins and expendable fouls.
Argument over, because other than that, Lebron has no argument, and even Lebron himself has admitted it. Kobe is the better offensive player, defensive player, clutch player and team player. People who wax poetic about Lebron's athleticism forget Kobe's heyday.
And finally, when Kobe won his fifth championship, he ended Kobe vs Shaq and Kobe vs Duncan debates, although the latter holds some sway in certain circles. Which brings us finally to the present-day argument. As a resident of Los Angeles, I am proud to say that Kobe Bryant will spend his career playing for the Lakers. Boston Green, Chicago Red, San Antonio Gray and Los Angeles Purple and Gold.
The Bottom Line
Competition brings out the best in people, and Kobe Bryant exemplifies this. The competitive fire, professional craft and desire for excellence is an essential component of the dignity of work. It's the same spirit as whenever I take the extra effort to dig through the archives in my research, take a weekend trip to another library, or read the entire book even if only a portion is critical to my work. We want to be the master of our craft, whatever that may be, to go the extra mile when possible.
But there is a trend away from competition in society. No one wants to be on the losing end, so people want to create a society where everyone wins. In many youth sporting events now, everyone gets a trophy, even the losers. Where is the meaning in that? Where is the incentive to excel, to reach new grounds and uncharted territory?
Recently, Lebron and Bosh surrendered their competitive spirit, teaming up with their competitor Wade in Miami to try to take the easiest way possible to a championship. I for one, am glad that there are still ones remaining in the next generation who believe in the dignity of competition and not taking the easy way out—Kevin Durant quipped that not everyone wants to be in Miami.
And finally, competition is not mean spirited. It is not meant to harm or paralyze the opposition, unless it is upheld in a perverse way. Rather, it brings out the best in everyone. Along the way, there is the risk of failure, but that risk is what makes the journey, as Kobe Bryant 's oft-used analogy goes, that much more exciting.


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EUR/USD (a 4-hour chart)
General Overview
The Eurozone economy data publication did not contain considerable information and didn't provide influence on the euro/dollar position. The final data on Germany and France consumer price inflation in April noted the changes absence from the previous estimate and didn't disturb the market tranquility. The Eurostat agency industrial production report in the euro zone in March was not perceived negatively, which pointed to the output decrease by 0.1% m/m and 0.3% y/y, indicating the EU regenerative processes instability.
The first support is 1.3670, the next one is 1.3610. The first resistance is 1.3710, the next one is 1.3760.
There is a confirmed and strong sell signal. The price is under the Cloud and it is under the Chinkou Span.
The downtrend movement will be until the price is under the Kijun-Sen.
The MACD indicator is in negative territory.
Trading recommendations
The "bears" can test the levels 1.3672 and 1.3643 in the short term. The 38th figure direction bounces should be used to open short positions.


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History tutor, military historian and author;
History tutor, military historian and author;
Born September 15, 1924; Died June 30, 2014
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PIERS Mackesy, who has died aged 89, was a son of the army whose own wartime experiences and illustrious heritage served him well for a career as a military historian and author.
Both writing and military life were in his blood - his mother was a successful journalist and novelist and his father and grandfather were both generals - but it was his service in action with the Royal Scots Greys during the Second World War that proved invaluable to the young Mackesy, giving him an intimate understanding of the reality of conflict.
He was still a teenager when he joined up and fought with the regiment through northern France in the months immediately after D-Day, then up through Belgium, Holland and into Germany.
In the final hours of the war he was with the Greys as they raced towards the Baltic to secure the area ahead of the Red Army. He went on teach at Oxford, write six volumes of military history and become a fellow of the British Academy, enjoying an international reputation for being able to get to the heart of complex matters with clarity.
Born in his grandparents' home outside Aberdeen, his father was Major General Pierse Mackesy, who was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and Military Cross during the First World War and became a general during the Second World War. His grandfather fought as a Cameron Highlander in both the Crimea and the Indian Mutiny, also rising to the rank of general.
His mother, Leonora Dorothy Rivers Cook, was the daughter of Aberdeen shipowners and wrote numerous novels under the names of Dorothy Rivers and Leonora Starr.
His formative years were spent with his grandparents before moving to Quetta, then part of British India, where his father was posted, and subsequently Borden in Hampshire.
As a boy he was fascinated by what was, in his words, still the army of Kipling, with bands, parades and mounted cavalry. On Sundays in camp the padre wore boots and spurs under his surplice, and a Victoria Cross on his chest. He developed a lifelong love of horses, animals and landscape and, though he was particularly fond of the Aberdeenshire countryside, his introduction to hunting came in the western deserts of India when, on his first hunt, he was led on a donkey with a jackal as his quarry.
Back home in Scotland he was educated at Cargilfield Prep School, Edinburgh before attending Wellington College in Berkshire. In 1942, at the height of the war, he won a scholarship to Christ Church, Oxford but duty called and, following training, he joined the Royal Scots Greys. Although not a man to readily discuss his experiences, he vividly recalled the last day of the war when, in the rush to get to the Baltic, the regiment crossed paths with German troops desperately retreating west to escape the Soviet soldiers.
Thrown together, crammed in tank traffic jams on narrow roads, they stared at each other in silence. Not a single shot was fired though the conflict was not yet officially over.
Mr Mackesy remained grateful to the Scots Greys for the experience of what he viewed as a first-class regiment and served with them until 1947 when he took up his studies at Oxford. After graduating with a first class degree in modern history in 1950, the same year he joined the Territorial Army in which he served as a captain, he completed his doctorate at Oxford's Oriel College in 1953. The following year was spent as a Harkness fellow at Harvard University in the United States.
He then went on to become a fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford where he taught modern history with an emphasis on the history of European warfare from the mid-18th century to the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
In the 1960s he was a visiting fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University, New Jersey and a visiting professor of history at the California Institute of Technology.
He was also the Lee Knowles lecturer at Cambridge in 1972, a member of the council of the Institute of Early American History and Culture in Williamsburg, Virginia and the London-based Society for Army Historical Research.
His work as a chronicler of military history produced six books, all written with a clarity and lightness of touch, plus contributions to various other publications and journals.
His first volume, The War in the Mediterranean, 1803-1810 was published in 1957 but it was his second, The War for America 1775-83, that won him international acclaim when it came out, in 1964, in the midst of the Vietnam War.
He also wrote Statesmen at War: the Strategy of Overthrow, 1798-1799; The Coward of Minden, The Affair of Lord George Sackville; War Without Victory: The Downfall of Pitt, 1799-1802 and British Victory in Egypt: the End of Napoleon's Conquest, for which he was awarded the Society for Army Historical Research's Templer Medal in 1995. Mr Mackesy, who was a trustee of the National Army Museum in London and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, served twice as acting Master of Pembroke and was highly regarded for his effective administration and sensitive, diplomatic manner.
Though he retired from Oxford in the late 1980s, students from around the globe continue to regard him as a thoughtful and patient tutor who took immense trouble over them, whatever their academic ability. He first married in 1958 to Sarah Davies, daughter of Sir David Davies QC, with whom he had three children. He married for a second time in 1982 to Patricia Timlin.
On his retirement they moved to North-east of Scotland where he chaired the North of Scotland branch of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Association and where they lived near Alford before moving to Deeside.
There will be a memorial service at Pembroke College for Mr Mackesy who is survived by Patricia and his children William, Catherine and Serena.