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Headphones work with mobile phones, computers, Ipods, MP3 players, CD players and loads of other things. Headphones usually come with these things but they're not always good quality or not comfortable. If your headphones have recently broken, or they're not to your taste, you may need some pointers on getting new ones.
1Decide what headphones you want. Although most headphones look the same, they're all very much different. Some of them boost a certain part of the music, some of them are designed for comfort and some of them are made to block out all other background noise. Some cheap headphones are lacking in all of these things. There are two ways to decide what headphones you want.
- By effect.
- Bass booster. Bass booster earphones make your music sound very bassy. Most of the time, they block out all outside noise. Some good bass booster headphones are Beats by Dr Dre but they can be quite expensive. Bass booster headphones are good for dubstep and pop music
- Music clarity. Music clarity headphones make your music clearer. If you find that too much bass is ruining your song, music clarity headphones can sort that out. They're mainly used for rock, punk and sometimes folk or classical.
- Overhead or in ear
- In ear earphones are good for travelling with as they are lightweight and flexible. However, they sometimes lack the bass that you find in overhead headphones. If you are into rock music and don't mind getting some music clarity earphones, in ears are great. You can also use them for sport easier and share them with friends. If you like to listen to music causally, you can put only one earphone in and still have a conversation.
- Overhead headphones tend to block out all the sound around you and focus on bass. They can be quite hard to travel with and use during sport as they tend to be big and inflexible. Beats by Dr Dre do fold up, on the other hand. You can't share headphones with someone as you can with earphones. However, they play music much louder and allow you to focus on the song.
- By effect.
2Determine your budget. If you don't want to spend £300 on big headphones, you don't have to. They will however, have much better sound quality than £1 headphones. The minimum you are willing to spend should be no less than £5. Anything below that will just sound horrible. The more expensive doesn't always mean better though so choose wisely.
3Do your research. Now that you know your price range and what exactly you're looking for in a pair of headphones, it's time to buy a pair. A good way to do this is to go on the website of a shop that sells headphones and have a look. You may or may not find your perfect pair. If you don't, just look somewhere else. If you do, start reading reviews on that particular model and find somewhere you can test them out. If you can't test them; you'll have to rely on the reviews to make your decision.
4Make a reservation. Too many times people have traveled to the store only to find that what they're looking for isn't in stock. To avoid this happening to you, make a reservation beforehand. It's quick, simple and should only require you to enter a few details. Be sure that you've made the reservation at the right shop and be clear when they're holding it until. You don't want to show up a week later to find that they've got rid of them, do you? On the other hand, you don't want to go there right now and find that they haven't come in yet.
5Go to the store. Tell the people in the store that you've made a reservation. They will probably ask you for a reservation number. Give it to them and they'll find what you reserved on their computers. When you get the product, inspect the box to see if it's in good condition and if it looks new. If it doesn't, ask for another one. If you can test it out in the shop then do just that. Taking it home and finding it broken is the worst feeling ever. They should work, however. Once you've paid for the headphones, take them home and enjoy.
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- Shop around to find them cheapest.
- Try not to share earbuds because it can lead to an ear infection.
- Never put your music all the way up. In the future this could lead to hearing loss.
- It is against the U.S. law to drive with headphones on.
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This morning Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald compared local television ratings for the South Florida sports teams in his weekly sports media column.
As you might expect, we South Floridians love to watch the Dolphins and Heat, but have little time to fit Panthers games into our busy lives.
The Panthers average a 0.19 local rating, averaging 3,000 households a game. That is among the worst in the NHL. The Heat draw a 5.2 local rating, while the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins average 105,000 households a game, by comparison.
To add insult to injury, Jackson noted the Panthers' local ratings trail a kid's show named Doodlebops that airs at 7 a.m. on Sundays, as well as informercials for the AbCoaster and Ninja Professional Blender that aired last week.
Of course, it is hard for fans to get excited about a hockey team that hasn't made the playoffs since the 1999-2000 season, the longest current drought in the NHL.
Jackson blames previous ownership and management for the poor ratings, both because of the subpar teams they put on the ice and their ineffective marketing.
But considering the fact that many South Florida residents have never seen ice outside of their freezers, perhaps the decision to put a hockey team in the area was doomed from the start.
David Hill is a Miami native who has not watched a Panthers game in at least ten years (and almost feels guilty about it).

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There was a lateral trend on major currency pairs yesterday. Amid an empty macroeconomic calendar on the Euro zone and the USA the EUR/USD was traded in a narrow range 1.3493-1.3538. The Markit Economics Agency published the PMI for the construction sector in the UK in January. The figures exceeded the expectations, having set multiyear maximums.
It seems that the market begins to wait for the results of important events, which should be announced this week, namely the decision of the ECB and the Bank of England about the prospect of their monetary policies as well as the January report on the U.S. labor. During yesterday's consolidation the dollar closed the session by almost opening prices versus its European opponents and slightly strengthened versus the yen. The data on the U.S. economy gave ambiguous results and did not stimulate activity on the market.
Manufacturing orders in the USA in December fell by 1.5%, that was slightly better than expectations of decrease by 1.8%. Decrease in orders was mainly due to a sharp decrease in orders for transportation equipment; without consideration of it orders rose by 0.2%. The index of economic optimism in the U.S. from the IBD/TIPP dropped in February to 44.9 p., compared with 45.2 p. in January, against expectations of growth. The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President, Jeffrey Lacker said on Tuesday that the Fed would probably continue to reduce the asset purchase on $10 billion each meeting, as there was a significant improvement in labour market performance.


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The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's volunteer search and rescue team helped canvas neighborhoods around UC Santa Barbara on Tuesday to help find information after a female student was gang raped.
"We're looking at all potential areas in the immediate vicinity," said department spokeswoman Kelly Hoover.
Isla Vista, the unincorporated community next to UCSB where the gang rape occurred, is slightly larger than half a square mile but has some 23,000 residents.
"It's very dense," Hoover said. "Search and rescue is a resource available to us and we want to utilize it in this case."
The search is the latest response by authorities to Sunday's brutal attack. Deputies stepped up patrols after a 19-year-old UC Santa Barbara student reported being beaten and raped by three men sometime between 12:30 a.m. and 4 a.m.
She managed to make it back to her apartment afterward and report the rape.
No arrests have been made. A Santa Barbara City College student also reported being raped by a man Saturday night, and a woman was gang raped by three people in Isla Vista in January.
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Nordstrom Rack To Open In Farmington, Utah
Apr 15, 2013, 12:00 ET from Nordstrom, Inc.
SEATTLE, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Seattle-based Nordstrom, Inc., (NYSE: JWN) announced today plans to open a Nordstrom Rack at Station Park in Farmington, Utah. The approximately 29,000 square-foot store is expected to open in fall 2013.
Nordstrom Rack is the off-price retail division of Nordstrom, Inc., carrying on-trend merchandise from Nordstrom stores and Nordstrom.com at 50 to 60 percent off original Nordstrom prices. Nordstrom Rack also offers a wide selection of apparel, accessories and shoes from many of the brands carried in Nordstrom stores. These items are purchased specially for Nordstrom Rack, with most at savings of 30 to 70 percent off.
Nordstrom currently operates two Rack stores and two full-line stores in the greater Salt Lake City area. "Station Park is a fantastic center and we hope this new store will make it more convenient for our customers in the northern suburbs of Salt Lake City to shop with us," said Geevy Thomas, president of Nordstrom Rack. "We are thrilled to give customers another Nordstrom shopping destination."
Station Park is a one million square-foot open-air center offering upscale retail, dining, and entertainment. The center is conveniently located at the intersection of Interstate 15 and Legacy Parkway in the community of Farmington, twenty miles north of Salt Lake City. The new Nordstrom Rack will join a strong mix of tenants at Station Park including Marshalls, Ross, HomeGoods, and H&M, among others.
"CenterCal Properties has long been determined to create one of the finest retail and mixed-use shopping venues in the entire United States here in Farmington, Utah, and with the opening of Nordstrom Rack, we will have brought one of the nation's finest retailers to this great community," stated Fred Bruning, CenterCal Properties' CEO.
About CenterCal Properties, LLC. In 2004, Fred Bruning and Jean Paul Wardy formed CenterCal Properties, LLC, to develop and acquire fine retail properties throughout the western United States. CenterCal is well-known for building destinations that become the favorite gathering place for communities. CenterCal properties partially include Station Park in Farmington, Utah; BlackHawk Plaza in Danville, California; Bridgeport Village near Portland, Oregon; Cascade Station mixed-used development near Portland's International Airport; Nyberg Woods in West Portland; and new development The Village at Meridian in Meridian, ID. For more information on these and other CenterCal projects visit www.centercal.com.
About Nordstrom Nordstrom, Inc. is one of the leading fashion specialty retailers based in the U.S. Founded in 1901 as a shoe store in Seattle, today Nordstrom operates 242 stores in 31 states, including 117 full-line stores, 121 Nordstrom Racks, two Jeffrey boutiques, one treasure&bond store and one clearance store. Nordstrom also serves customers through Nordstrom.com and through its catalogs. Additionally, the Company operates in the online private sale marketplace through its subsidiary HauteLook. Nordstrom, Inc.'s common stock is publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol JWN.
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MIAMI, March 7 (UPI) -- Vandals broke into an apartment garage in Miami, damaged 46 vehicles, and made off with Global Positioning System devices, cell phones and more, police said.
The four suspects, all of whom wore masks during the incident, broke into the parking garage in Miami's Little Havana neighborhood early Thursday, the Miami Herald reported.
They scattered when a woman pulled her car into the garage, said Freddie Burden, a Miami police officer.
Residents said they were puzzled by the break-in.
"We don't have any idea how the people got inside," said a man named Lorenzo, whose 2005 Nissan Maxima was broken into.
"We didn't hear anything," said Laura Sera, 20, adding that her brother's vehicle had its front window broken.


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Our location guide for Bandol AOC provides some basic essentials for the more adventurous visitor. A simple location map is provided but also a detailed topography map that shows the location of the nearest places where you can surf, ski or mountain climb (if they are close by). Of course some of these will be at long distances from Bandol AOC and those far flung spots are provided on the 'nearest' tables. If you are traveling to other cities or towns near Bandol AOC you will also find weather forecasts for those locations below.
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23 km
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La Seyne-sur-Mer
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|Some drizzle, heaviest during Wed night
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27 km
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|Some drizzle, heaviest during Wed night
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Outdoor Activities near Bandol AOC
If you are in Bandol AOC and would like to go mountain climbing, hiking, skiing or surfing, click below for detailed forecasts.
Tide times close to Bandol AOC:
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|La Ciotat (France)
|0 km N
|Second closest tide times2
|Cassis (France)
|6 km W
|Third closest tide times3
|Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer (France)
|9 km E
|Fourth closest tide times4
|Bandol (France)
|14 km ESE
|Fifth closest tide times5
|Sanary-sur-Mer (France)
|18 km ESE
Ski Resorts close to Bandol AOC:
|Closest ski resort1
|Mont Ventoux (France)
|112 km NW
|Second closest ski resort2
|Greolieres Les Neiges (France)
|129 km ENE
|Third closest ski resort3
|Val D'allos 1500 Le Seignus (France)
|142 km NE
|Fourth closest ski resort4
|Foux d'Allos (France)
|145 km NNE
|Fifth closest ski resort5
|Valdrome (France)
|146 km N
Mountains close to Bandol AOC:
|Closest mountain peak1
|Mont Puget (France)
|12 km W
|Second closest mountain peak2
|Pic De Bertagne (France)
|15 km NNE
|Third closest mountain peak3
|Garlaban (France)
|17 km NW
|Fourth closest mountain peak4
|Mont Faron (France)
|29 km E
|Fifth closest mountain peak5
|Montagne Sainte Victoire (France)
|39 km N
Surf Beaches close to Bandol AOC:
|Closest surf break1
|La Ciotat (France)
|2 km E
|Second closest surf break2
|St Jean (France)
|3 km E
|Third closest surf break3
|L'Arene Cros (France)
|4 km E
|Fourth closest surf break4
|Ciotel (France)
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|Cassis - Plage de l'Arène (France)
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The above topographic map of Bandol AOC and the surrounding area has been derived from satellite mapping. The topographic data has been illuminated by a light source corresponding to the position of the sun at mid afternoon in summer. Major roads, railways rivers and other water features are derived from global GIS data.


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Protein powder made from raw, organic sprouts
17 grams of protein per serving
Raw, vegan, gluten free, dairy free and non-GMO
Real chocolate flavor
23 oz (650 grams) Pwdr
Serving Size 1 Level Scoop (23 g)
Servings Per Container Approximately 28
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Other ingredients: RAW natural chocolate flavor, RAW organic cacao, RAW organic stevia (leaf), RAW natural vanilla flavor, Brewer's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), Lactobacillus bulgaricus, Natto. Contains (fermented) soy.
Suggested Use: Adults mix 1 level scoop (Approximately 3 Tbsp.) in 6 ounces of water one (or more) times per day (scoop included). Can also be mixed with almond or rice milk. Not intended for children.
CAUTION: As with any dietary supplement, consult your healthcare practitioner before using this product, especially if you are pregnant, nursing, anticipate surgery, take medication on a regular basis or are otherwise under medical supervision.
Store in a cool, dry place. Do not use if safety seal is broken or missing.
Keep out of reach of children.
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Protein powder made from raw, organic sprouts
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Garden of Life® Organic Raw Protein - Chocolate Cocoa is a top-quality protein powder that is 100% certified organic, raw, vegan, gluten free, dairy free and non-GMO. It's everything you want in a protein powder and nothing more. Raw Protein features 13 raw and organic sprouts, making it an excellent source of complete protein that delivers 17 grams of protein (including all essential amino acids). Raw Protein also includes Vitamin Code Raw Food-Created fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and K and supports digestive health and function with live probiotics and protein-digesting enzymes.
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Here are some more Apple rumors. After the big disappointment that Fall 2011 we did not see an iPhone 5 release, the speculations are now that Fall 2012 will see a completely updated phone from Cupertino.
"For starters, we can now confidently say that Apple's next iPhone will launch in the fall next year, around the same time that this year's iPhone 4S launched. We have also learned that Apple is planning to use a rubber or plastic material — similar to the material used in the company's bumper cases — that will be built into the new iPhone case. In all likelihood, this material will be used as a bezel surrounding the front edge of the phone (like the iPhone 3GS bezel) and it will serve two purposes. First, it will join the glass iPhone face with a new aluminum back plate. It will also cover a redesigned antenna system that surrounds the device, allowing Apple to build the rear case out of aluminum without having to use a large plastic insert above the antennas as the company does on its iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G. Earlier reports suggested that Apple's next-generation iPhone will feature an aluminum case similar to the one found on the iPad 2, as well as a larger display around 4 inches."(Via BGR)
With competition by Android and Windows Phone heating up, Apple will 100% launch a new iPhone next year. Now we just have to wait and see if the rumored specifications, of which some are already seen in the mock-up here above, will actually make it into the device.


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Top six misconceptions about eGift cards
By Derek Warburton, [email protected]
Retailing is a highly competitive business, so being among the first to embrace a new marketing strategy or technology can deliver substantial rewards to the earliest adopters. In the case of eGift cards, they've been in the marketplace for about four years. Although some of the biggest chains in the world have already "early adopted" these programs to great effect, many retailing chains have put off extending their plastic gift card programs to the electronic arena. This is likely due to the typical misconceptions that pervade many newly emerging business trends. The bad news is that this delay could end up costing these companies a lot down the road. The good news is that you can change the race right now.
First, let's look at the top six misconceptions around eGift Card programs that chain store executives need to know.
1. "eGift Cards will only cannibalize our existing gift card sales"
At first, adding eGift Cards to your existing gift card program may seem like an added expense that will cannibalize sales of existing plastic cards. In fact, real-life implementation shows that these promotions deliver new, incremental sales, not only in eGift Cards but also in plastic cards.
One factor is that the entire program often grows through an increased general awareness fostered by the eGift Card promotion. In addition, evidence from current sales of industry leaders indicates that it will take only a year or two before eGift sales can equal or exceed online plastic card sales. While plastic gift card sales are unlikely to decline outright, any reduction in the use of plastic will deliver cost savings while still seeing overall sales increase.
2. "Fraud in eGift Cards is too pervasive"
Definitely, eGift Card programs are a target for fraudsters. However, advanced analytical algorithms, good old-fashioned human awareness, and other classified fraud-detection tools and techniques that industry vendors utilize to reduce fraud keep it to a bare minimum. Still worried? Your vendor should be confident enough to cover 100 percent of any losses incurred from eGift Card fraud. That's right: experienced eGift Card vendors will cover all fraud losses in their programs. In terms of prevention, there's always a fine line between maximizing sales and minimizing fraud, but today the technology and vendor commitment is there to keep this problem to a minimum…and your risk of losses at zero.
3. "Our IT department can build this internally"
Sounds good because at first glance outsourcing may seem too expensive: "IT can handle this. It's just an extension of our gift card program…right?" Fraud is the most immediate Achilles' heel exposing you to high financial risk when you go in-house. The bottom line: this program is too complex to build and maintain internally, and the openings for hackers will be too attractive. You could get burned quickly, and badly.
In addition, it can be a costly and time-consuming misstep to have IT attempt to re-create the complex tools, documentation, procedures, modules and infrastructure that have been optimized by expert eGift Card vendors over years. And by the time your IT department does that, industry advances will have made their work obsolete. What will IT say when you request a new feature? Probably something like this: "It could take a while but we'll get to it as soon as we can." With an outside vendor, you're already their top priority.
4."The technology is unproven"
In fact, the technology is already proven and mature. Many of the world's largest retailers, restaurants and other chains are early adopters and are adding additional exciting new features and modules as vendors develop them. Second-wave adopters have the luxury of knowing their vendors have top-notch hardware and software already in place, and that any bugs have long since been worked out. This technology is robust and proven.
5. "Customer adoption isn't there yet"
Today, eGift Card programs are in their infancy, comprising just one percent of the estimated $100 billion gift card market in 2011 (Source: TowerGroup, Corporate Executive Board). However, rapid growth of this marketplace is expected, i.e., a 1,000 percent gain to $11 billion in 2014 out of a $130-billion eventual market. The problem with waiting for extensive customer adoption is that you can miss a lot of the market's growth while you wait to get up and running — a delay that will be extended even further if you attempt to re-invent the wheel in-house. It's not all about industry totals and trends — it's about taking the initiative to market your program before your competitors wake up …. "first-past-the-post" efforts that will deliver dividends.
6. "New hardware will be required in all stores"
The mistaken belief is that quick-service restaurants and other retail settings implementing an eGift Card program will require new hardware to read barcodes. In fact, POS terminals at most QSRs already allow for a swipe of the card, and eGift Cards come with a barcode and number that can be typed into the POS. If the QSR doesn't have scanning equipment, employees simply enter the number. This takes fewer than ten seconds, similar to dealing with credit cards.
Nimbleness — the ability to react quickly to new opportunities — is one of the top means by which smaller companies sometimes surprise by overtaking their larger competitors. Conversely, some companies err on the side of moving too slowly to adopt new innovations, frequently allowing erroneous misconceptions to back-burner serious internal discussions around important new trends.
So although some of the biggest merchants in the world have already incorporated eGift Cards into their overall marketing strategies, there remain a host of other companies — and maybe yours is one of them — still sitting on the sidelines. This delay puts you at risk of letting your large competitors get even larger by commandeering your share of a hot new market. Consider changing the results of the race early by taking advantage of the proven expertise available at your fingertips. Stay level, catch up, or even pull ahead; in the end, it's all a win.
Derek Warburton is VP sales and marketing with Buyatab Online, a leading provider of eGift Card technology solutions to the retail, hospitality and entertainment sectors. He can be reached at [email protected] and can be followed on Twitter @egiftcardguru.
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A recovering housing market spells good news for the home and housewares, as seen in Bed Bath & Beyond's second quarter results for the period ended Aug. 31.
The company reported net earnings of $1.16 per diluted share, or $249.3 million, for the quarter, an increase of 18.4% versus net earnings of $0.98 per diluted share, or $224.3 million, in the same quarter a year ago.
Net sales for the quarter were $2.8 billion, an increase of 8.9% from $2.6 billion for the second quarter last year. Comparable store sales for the quarter increased 3.7%, compared with an increase of approximately 3.5% in last year's fiscal second quarter.
The company has a total of 1,484 stores, including 1,009 Bed Bath & Beyond stores in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Canada, 266 stores under the names of World Market, Cost Plus World Market or Cost Plus, 86 Buybuy Baby stores, 74 stores under a combination of the names of Christmas Tree Shops or andThat!, and 49 stores under the names of Harmon or Harmon Face Values.
During the fiscal second quarter, the company opened one Bed Bath & Beyond store, one Christmas Tree Shops store, three Buybuy Baby stores and one Harmon Face Values store.
Hill's Science Diet unveils revamped formulas and packaging
Hill's Science Diet has embarked on a Vets Know Best tour as part of a marketing campaign showcasing the brand's revamped formulas and packaging for many of its pet foods.
The Science Diet team is traveling from coast to coast sharing samples with pet owners and their pets. The tour's next stop will be the State Fair of Virginia, featuring animals and agriculture, exhibits and shows, music and fine arts. From Sept. 27 to Oct. 6, pet owners are invited to stop by an interactive veterinary-like clinic to learn about pet nutrition and Science Diet. Visitors can talk with trained representatives about the new Science Diet foods and packaging and will receive samples for both dogs and cats. The Science Diet team will also be handing out coupons for free bags of treats and wet food along with animal-lover pins.
"We're excited to bring our newly formulated Hill's Science Diet foods to the State Fair of Virginia," said Chris Rector, marketing director, Hill's U.S. "We're passionate about making sure our products provide the best possible nutrition and look forward to letting pets throughout the state get their paws on our new and improved foods."
Hill's Pet Nutrition Inc. manufactures Hill's Prescription Diet brand pet foods, therapeutic pet foods available only through veterinarians, Hill's Science Diet brand pet foods and the new Hill's Ideal Balance sold through veterinarians and finer pet specialty stores.


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Stephan Aßmus <superstippi@xxxxxx> wrote:Actually, I am not a friend of that so much. I'm a friend of consistent and complete APIs, and that's something hard to achieve when one just declare various open source implementations as standard. That's how POSIX works for example, and I wouldn't call this a good API for the most part (at least it's consistently cryptic) :-) I rather like to take good open source implementations, and either integrate it completely, or at least have a wrapper around it that makes it convenient (= consistent with the common API) to use.+1. As such, I'd vote for integrating InfoPopper. Maybe some parts could be shared by a tool tip implementation, which we are still missing as well... :-)I wasn't particularly targeting at InfoPopper here - I haven't had a look at its API, maybe it already fits perfectly, maybe not.
If you have time, here's the library: http://svn.osdrawer.net/infopopper/trunk/libinfopopper/Basically, IPConnection is a connection to the server, the Send method sends a properly formatted message. The message information is taken from a IPMessage which contains notification type (information, error, etc...), progress, title, content, application name and icon.
Some programs, like Vision directly send messages to infopopper_server.This is not a bad behaviour, but if InfoPopper will be integrated with Haiku it will be better to use libinfopopper which will take into account possible changes in the message format.
Please, provide me all the indications you think are needed to get InfoPopper integrated with Haiku - even the little ones.


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Loving Me And Loving You
I slept on my arms
tightened around my knees
which are resting on the
part of earth I am aware of
I can hear myself breath,
live life one beat at a time,
knowing that air around me
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The best route on the wall is sustained and technical requiring precise footwork and strong fingers.
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The Nike Dunk High SP "Cocoa Snake" pack will release on August 17th, 2013. For those of you who don't have the strongest knowledge of Nike Air Force 1 history, the two pairs pictured began their lives as Uptown releases in the early part of the 2000s. And they ended up as some of the most heralded ones for what it's worth, which is probably why they ended up finally coming back around. Why they came back on the Nike Dunk High instead of the silo that they debuted on isn't clear but hey, we're not complaining. See each just after the jump and tell us which of the two Nike Dunk High SP "Cocoa Snake" pairs you'll be purchasing.
Update: The Nike Dunk High SP "Cocoa Snake" Pack release date has been pushed back to August 31st.
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Footloose is a 1984 American musical drama movie. It stars Kevin Bacon and was directed by Herbert Ross. Lori Singer, Dianne Wiest and John Lithgow are co-stars.
It was made into a musical on Broadway in 1999. A movie remake came out in 2011.
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Winter Workshop Series
Starting a Small, Intensive Commercial Farm
Future Harvest CASA's Foodshed Field School and Beginner Farmer Training Program kick off tomorrow with a winter workshop series: Starting a Small, Intensive Commercial Farm for Local Markets.
Learn farming fundamentals, from business planning to soil health to crop selection.
Participants who complete the series will receive a certificate of completion, issued by Futre Harvest CASA and UMD Extension.
Jan. 28, 6:30 – 9:00 pm: Marketing Essentials: A Key Part of the Business Plan
Mark Powell and Ginger Myers
Feb. 4, 6:30 – 8:45 pm: Methods and Management of Season Extension Using High Tunnel Production
Dave Martin and John Foster
Feb. 11 6:30 – 8:45 pm: Strategies for Pest Management and Examples of Pest Management Success
Jerry Brust and Jack Gurley
Feb. 18, 6:30 – 8:45 pm: Soil Fertility, Nutrient Management, and Conservation on the Small Farm
Trish Steinhilner, Vinnie Bevivino, and Jim Ensor
Feb. 25, 6:30 – 8:45 pm: Cover Crops, Planning and Rotations
Chuck Schuster, Rick Hood, and Tim Clippinger
Mar 4, 6:30 – 8:45 pm: Business Planning and Financial Management for Your Small Farm
Dale Johnson and Will Morrow
Mar 11, 6:30 – 8:45 pm: Integrating Livestock into a Small Farm
Susan Schoenian and Lisa Duff
Mar 18, 6:30 – 8:45 pm: Small Farm Business and Marketing Experiences Panel
Beginner Farmer Training Program Graduates: Laura Beth Resnick, David Paulk, and John Dove
March 25, 6:30 – 8:45 pm: Quality Assurance, Post-Harvest Handling and Other Certifications
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PowPAC, Poway's Community Theatre, will hold auditions for the musical production of "Cowgirls" at 7 p.m. May 14 at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 4227 Fairmount Ave., San Diego. The cast requires six female musicians to perform in the play, which is the story of Jo, owner of Hiram Hall, who has 24 hours to save her saloon from foreclosure. Participants should prepare a song and bring either an accordion, autoharp, banjo, bucket, cello, guitar, harmonica, mandolin, synthesizer, tambourine, ukelele or violin to play for accompaniment. Piano accompaniment will be provided; participants should bring sheet music if piano is needed. If you have a great voice, but don't play an instrument, don't hesitate to audition anyway. Headshots and resumes are helpful but not required. Performance dates will be in August and September at the Lively Center, 13250 Poway Road. Email email@example.com.
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This hanging outdoor old bronze lantern offers an elegant look and beautiful illumination with its old bronze finish and satin-white frosted glass. Designed to help you save energy, this efficient lantern has a dusk-to-dawn photocell that provides added security and comfort. With the superb craftsmanship and affordable price this fixture is sure to tastefully indulge your extravagant side.
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MIAMI - Eighteen people were treated for injuries Tuesday after a crash involving a Miami-Dade Transit bus and a FedEx truck, Miami fire officials said.
The crash occurred at Northwest Seventh Avenue and 17th Street.
Miami police said the FedEx truck was moving south on Seventh Avenue when it ran a red light, hitting an M bus that was moving east on 17th Street.
Paramedics evaluated 25 people after the crash, and 18 people, including the bus driver, were taken to three hospitals. All of the injuries were minor, according to authorities.
From Sky 10 overhead, paramedics could be seen taking a man and two women off the bus on back boards.
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Miami police said the driver of the FedEx truck was cited.
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HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.--Standard Microsystems Corp. here today announced its entry into the "Hi-Speed" Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 peripheral controller market with plans to introduce two ICs supporting the higher-speed transfer rates of the technology.
The Long Island, N.Y.-based company said it will launch the USB97C201 "True Speed" ATA/ATPI/CF bridge controller for external disk drives and the USB97C210 memory card controller for USB memory card readers in the first quarter of 2002. Standard Microsystems has supplied USB 1.1 controllers for mass-storage applications since 1998.
"These initial USB 2.0 products are the first in a planned family of high-speed connectivity devices designed to bring the ultimate in data communications performance to a broad range of peripheral products," stated Marshall Lacoff, vice president and general manager of the company's Embedded Products Group.
The USB97C201 True Speed controller will feature a sustained 53.2-megabyte-per-second data transfer rate. The new controller will operate in UDMA modes up to mode 4 to achieve higher speed than other USB 2.0 ATA/ATAP controller chips, according to Standard Microsystems. The new USB97C201 uses a patent-pending programmable architecture and advanced process technology yield "a very small die size," said the company.
Later this month, Standard Microsystems said it plans to announce the USB97C210 memory card controller, which the company claims is the world's first USB 2.0 multi-format memory card controller. The controller is designed for use in multi-function card readers--including interfaces to CompactFlash (CF), SmartMedia (SM), Memory Stick (MS), Secure Digital (SD) and MultiMediaCard (MMC) memory cards. It will also interface to ATA Microdrives.
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Our _Donne_ is dead; England should mourne, may say
We had a man where language chose to stay
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Based upon a thorough review of research, political history and policy implications, the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education thinks school vouchers are not the silver-bullet reform some policymakers are seeking.
Georgia's students need a commitment from policymakers and practitioners to focus on systemic reforms that will bring the promise of educational excellence to every classroom in the state.
Despite the theory that competition and parental choice should improve public education, empirical research about voucher programs generates as many questions as answers. There is no consensus that vouchers significantly improve academic opportunities or outcomes. In 2008, researchers from Princeton University and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago conducted a review of existing research and concluded "the best research to date finds relatively small achievement gains for students offered education vouchers, most of which are not statistically different from zero."
In recent years, increased school accountability and the rise of business-inspired educational practices have brought private-sector expectations for performance and accountability to the forefront of the public school arena. Consequently, it would be expected that any new legislation concerning vouchers would require that private schools receiving taxpayer dollars adhere to the following practices: employ fully certified teachers; administer standardized tests used by the state to measure student achievement and report the results to the public; and publish the manner in which they expend public money.
Voucher legislation that does not address these three concerns should not be supported.
Georgia has made great strides in the quest to provide an excellent education. Now isn't the time to derail progress with single-issue reform. To build a world-class education system and workforce, we must collaborate and focus efforts on a comprehensive plan with a focus on the interconnectedness of issues impacting student achievement.
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• Steve Dolinger is president of the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that works to inform and influence leaders for improved student achievement in public schools.
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The creative juices are flowing on this recording and with good reason. Hooking up with Danilo Perez and John Patitucci marks the meeting of three great jazz spirits. The rapport between these musicians is astounding. Perez's style and energy, along with his arranging, create the atmosphere and mood of the sessions. Patitucci's bass work is virtuous and intense. Roy's drumming drives and inspires the group.
For all the newness the record exudes, it is a tribute of sorts. The songs are performed for the jazz masters that have crossed paths with the venerable Haynes, songs these masters wrote or performed. Two sets of beautiful music are on one disc. The studio set was recorded in New York, the live set in Haynes' native Boston. There is not a bad number on the entire disc.
Pat Metheny's "Questions and Answer" is a great vehicle for this group. The arrangement is very hip. In fact, the trio's identity is evident as the unique arrangements breath new life into each number. "Folk Song," written by Chick Corea, is another example of how good this group can be.
Moving to the live set, a great rendition of "Sippin' at Bells" is followed by my favorite selection on the disc, "Monk's Bright Mississippi." The trio gets into a serious groove on this track and is obviously having a good time doing it. Perez radiates beauty on the next number, "Prelude to a Kiss." The live set (and the disc) comes to a close with a Roy Haynes arrangement of "Green Chimneys." This one cooks, watch out for Roy!


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Perhaps the most iconic of firearms.
The Germans named it the "Donderbuchse" (thunder gun), the Dutch, the "Donderbus," the Italians, the "trombone," the French, the "tromblon." Finally, the English, after mixing it up with the Donderbus-armed Dutch ships for control of the high seas, gave it the familiar phonetic name of "blunderbuss."
It's the stuff of myth and of cartoons with little bands of blunderbuss toting Pilgrims streaming across the pages of popular literature. From the 1550s through the 1800s, the belled muzzle blunderbuss appears in the form of pistols, carbines and larger swivel guns, sometimes even mounted with wicked looking, integral, spring bayonets. So when the National Muzzleloading Rifle Association announced that it would hold its first, historic blunderbuss competition at the Western Nationals in Phoenix, Ariz., I grabbed my old blunderbuss and headed to Phoenix.
The blunderbuss is really a fascinating firearm. In particular, the English adopted the design more than any other country and produced thousands for civilian and military use. In 1654, documents reveal that "100 Brass Blunder Bushes" were carried by the Hispaniola Expedition. In 1670-71, Sir James Turner writes: "The Carabineers carry their Carabines in Bandileers of Leather about their neck, a far easier way than long ago, when they hung them at their Saddles. Some instead of Carbines carry Blunderbusses, which are short Hand-guns of a great bore, wherein they may put several Pistol or Carabine-Balls, or small Slugs of Iron."
In 1684, "An Account of Allowance of Ordnance to H.M. Shipps" documents that blunderbusses were issued to naval vessels based on the number of cannon on board. "Thus a ship of with 100 cannon was entitled to 10 blunderbusses."
Even General George Washington was impressed with the blunderbuss. Writing to the Board of War, he stated "It appears to me that Light Blunderbusses on account of the quantity of shot they will carry will be preferable to Carbines, for Dragoons, as the Carbines only carry a single ball especially in case of close action." The Board disagreed, and the carbine remained.
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Sandringham Activity Centre
841 people in Sandringham Activity Centre had a tertiary qualification in 2011.
Educational Qualifications relate to education outside of primary and secondary school and are one of the most important indicators of socio-economic status. With other data sources, such as Employment Status, Income and Occupation, Sandringham Activity Centre's Educational Qualifications help to evaluate the economic opportunities and socio-economic status of the area and identify skill gaps in the labour market.
Derived from the Census question:
'What is the level of the highest qualification the person has completed?'
Persons aged 15 years and over
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Analysis of the qualifications of the population in Sandringham Activity Centre in 2011 compared to City of Bayside shows that there was a higher proportion of people holding formal qualifications (Bachelor or higher degree; Advanced Diploma or Diploma; or Vocational qualifications), and a lower proportion of people with no formal qualifications.
Overall, 58.9% of the population aged 15 and over held educational qualifications, and 30.5% had no qualifications, compared with 55.9% and 33.9% respectively for City of Bayside.
The major differences between qualifications held by the population of Sandringham Activity Centre and City of Bayside were:
- A larger percentage of persons with Bachelor or Higher degrees (38.0% compared to 34.9%)
- A smaller percentage of persons with No qualifications (30.5% compared to 33.9%)
Emerging groups
The largest change in the qualifications of the population in Sandringham Activity Centre between 2006 and 2011 was:
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Free outside concertsPACK UP A picnic dinner, grab your lawn chair or a blanket — don't forget your sunglasses if it isn't cloudy, or a coat if it's chilly — and head to two other free and family-friendly outdoor concerts this holiday week:
■ SEQUIM — Tuesday, Joy Mills Band (country), 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
This is part of the city of Sequim's Music in the Park series every Tuesday through Aug. 27 at the outdoor James Center for the Performing Arts amphitheater in the Sequim Water Reuse Park, 563 N. Rhodefer Road, just north of Carrie Blake Park.
Bring your own seating to the grassy expanse in front of the amphitheater.
Next Concert in the Park: Locos Only (rock and blues), July 9.
■ PORT ANGELES — Wednesday, Ranger and the Re-Arrangers (gypsy jazz), 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Port Angeles City Pier.
This is part of the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce's Concert on the Pier series every Wednesday through Sept. 4 at City Pier.
City Pier is a no-smoking, no-skateboards, alcohol-free venue.
Some chairs are available for the disabled and early arrivals.
Next Concert on the Pier: The Dukes of Dabob (Dixieland jazz), July 10.
The free Port Townsend Concerts on the Dock music series begins Thursday, July 11, with The Better Half (R&B, soul and funk-rock) playing from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the downtown Pope Marine Plaza.
For more information about free concerts and other events, consult the North Olympic Peninsula Events Calendar at www.peninsuladailynews.com.
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Pyrotechnics, festivals, parades and more are planned across the North Olympic Peninsula for this year's celebration of our nation's birth.
Happy Fourth of July!
Firework shows will light up the sky Thursday night in Port Angeles, Forks and Neah Bay — and communities are offering family-friendly picnics, block parties, live music and children's games.
A flyover by a Coast Guard Dolphin helicopter, a Port Angeles parade tradition, will not be available this year due to federal sequestration cuts, the Coast Guard said.
There will be no fireworks show in Port Townsend this year, though other events are planned.
Parade, fireworks
The Port Angeles Fourth of July celebration begins at 6 p.m. with the Fourth of July Parade.
The parade will start at the Clallam County Courthouse and travel north on Lincoln Street and west on First Street through downtown to Valley Street.
Announcing stands will be at Veterans Park, the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain at Laurel Street and the corner of Oak and First streets.
The party will continue at City Pier at 7 p.m. at the east end of Railroad Avenue with live music.
Performers include Luck of the Draw, a bluegrass and rock 'n' roll group, and The Hooky's, a reggae/rock/hip-hop band.
A fireworks display will begin at 10 p.m. over Port Angeles Harbor.
Recommended viewing areas for the fireworks are City Pier and the Waterfront Trail east of City Pier.
Holiday boat parades
The Port Angeles Yacht Club will host two boat parades in Port Angeles Harbor on Thursday.
The parade of boats decked out in red, white and blue will be at noon and 3 p.m. starting at the entrance to the Port Angeles Boat Haven, said Steve DeBiddle, the yacht club's spokesman.
The parades will start at the entrance to Port Angeles Boat Haven and travel north to Ediz Hook and east along the sand bar.
They will turn west and cruise back to the Boat Haven.
Centennial picnic
In Sequim, the Fourth of July weekend kicks off with the Old Fashioned Town Picnic from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday at the Water Reuse Demonstration Park and the James Center for the Performing Arts in Carrie Blake Park.
All Sequim residents are invited to pose for a community photograph at 2:30 p.m. at the park.
The family-friendly picnic from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. will include live music, with relay races, a bean bag toss, pickup sports games, checkers, horseshoes and croquet.
Contests include categories for beards, mustaches and vintage hats.
Picnic food will be available for purchase.
Sequim City Band's annual Fourth of July concert will begin at 3 p.m. at the Water Reuse Demonstration Park.
The celebration continues from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday with the "The Street Dance of the Century," preceded by another community photo at 5:30 p.m. at the intersection of Sequim Avenue and Washington Street.
The street party on Washington Street in downtown Sequim features retro rock 'n' roll band Magic Bus with special guest the Guy Johnson Band.
Food vendors will offer victuals, and those 21 or older are invited to purchase alcoholic beverages at a beer and wine garden.
The celebration is in Sequim's centennial year. The city was incorporated Oct. 31, 1913.
For a complete event listing, visit http://tinyurl.com/sequimfourth.
Barbecue benefit
A Fourth of July barbecue benefit for Carlsborg VFW Post 6787 will be hosted by Hardy's Market, 10200 Old Olympic Highway, on Thursday.
The event will begin at 11 a.m. and will run until Hardy's runs out of food.
The barbecue is free to veterans. For others, hamburgers are $3, and hot dogs and ice-cream cones are $2.
Last year's barbecue collected $500 for local veterans.
For more information, phone Hardy's at 360-582-0240.
PT Summer Band
The 45-member Port Townsend Summer Band will present its 12th annual Independence Day concert at American Legion Post 26, corner of Water and Monroe streets, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Conductor Karl Bach has chosen a patriotic program of music by John Philip Sousa, E.E. Bagley, Irving Berlin, Samuel Ward, F.W. Meacham, R. Planquette, Kenneth Alford and Henry Fillmore.
There is no admission, though donations will be accepted.
For more information, visit www.ptsummerband.org.
Fiddle Tunes festival
The Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, a Centrum music festival featuring fiddles and American folk music, will hold four concerts featuring the fiddle playing various styles of American folk music.
Two "Fiddlin' on the Fourth" shows are offered at 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Thursday at McCurdy Pavilion, Fort Worden State Park.
Tickets cost $20/$25, depending on seating. Children 18 or younger are admitted free. Older teenagers must have identification.
Tickets are available at 800-746-1982 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. or are available online at www.centrum.org/tickets.
Performances of Cajun and creole dance will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at Littlefield Green.
Admission is $15. Children 18 or younger with identification are admitted free.
The Fiddle Finale will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at McCurdy Pavilion.
Tickets are $20/$25, depending on seating. Children 18 or younger with identification are admitted free.
Old-Fashioned Fourth
The annual Forks Old-Fashioned Fourth of July celebration features a breakfast, parade, arts show, salmon bake, demolition derby and fireworks display.
The celebration will begin Wednesday with logging and mill tours beginning at 8:45 a.m. at 1411 S. Forks Ave.
Fourth of July events will begin Thursday at 8 a.m. with the Forks Fourth of July Elks Breakfast, $7 per person, Forks Elks Lodge, 941 Merchant Road.
The Kiddies Parade will begin at 11:45 a.m., and the Grand Parade will start at noon on South Forks Avenue beginning at the Bank of America parking lot.
The Forks Lions Club salmon bake, $13 per ticket, will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Tillicum Park on Tillicum Lane.
Gates will open for the demolition derby at 2 p.m., Tillicum Park Arena, with the derby starting at 3 p.m.. Tickets are $8.
Fireworks will begin at dusk at Tillicum Park.
Events continue through the weekend, with Friday's Fourth of July Fun Run at 9 a.m. beginning at the parking lot at 240 S. Forks Ave.
Registration for the 5K and 10K runs begins at 8 a.m. Entry is $25.
A Make-A-Wish Foundation bean bag toss will be held at 5 p.m. at Tillicum Park.
Entries to the bag toss are $20 each, with half of the proceeds donated to the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
On Saturday, the Horseshoe Tournament will begin at 9 p.m. at Tillicum Park, with registration beginning at 8 a.m.
Kiddie Play Day will be held from noon to 2 p.m., followed by the Frog Jump at 4 p.m. at Tillicum Park.
A cribbage tournament will be held at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall, 110 S. Spartan Ave.
Entry to the cribbage tournament is $6.
An arts, photos and crafts show will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 7, at Peace Lutheran Church, 251 Blackberry Ave.
Fireworks are planned in Neah Bay at dusk on the Fourth of July.
The fireworks, sponsored by the Makah Tribal Council, will be on Front Beach.
Reporter Arwyn Rice can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5070, or at email@example.com.
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho's tax revenue is now $79 million ahead of forecasts for the current fiscal year. Over the past month, the state Division of Financial Management says tax revenue jumped 13.2 percent more than the state anticipated. That $56.4 million boost marks the fourth month in a row that state revenue has topped its forecast.


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Not only is a diagnosis of dementia difficult for the person with the disease; it also poses significant changes and sources of stress for those who care for the person with the diagnosis. Most individuals with dementia have a primary caregiver - usually a spouse, partner, or adult child - and some people have secondary caregivers, such as other relatives or neighbors. The following coping skills are useful to both primary and secondary caregivers, but primary caregivers will find them the most relevant due to the way that their lives have changed.
If your loved one can no longer participate in an activity like he or she used to, remember to relax the rules and definitions of what is "appropriate." For instance, if the person wants to help with household chores, let him fold a basket of laundry. Do not worry about whether things are folded correctly (or that the task is completed quickly). What is important is that he is participating in an activity that makes him feel useful. Likewise, if your relative enjoys playing cards but cannot follow the rules of poker anymore, try sorting a deck of cards into colors and suits instead.
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I recently had lunch with a friend who is an insurance adjuster, and his company handles a lot of self-storage claims. He told me about a new type of insurance scam that relates to self-storage lien sales.
The scam looks like this: A person moves into a unit at a facility that offers the first month for free or at a very low charge. The renter moves in with virtually nothing, usually some type of garbage, and then intentionally fails to pay rent when it comes due. His motive is not to use the facility as a dumpster; rather, he waits for the facility operator to sell the contents of the unit, and then hopes to discover the operator did something wrong during the lien-sale process. If he finds any kind of glitch, he sues for wrongful sale.
These cases, while more prevalent in states like California and Nevada where lien-sale statutes are more complicated, are happening all over the county. The goal is not necessarily to regain the value of the junk in the unit, but to sue for an incorrectly performed sale. Some renters claim to have lost many thousands of dollars in property. Others are just looking for the statutory damages that get awarded in some states, regardless of the property's value.
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The best way to avoid being a victim of this scam is to be ever vigilant, perform your lien sales carefully and accurately, and steer clear of emotion during the sale. The state statutes that discuss lien sales are loaded with technical requirements, and this article cannot begin to cover all of them. But every day, operators make simple mistakes when conducting sales that can cost them dearly.
For example, let's say the statute requires a detailed inventory, but the operator doesn't even cut the lock and simply uses "household goods" to describe the unit contents. Here's another example: Many statutes require an itemization of your claim in your default notice. This means you have to list by date and amount what is owed to you. Many operators put rent due, late fees and other charges without itemizing them.
Also, there are limitations―mostly minimum time requirements―in state statutes. Operators often ignore those time frames, or put the right length of time in their notice and advertisement, but then sell on a different date altogether.
Finally, many operators allow the emotional aspect of a sale to get in the way of logic. For example, one operator had a tenant who moved in on a first-month-free special, and then filed bankruptcy shortly after the second month's rent came due. The operator was upset that he couldn't conduct a lien sale until obtaining a relief from stay from a court, and believed the tenant was taking advantage of the situation.
If you aren't sure if you should proceed with a lien sale, don't move forward until you are. Many operators get swept up in their views of right and wrong vs. the views of the judge who will be looking at this case, detached from emotion, down the road.


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Why rent a Cobalt when you can upgrade to an Equinox, or a Taurus when you can get a Jeep Grand Cherokee — for a cheaper rate? It's the kind of question that once would have gotten a knee-jerk response, but according to the Wall Street Journal, people aren't so quick to take the perk any more. It's about gas prices, naturally, and rental agencies are starting to follow the more-suck-less-buck rule. For example, at the Los Angeles Airport's Enterprise location, a Chevrolet Trailblazer cost $37.24 midweek, while a Pontiac G6 cost $41, while Dollar Rent A Car dropped its average daily rate for SUVs from $64 to $49. If this persists, we'd imagine it'll start reflecting in fleet sales. Of course, the big question is, Can't anyone pad their expense accounts anymore?
The New Economics of Renting a Car [Wall Street Journal via Yahoo!]
Jalopnik Rental-Car Reacharound: Put Down That Yaris! Buy a Used Civic! [internal]


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By fall, most of Georgia's National Guard and Army Reserve soldiers will have been called to active duty at least once, sometimes two or three times, creating hiccups in the workplace - both in the soldier's career development and for the employers who depend on them.
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John Gentry, director of Oconee County's Parks and Recreation Department, is gearing up for his second deployment since March 2003. He's leaving June 7 to meet the 122nd Rear Operations Center in Camp Shelby, Miss., to prepare to go to Iraq.
He and the first battalion of 214th Field Artillery in Elberton were sent to North Carolina to train for deployment to Iraq before the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom - the military's name for the 2-year-old action in Iraq - but they didn't leave North Carolina, instead spending 10 months guarding a state-side post.
He wasn't worried about his job with the Oconee County government then, and he's not worried now, Gentry said. The first time he left he was athletic division administrator for the department; now he he's the director.
"I'm looking at (my position now) as a great job to have and a great job to retire with," he said. "I don't have any concerns because (Oconee County Commission Chairman Melvin Davis) has assured me that it will be here for me when I get back."
While Gentry's gone, Don Oliver, the department's assistant director, will oversee the construction of Oconee County's new unnamed park, which is being built across from Herman C. Michael Park on Georgia Highway 53. He also will negotiate a lease agreement for a park in Bogart and shared-use agreements with Oconee County's school district and youth baseball programs. This summer will be busy for Parks and Recreation, but Gentry said the department should run just as smoothly as when he was there.
As Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan continue, there's a good chance that many other Georgia National Guard and reservist soldiers will find themselves in Gentry's position, said Lt. Col. Jim Driscoll, spokesman for Georgia's National Guard.
"If the question is, 'Will Georgia be sending more troops even though all of our units have gone once?' The answer is that there's a very good likelihood that they will be called up again in the coming years," Driscoll said.
Georgia's Army National Guard has a policy to avoid, when possible, calling up the same soldiers again and again, he added. If a unit's being activated for a second time, there's an effort to call up soldiers who haven't been called before. But it can't always happen that way, he added.
That means both the personal and professional lives of Georgia's part-time soldiers are bound to undergo more and more disruption as the war goes on.
Although employers are legally obligated to hold positions for soldiers until they return, both work places and soldiers can change over year-long deployment.
Marc Lacrimosa, a Clarke County sheriff's deputy, decided to change careers completely when he came back from his first deployment.
He has been overseas for a total of two years since the beginning of 2002. His first deployment in February 2002, serving with the 178th Military Police Company in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, changed his life - or at least his career goals, he said. When he left for Cuba, Lacrimosa was working as a Schwan's frozen food salesman.
"It really helped my career," he said. "I was working with the military police company from Monroe and lot of them were deputies and police officers from Athens. They convinced me that I should apply to be a deputy. When I got back I did. So it was career change for me - to a career that I really enjoy."
The Clarke County Sheriff's Office hired Lacrimosa in February 2003, as he returned from Cuba. Then, in the midst of his deputy's training, he was deployed again in December 2003 to serve with the 171st Aviation Company in Kuwait. When he returned in February, he continued training and his old position.
Although providing returning reservists and National Guardsmen with the same position they held before deployment is every employer's legal obligation, it can cause crunches for companies or institutions with small staffs.
For example the Walton County Sheriff's Department currently has five deputies deployed to Iraq. The Clarke County Sheriff's Office currently has four deputies deployed to Iraq - on top of the eight deputy positions that were already vacant, said Brett Hart, who runs the Clarke County Jail.
"We have to provide them with the same employment as when they left," he said. "If they're gone for more than a year we can hire someone else, but we still have to provide them with their position when they come back."
But up until that year mark, employers just have to organize their other employees to cover the work of the deployed person. In private enterprise this may be made easier with temporary workers, but there's no such thing as a temporary policeman or jailer, Hart said.
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