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I would like to get financing but I have never bought a car before and I don't want to do this wrong.
What's a fair interest rate for my level of credit and . How should I go about getting financed? I also don't want a co-signer. I'm really nervous about buying a used car for cash because I don't trust the car. I would think that a used dealer with certified pre owned would be safe...
Any sound advice is much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Whenever buying a used car it is good to have a friend who knows how to look under the hood. If you don't have that friend you can try carmax. Unfortunately with your credit score you will have a hard time finding a good loan if any at all. If you need a car that urgent You can't worry about the interest rate right now. Your best bet is to take a loan for a car that is worth it and where you can afford the monthly payment. Then try to build up your credit over the next 6 months and refinance the car loan. usually it's only a fee of $50-$100 to refinance.
Once you found the car you want, you can "shop around" for the best loan. Try the dealer, your bank and if possible a credit union. Do this all within the same week. That way your credit doesn't drop further for each loan application since you are rate shopping and all the inquiries count only as one.
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text: In the "Oh Brother Where Art Thou" episode of The Simpsons™, Homer's father, Abe, has a heart attack. Feeling remorseful, he tells Homer that he has a half-brother out there in the world. Homer sets out to find his brother. After finding and meeting him, (played by Danny Devito), he realizes that his brother's automobile business is in trouble. And like most of Homer's escapades, his valiant attempt to save the dealership results in him creating the ultimate car for the "common man" – The Homer! However, that's only the beginning (we won't spoil the ending for you).

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One of the pieces that caught my eye in the April sale at Bonhams was lot 11: A large Greek bronze situla, circa 4th Century B.C. The estimate is £4,000 - £ 6,000.
The cited parallel is "Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki, exhibition catalogue 1978, no. 332." This piece was found in a tomb at Kalamaria, a suburb of Thessaloniki.
This would suggest that the piece on offer at Bonhams could have been found in Macedonia. The situla appears to be complete and is likely to have been recovered from a tomb.
When was it found? Where has it been residing?
Why is there no collecting history provided for this situla?
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Former underground leaders confessed to campaigning for CM Zoramthanga during 2003 assembly election.
ZRO vice president Hang Sian Thang told me that they came from Lamka, Manipur, to campaign for chief minister Zoramthanga, and asked for our help. We were promised 40 number of guns, apart from political support in return," Zo Thawn recollected. He added that chief minister Zoramthanga gave him Rs 2 lakhs for the campaign expenditure.
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Zonet and Pu VNT, keep your news title short and precise. I saw the following news earlier last night at zonet.in
"Zomi Re-Unification Organisation (ZRO), Burma Front-a tel thin nia insawi, Zosuan leh Zothawn ten Assembly inthlan hnuhnung berah khan Champhai leh Khawbung biala MNF candidate te an tlin theih nan an pawlin an tanpui ngei niin thuthar lakhawmtute an hril"
Thats the title of the news published at zonet.in. Way too long! I didn't even bother to read thru the title.
On the other hand, Newslink titled the news as "Zorama's armed campaigner's unveil the truth". It not only caught my attention in a few seconds but also tells me a rough idea of the story.
You can't make apples-apples comparison between English and Mizo, but Zonet's news titles on zonet.in are all of them very lengthy.
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When starting your application it can sometimes be daunting knowing where to begin. We hope we can help you familiarise yourself with Alpine Elements – if you haven't already heard of us – and help you put your best foot forward. You will find a number of useful inks below to help you get started. we look forward to receiving your application!
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- Do your commitments match your convictions?Donald N Sull
London Business School
Harv Bus Rev 83:82-91, 118. 2005..Using this exercise, you should be able to identify big gaps--stated values that receive little or none of your scarce resources or a single value that sucks a disproportionate share of resources--and change your allocations accordingly...
- Strategy as active waitingDonald N Sull
London Business School
Harv Bus Rev 83:120-9, 160. 2005..When a golden opportunity or"sudden death"threat emerges, managers must have the courage to declare the main effort and concentrate resources to seize the moment...
- Promise-based management: the essence of executionDonald N Sull
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Harv Bus Rev 85:78-86, 141. 2007..If they do, they can enhance coordination and cooperation among colleagues, build the organizational agility required to seize new business opportunities, and tap employees' entrepreneurial energies...
- Managing by commitmentsDonald N Sull
Harvard Business School, Boston, USA
Harv Bus Rev 81:82-91, 137. 2003..making important decisions about, say, operating processes or partnerships, you should always ask yourself: Is this a process or relationship that we can live with in the future? Am I locking us into a course that we'll come to regret?..


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Recently I met a group of passionate, inspirational creative writers.
I was invited to the Writers of the Coral Coast group to talk about our 500 words project.
The group gets together every second Sunday to discuss story telling in the written form, each sharing stories and receiving feedback from the group.
Lorraine Chapman introduced the group to me and asked each writer to share their latest story, which they kindly let me record.
Local identity and author Glyn Parry also attends the writers group and offers tips and advice in telling a good story.
I always love speaking with Glyn, he is so passionate about writing and is very approachable.
One of the comments Glyn made to the group was that sometimes we make stories too complicated.
Stories should be simple if we treat them with the respect they deserve.
What are your thoughts on story writing?
Do we over sell or complicate our stories sometimes?
500 words is a non-fiction writing project that invites you to explore short-form online writing.
Each month brings a new theme to help inspire you and there are plenty of tips to get involved.
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Chris, you've done it again - given some of your time and shared your skills to create a little bit of magic. Writers of the Coral Coast thoroughly enjoyed sharing our writing. It is wonderful to hear such positive feedback from June, Vanessa, Glyn and Sean, very encouraging and a big thank you to Chris for making this possible.
Chris, this story/audio concept is excellent. It can be a difficult thing to get "reading" recordings right - what looks great on the page doesn't always translate to the spoken word - but you and the writers have got it right through location recordings, energetic reads, and a vibrant mash-up. Also, you've solved the audio in blogs issue - film a cassette player! Genius.
Chris, thank you for visiting Writers of the Coral Coast and taping, then mixing, some of our creative work. This talented group of local writers here in the Midwest certainly captures aspects of rural life that is uniquely our own. Yet, hearing their stories just now, I am reminded of the universal themes and familiarity that good writing always brings. I love what you are doing for the Midwest with ABC Open. When I served on the ABC Advisory Council some years ago now, ABC Online was very much in the wait-and-see basket. Well, now the wait is over. And what we're seeing, across the land, is rural Australia telling stories in ways that are refreshing, entertaining and, dare I say, enlightened. Good on you!
Chris, you are a delight! I love the tag-team feel of how all the writers come together with their own sliver of story, everyone reading their pieces with so much energy, and the location recordings bring it to life. I feel like I've popped over to WA for a visit.
Thanks for sharing this Chris - I especially enjoyed listening to this sound scape and the observations, well done all. I love the reflections of the writers on story as well, and the idea that stories deserve respect.
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Specialist Nurses Trained to Obtain Informed Consent
If a procedure has been shifted from the physician to the nurse, can informed consent then be obtained by the nurse, or does that responsibility remain with the ordering physician? One facility, by using nurses for the insertion of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC lines), challenged the previous way of thinking in order to enable their specialized nurses to obtain informed consent.
At St. Mary's Health Center in Jefferson City, MO, PICC lines were inserted by a small team of specially trained nurses. These nurses, who completed a special training program to become credentialed to insert the lines, were also allowed to obtain informed consent and explain to the patient what the procedure involved. This program had faded into the background for a number of years but recently returned to the forefront with the arrival of new leadership. The new leaders saw the benefits of PICC line usage and decided to aggressively pursue a full-strength re-implementation of the program.
"We had a process in place and were in the middle of bringing the program back into place," says Lisa Randazzo, director of performance management and clinical outcomes at St. Mary's Health Center. "The question of informed consent came back up. We were getting a lot of different feedback from people doing it different ways."
Because it had been some time since the PICC line program had been in place, the team reexamined the whole program from top to bottom. The issue of informed consent arose early on.
"We were told that informed consent is a doctor's responsibility, but we still had our nurses who had been a part of the program previously who thought [obtaining informed consent] had worked before," says Randazzo.
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Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) is working with new agency partner BBH NY to reach out to students whose next best educational option is nothing at all.
For the initial launchphase, BBH NY provided creative direction for the campaign across all touch-points, including the digital ecosystem of website and online advertising as well as social support.
Three new TVspots aim to highlight the power of education and the "grit and determination" within SNHU students. The "Forward" ad asks the question,"What would happen if everyone had equal access to education?" The other two spots - Break the Cycle and
This platform servesas an evolution for the institution's previous "See Yourself Succeed" campaign.


text: This motel, as the classified ads always say, is a must see. From the street, this is not a property at which I would have normally stopped. It's not shabby just older than places we usually trust, I'm guessing circa mid-1960's. We booked on the strength of other Tripadvisor,com reviews here. We were very pleased with our room, charming number... More


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The 433 member schools of the Georgia High School Association waiting to be placed into a classification for the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 school years were left hanging on Tuesday.
The GHSA's reclassification committee was expected to place schools into the new six-classification format. Instead, it decided to delay the move and call for a meeting of the full executive committee to vote on a proposal to rescind a policy that "allows schools to drop certain special-needs students from their FTE counts," according to a statement released by the GHSA.
A school's FTE count — or full-time equivalency count — is its number of students taking what is considered a full course load.
That executive committee meeting will take place on Monday. Afterwards, the reclassification committee will reconvene to place schools into the new six classifications.
"There was a lot of discussion about the policy in which schools might be able to reduce their FTE count by not listing certain special-needs students," GHSA executive director Ralph Swearngin said. "As this matter was discussed more fully and more information by the department of education was distributed, a lot of major concerns came about whether or not this was an appropriate thing to do."
A policy passed by the GHSA in August allowed schools that have a certain number of Level 3 or Level 4 special-needs students to deduct them from the FTE count, but the special-needs student could not participate in sports for two years.
The reclassification committee believed the policy created three problems, according to the release by the GHSA:
— Subjective definitions and determinations of what constituted Level 3 students.
— Imposed ineligibility on students who might desire to participate at a later time.
— Concerns about the legality of not securing parent input on these decisions about these students.
"Some schools may consider Level 3 one way and another school may consider it another way," Swearngin said. "It is pretty subjective. Then it was discussed what right the school has to impose that and not ask the kid if he wanted to play or not."
After the executive committee votes on whether or not to rescind the policy, the reclassification committee will be able to resume to process of placing schools into the six classifications.
"We are willing to hash that out," Swearngin said. "We'll adjourn one meeting and then very shortly start another."
This delay has forced the GHSA to revise its schedule for reclassification, which will end with schools being placed into classifications and regions on Jan. 10.
In between Monday's meeting and the ratification of the reclassification, there is a deadline schools to apply to play up or down a classification (Dec. 5), the placement of schools into regions (Dec. 6) and appeals for schools to make lateral transfers (Dec. 19).
This year's reclassification has been a long and difficult process that started on March 21 with the reclassification committee meeting to approve a new plan that deviated from the current five-classification system.
After the committee decided on the "4/8 plan" that would subdivide classes in the playoffs based on enrollment, the executive committee tabled the vote to provide more information about the proposal to member schools.
When the vote was brought back up on May 10, the reclassification committee and executive committee decided to approve a six-classification plan instead of the 4/8 plan.
That vote was eventually rescinded in late August and a tweaked six-classification plan was approved on August 29. The new plan gave the reclassification committee some leeway with the percentage of schools in a particular class.
"I'm very much in a hurry to get this over with," Swearngin said.


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Pena proving versatile for Yankees
Pena proving versatile for Yankees
Yet, when Pena showed up to the ballpark for Sunday's game against the Twins and saw a little No. 4 next to his name posted on the clubhouse door, he wasn't surprised. Such is life for a utility infielder.
"I come here every day ready for something," Pena said. "I'm the utility guy with [Angel] Berroa, and I'm ready for anytime they call me to play. I'm ready. I'm always ready to play any position."
Pena began the spring a long shot to make the team, but he was given an opportunity when Alex Rodriguez went down with a hip injury. Pena has been making the most of it since. He has played stellar defense at three infield positions, while hitting .264 (14-for-53), with two doubles, a triple and four RBIs.
In his first season in the big leagues, he has already played 17 games at third, eight at shortstop and now his first at second. Where he'll be playing on Monday, when the Yankees go for their first four-game sweep at the new Yankee Stadium, is still anybody's guess.
"He's a very gifted defender," manager Joe Girardi said. "... We're comfortable he's going to make the right plays, and that's what he did. He made a nice play today. He's come a long ways for a young man."
Pena was given his first test at his new position right away Sunday, long before the Yankees came away with a 3-2 victory in 10 innings. With runners on the corners and two outs in the first inning, Jason Kubel ripped a grounder past the mound that seemed destined for center field -- a hit that would have given Minnesota the early lead.
But Pena seemingly came from nowhere, ranging far to his right to make a backhand stab and quick toss to Derek Jeter covering second to record the force ahead of a sliding Justin Morneau. If there were any early jitters, they were all gone after making a stellar play that saved a run and elicited a nice ovation from the Stadium crowd.
"He hit a little inside-out, and the first one was a tough play because of the bounce," Pena said. "But I got to catch it, and I did and I'm thinking, 'Flip it! Flip it!'"
Though Pena will likely see his playing time decrease with Rodriguez's return to third base, it appears he has found a niche for himself with the club. Girardi said Pena has contributed all over the field thus far, and his presence allows the manager flexibility to give the regular infielders the occasional day off, like he did with Cano on Sunday.
As Rodriguez continues to recover, he will play certain games at designated hitter, and Pena will likely be the one to fill in at third.
"You just want him to be comfortable," Jeter said. "I know what it feels like to be a young player coming in. There's a lot of guys that did that for me, so you just try to do that for him as well."
Lately, no matter where Pena has been playing, everything seems to be working out for the Yankees. They have won five straight games, including three straight victories by virtue of walk-off hits during this series against Minnesota.
With Andy Pettitte on the mound in the series finale Monday, the Yankees hope they can just keep on rolling.
"It doesn't seem like we've had an easy game yet this year, but we'll take any victory we can," outfielder Johnny Damon said. "This is especially nice since we're able to win a series against the Twins. Hopefully we can close it out tomorrow."Pitching matchup
NYY: LHP Andy Pettitte (3-1, 4.00 ERA)
Pettitte worked six solid innings against the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on Wednesday, recording his first win since April 21 against Oakland. He allowed two runs, but only one was earned, as Toronto's Aaron Hill scored on what would have been the third out of the first inning, if not for a throwing error by Cano. Pettitte allowed five hits and four walks while striking out two. He allowed two extra-base hits, both doubles. He has now pitched at least six innings in six of his seven starts this season. MIN: LHP Glen Perkins (1-2, 4.27 ERA)
After starting the season with three straight eight-inning outings, Perkins has been unable to get past the sixth inning in each of his past four starts. The left-hander pitched just 5 1/3 innings against the Tigers and gave up five runs on five hits in his last start. It was also the fourth straight outing that Perkins has allowed at least four earned runs. Perkins was not exactly sharp with his command in this last outing, issuing a career-high four walks to the Tigers. The left-hander is 1-2 with a 5.00 ERA in three career starts vs. New York Tidbits
Righty reliever Brian Bruney pitched one inning for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Sunday, starting the second game of the doubleheader against Columbus. Bruney has been on the disabled list since April 25 with a flexor strain in his right elbow. He allowed one run on two hits, including an RBI double to Andy Marte, walking none and striking out one. Girardi said before New York's game at Yankee Stadium that Bruney could potentially be activated by Tuesday. ... The Yankees have matched their season high-water mark at three games over .500. ... A.J. Burnett has now gone winless in six straight starts for the first time since 2005, when he pitched for Florida. ... Rodriguez's home run Sunday was his 211th as a Yankee, tying him with Jeter for 10th place on the franchise's all-time list. ... Until Sunday, the Yankees had not won back-to-back extra-inning games since July 16-17, 2001, against Philadelphia. Tickets
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Tuesday: Yankees (CC Sabathia, 3-3, 3.70) vs. Orioles (Brad Bergesen, 1-1, 5.27), 7:05 p.m. ET
Wednesday: Yankees (Phil Hughes, 1-2, 7.56) vs. Orioles (Jeremy Guthrie, 3-3, 5.21), 7:05 p.m. ET
Thursday: Yankees (Joba Chamberlain, 2-1, 3.76) vs. Orioles (Adam Eaton, 2-4, 7.93), 7:05 p.m. ET
Jared Diamond is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Keri Russell stars in a fun new comedy in theaters now. It's called "Austenland." The sound of the title might confuse Texans at first. We'll sort it out with our conversation with the star.
("Austenland" courtesy Sony Pictures Classics / "Napoleon Dynamite" courtesy Fox Searchlight / "The Americans" courtesy FX)


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KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- At least 16 people, including 11 policemen, were killed Monday in the Afghan city of Kunduz, a police official said.
The attack, which also wounded at least 20 civilians, targeted the officers, who had gathered to provide security for a demonstration, the BBC reported.
A police spokesman said many shoppers were in the area at the time of the suicide attack.
The explosives were packed inside a vehicle, Khaama Press reported.
The attack took place about 3:15 p.m. local time, said provincial governor spokesman Syed Sarwar Hussaini.
The demonstration was reportedly in support of a local warlord.


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NEW YORK — Community-based healthcare models, and the nurse practitioners who work within them, are particularly helpful in assisting diabetes patients with such underlying health conditions as depression, according to a recent study published on Nurse.com.
The findings are from a study conducted by Kathleen Falk, nursing professor at New York City College of Technology. Falk, the chairwoman of the "Adult Day Health Council Research Collaborative Diabetes Management Study," observed 104 participants from 10 adult day healthcare centers in the state of New York.
"In a hospital, the nurses do everything for people living with diabetes," Falk was quoted as saying. "But when such clients go home, they can become overwhelmed with the complexity of their own care. Self-management involves needles, medications, insulin, blood sugar checks, dietary changes and many follow-up appointments. Many people can't handle that, especially those who are depressed."
Falk noted, according to the report, that nurses working in the centers were particularly helpful in the study's care model, and are judicious in identifying symptoms of depression, which is the first step in effective treatment.
Falk used data from A1C blood tests, blood pressure screenings and cholesterol screenings as a reference point, and led a team of other nurse case managers, dietitians, physical therapists, social workers and endocrinologists. The team established individual care plans for survey participants and provided podiatry, dental and eye exams, the report stated.
At least 60% of patients, including those with cognitive impairment or depression, showed a statistically significant decrease in A1C levels at each three-month assessment point, the report stated. About 25% worsened.


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About John
About Me
I grew up in Archbald and live there today. My dad Jack was a WW2 Navy Vet who came home to work at the Tobyhanna Army Depot for more than 30 years. My mom, Theresa Maslar, was a hard-working mother of 5 and talented seamstress. My parents stressed faith, family, hard work and education. They inspired my calling to public service, and I really miss them.
I have 3 sisters who I count on for help and support — Pat Bianchi, Peggy Carrighan and Teresa Newberry — all who live in the area. We lost my older brother Vince in 1977.
I went to Valley View High School; was president of my Senior Class; and played linebacker for legendary football coach Frank Pazzaglia. More important to my parents, I worked hard at being a good student.
I was fortunate to have the opportunity to continue my academic career at Villanova University where I earned my undergraduate degree in 1983 and played defensive end for 2 years for the Division I Villanova Wildcats.
I continued in school and earned a Masters Degree in Social Work from Marywood College and an MBA in Finance from the University of Scranton's Kania School of Management. I also completed Executive Education in Public Management at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
At the age of 27 I was appointed Executive Director of the Lackawanna County Redevelopment Authority. Over the next 10 years I secured and leveraged over $50 million in federal, state and private investment for housing, public works and infrastructure improvement projects to support regional business and job growth.
In 1998, I was selected from among 9,000 applicants nationwide for a two year Community Builders Fellowship with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
My experience in community and economic development then led me into the private sector. As vice-president and senior development advisor for PNC Bank's community development division I managed and grew a $35 million portfolio of community development loans and investments and focused the bank's community reinvestment activities.
I left PNC for a position as Director for the Northeast PA Office of the Governor. In that position I served as a Rendell Administration liaison to local government officials; to the academic and business community of the region; and to community and economic development professionals in 15 counties.
In 2007 I was appointed Executive Deputy Secretary for the PA Department of Community and Economic Development, serving as DCED's Chief Operating Officer. I also served as Acting Secretary for the Department where I stewarded the state's community and economic development mission through one of the worst recessions ever visited upon the Commonwealth. While at DCED, I worked with the PA Base Development Commission to sustain and protect defense industry jobs and our state's military installations including Tobyhanna Army Depot.
Currently, I serve as a member of the Adjunct Faculty for the Economics and Finance Department of the University of Scranton's Kania School of Management.
This year my wife, Louise Kubilis Blake, and I celebrated 27 years of marriage. Louise graduated from Bishop O'Hara and then graduated in the first class of a new dental hygiene program at Luzerne County Community College. She has worked as a dental hygienist for over 30 years.
We have two great children. Vince recently graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology and works for Siemens Corp based in Malvern, PA. Katie studied for two years at Marywood and in 2013 will complete her degree in communications at Pace University in New York City. Katie is a very talented vocalist and was a former lead singer for "The Window Shoppers", a local indie rock band.
My aspiration to a seat in the Senate of Pennsylvania is motivated by my determination to help others — to help my hometown and my region — in achieving a better quality of life.
My education, experience and local roots inform and guide my beliefs about the value of public service and about the significant, profound duties and responsibilities of holding public office.


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New Haiyore Nyaruko-san F Trailer Surfaces
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Apr 22, 2015 17:39 JST
- Tags: Comedy, Haiyore! Nyaruko-san, OVA, Trailer, Video Gallery, XEBEC
Lovecraft tribute anime Haiyore Nyaruko-san has birthed a brand new trailer for its upcoming OVA "Haiyore Nyaruko-san F", which (going by the trailer at least) will apparently boast a significant supply of drama, comedy and tons of grotesque baddies for the show's capable protagonists to fearlessly topple – or, in other words, more of the same.
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The OVA will make its way to some Japanese theatres May 30th and be released on Blu-ray come June 19th.


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Cosplayer karu > Costume of Tsunayoshi Sawada (Katekyo Hitman Reborn!)
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- 11-03-2010
- Series
- Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
- Character
- Tsunayoshi Sawada
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- yukata
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- Construction Difficulty:
- Normal
- Costume worn at:
- Anime Expo 2010
About this Costume
- Construction Details:
Very pleased that I drafted the pattern...although it wasn't all that hard. The most complicated part was making the crazy rope bow tied around his waist which took me at least a day just to get over the stuffing.
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- That yukata was very short...
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The Lung Cancer Alliance stands alone as THE ADVOCATE for all patients and family members who have been touched by lung cancer. Before I found the Lung Cancer Alliance I was here in Springfield, Missouri casting about on my own...there were no support groups, no ribbons to wear, no survivors to cheer me on....that's because the survival rate for lung cancer is so low (15 to 17%) and very few make it to the 5 year mark. When I connected with the LCA, I instantly found a group who understood what I was going through...they reached out to me in many ways and continue to do so. Through the LCA I have been able to tell my story aa a two-time survivor of lung cancer so perhaps others won't feel so isolated. I know also that the Lung Cancer Alliance, through their national outreach, will speak for us and continue to fight for a cure to this devastating disease.!
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Shreveport-Bossier School Children Dance to 'Happy' [Video]
Cory and Elizabeth stopped at schools across Shreveport-Bossier and got the children, their teachers and a few surprise guests dancing to Pharrell Williams' "Happy."
We easily got the great kids at First Baptist Church School, Curtis Elementary and Legacy Elementary dancing, but it didn't stop there. We also got some of the teachers to dance. How many familiar faces do you recognize in the video?
We want YOU to get happy, too — and we're ponying up some prizes if you're willing to step in front of a camera and get down. All you have to do is upload a clip of yourself dancing to YouTube (15 seconds is enough!) and share it with us by filling out the form below.*
If we like what we see, we'll not only share it on our website, but you could also win a $50 Walmart gift card or a pair of tickets to see Goo Goo Dolls, Daughtry and Plain White T's in Dallas, Texas!
*Deadline to enter is April 21, 2014.
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Seemed alright at the beginning
Crutchfield Customer Review (What's this?)
I bought the PIE version of the adapter because Crutchfield was out of stock of the Alpine cable. It seemed fine to start with, but eventually the sound started to cut out on the right side of the car. I tracked it down to a cable problem, replaced the cheap RCA cables I had been using, all was well and it came back. Turns out the PIE cable's plug doesn't fit as snug, and the pressure of the RCA cables was pulling the plug a bit out. For basically the same price the Alpine cable is original equipment, the plug fits better, and the RCA ends of it have insulation around it to keep your cables from grounding to other metal in the car. Buy the Alpine cable.


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Tags: CIO, cyberspace
The Chief Information Officer (CIO) has become as important as the CEO. It's a pivotal position that often can make or break the success of a corporation. As criminal hackers have launched various campaigns against numerous organizations, the CIO has become much more than an information officer. They are the guardian of corporate secrets, instrument of progress and the pulse of all communications and connectivity.
Securitymanagement.com recently reported the global cybersecurity market is expected to reach $120.1 billion by 2017. This is nearly twice its current size of $63.7 billion, according to a report by MarketsandMarkets, a Dallas-based research and consulting firm. The increase would represent an annual compound growth rate of 11.3 percent from 2012 to 2017.
Cyberspace is becoming an ever-important part of people's lives. It's also powered by a gamut of devices and applications that have made it vulnerable to threats from people and groups including students, spies, hackers, propagandists, and terrorists. Cybersecurity is also becoming an important aspect of the military realm. This has helped make battles "fought in cyberspace as imperative as battles occurring on the ground."
As a result, as reported by CIO magazine,"the IT leader will still be the nucleus of any company, working closely with business executives and strategizing about future technology directions, leading a staff of highly trained professionals and championing streamlined technical operations. The position will still require a mix of analytical foresight and management prowess over the next decade."
Going forward the role of the CIO will be critical not only to the organization, but to the public who does business with it and the governments who rely on it.
Robert Siciliano, personal security expert contributor to Just Ask Gemalto. Disclosures
ROBERT SICILIANO, CEO of IDTheftSecurity.com is fiercely committed to informing, educating, and empowering Americans so they can be protected from violence and crime in the physical and virtual worlds. His "tell it like it is" style is sought after by major media outlets, executives in the C-Suite of leading corporations, meeting planners, and community leaders to get the straight talk they need to stay safe in a world in which physical and virtual crime is commonplace. Siciliano is accessible, real, professional, and ready to weigh in and comment at a moment's notice on breaking news.
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Solange Says She's 'All Good' With Jay Z In Lucky's August Issue
Ever since footage broke of the elevator fight seen round the world between Solange and Jay Z at this year's Met Gala, the public has been eagerly awaiting some sort of an answer. But it looks like we're never going to get one, at least, not for the foreseeable future. In her new cover story for Lucky's August issue, which is her first profile in the press since the incident, Solange absolutely glosses over Cartergate as though it wasn't even an issue.
When asked about the incident, she responded with "What's important is that my family and I are all good. What we had to say collectively was in the statement that we put out, and we all feel at peace with that." Not a lot of detail, no explanation, nada. It's doubtful that the family will themselves ever release what really went down, so until an anonymous insider spills some dirt, the public will have to look for context clues in Solange's next album, which is slated to come out this fall.
She's been working on the album in her home in New Orleans, and says of the music, "My last EP, True, was about the overall vibe—the message was fun. This one, I really want you to hear what I'm saying. I want you to hear me."
It sounds as if this next album will be a more personal side than we've seen before–something Solange's style has always been. Bold, quirky, and a little out there–but always very true to herself and her interests. "When I look back at old pictures, my dad was always smartly dressed, my mom had the most elegant, beautiful style, and my sister was very into the '90s Cross Colours look, and I … I just had all of these different things inside me," she said.
Those "different things" combined to take this young Texan from teenage days of Harajuku looks–"It was not good. I had on stars-and-stripes stockings with a poufy skirt, two balls in my head, some crazy sweater and platform sneakers. When I went to the Sharpstown Mall in Houston with a friend, people were falling out laughing. It was a hot mess, but I was committed"–to being a bonafide fashion icon by age 27.
For more on Solange's personal style (she's really into color blocking right now), upcoming album, and musical influences, check out Lucky.


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How Does A Breath Alcohol Test (Breathalyzer) Work?
Types of Breath Alcohol Tester Technologies
What Factors Are Important When Selecting a Breath Alcohol Tester?
Breath Test Evidence
A breathalyzer (or breathalyser) is a device for estimating blood alcohol content (BAC) from a breath sample. "Breathalyzer" is the brand name of a series of models made by one manufacturer of these instruments (originally Smith and Wesson, later it was sold to National Draeger), but has become a genericized trademark for all such instruments. Intoxilyzer, Intoximeter, AlcoHAWK, Alcotest, Alcosensor and Datamaster are the other most common brand names in use today. The U.S. Government's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration maintains a "Conforming Products List" of breath alcohol devices approved for law enforcement use [1].
View the DOT/NHTSA's list of approved breath alcohol screeners
View the DOT/NHTSA's list of approved evidential breath alcohol testers
Though technologies for detecting alcohol vary, it's widely accepted that Dr. Robert Borkenstein (1912-2002), a captain with the Indiana State Police and later a professor of Indiana University at Bloomington, is regarded as the first to create a device that measures a subject's blood alcohol level based on a breath sample. In 1954, Borkenstein invented his breathalyzer, which used chemical oxidation and photometry to determine alcohol concentration. Subsequent breathalyzers have converted primarily to infrared spectroscopy. The invention of the breathalyzer provided law enforcement with a non-invasive test providing immediate results to determine an individual's BAC at the time of testing. It does not, however, determine an individual's level of intoxication, as this varies by a subject's individual alcohol tolerance [2]. And the BAC test result itself can vary between individals consuming identical amounts of alcohol due to race, gender, weight, genetic pre-disposition, metabolic rate, etc. Further, the assumption that the test subject's partition ratio will be average -- that there will be 2100 parts in the blood for every part in the breath -- means that accurate analysis of a given individual's blood alcohol by measuring breath alcohol is difficult, as the ratio varies considerably.
How Does a Breath Alcohol Tester (Breathalyzer) Work?
When alcohol absorbs into your blood stream, it becomes possible to determine an individual's degree of intoxication by ascertaining the alcohol concentration percentage in the person's blood -- known as "blood alcohol concentration" ("BAC"). An individual's BAC can be measured two ways: (1) invasively (drawing a blood sample), and (2) non-invasively (breath, salvia, or urine samples). Invasive testing is generally performed at health care institutions by specialists equipped to perform the procedure, while non-invasive testing is used primarily by law enforcement officials because it is more feasible to perform. Of the different types of non-invasive testing, breath testing is the most common procedure because it is quick and less expensive.
Many people wonder how breath alcohol content ("BrAc") is converted into BAC. As air moves in and out through the same set of respiratory tubes, continuous mixing of inhaled and exhaled air occurs. Air moves from the nose/mouth to the trachea to two tubes (one for each lung), known as the bronchi. The bronchi separate into several subdivisions, which end in a large number of tubules. At the end of the tubules are the alveoli, and a person's lung contains million of alveoli. Surrounding the alveoli is a fine network of capillary blood vessels. At this level the blood exchanges chemicals with the air in the lungs. Studies show that the alcohol concentration in the lower portion of the lungs is proportionate to the concentration of alcohol in the blood at a ratio of 2100:1.
To obtain an accurate correlation between blood and breath alcohol levels (typically 2100:1), the alcohol tester must be able to capture an air sample from the lower portion of the lungs. A person's vital capacity (volume of air that can be expelled without collapsing the lung) can range from 1 liter to 7 liters, depending on factors such as age, gender, physical condition, and disease status. If an alcohol tester requires too long of a breath sample before testing the person's breath alcohol content, then the risk is that the person will not be able to provide a sufficient breath sample. On the other hand, if the alcohol tester captures a person's breath alcohol content only after the person exhales a minimum amount of air, then the correlation between breath alcohol content and BAC will be poor. Typically, alcohol tester protocols will require the test subject to exhale air for at least 5 seconds to obtain a high correlation between BrAc and BAC.
Newer and more advanced alcohol testers can track the force of the exhale over time to ensure an adequate lung volume is achieved. Most professional-grade alcohol testers measure the force of the breath sample to prevent "fake blowing" through the device and inaccurate results.
Types of Alcohol Tester Technologies
There are essentially four types of technologies to measure the air in lungs to individual's estimate BAC:
Semiconductor Sensor Models
The presence of semiconductor units has increased rapidly over the past few years. The main advantage with semiconductor units is that they are relatively inexpensive. Since many semiconductor models are available, it is important to look at several relevant factors when selecting which unit is right for you. Based on the various factors to consider when selecting an alcohol tester, Q3 Innovations breaks down semiconductor models into two categories: Novelty Grade and Professional Grade.
Fuel Cell units are the gold standard of handheld alcohol testers. They are used by police officers, employers, substance abuse counselors and the like. Professional-grade semi-conductor units and fuel cell units have similar accuracy at the calibration points, but the fuel cell units are designed to be more specific towards alcohol detection and they often have better linear accuracy away from the calibration point. As a result, fuel cell units reduce the risk of false positive readings from non-alcohol substances. Some of these units, such as the Phoenix 6.0 are designed for evidential testing, which means the results can potentially be used as evidence in a court of law. The only major drawback with fuel cell units is the cost, with pricing from $400 - $1500 per unit. These models are most commonly used for workplace and law enforcement testing and screening. Lifeloc offers a full line of fuel cell models as well as training on this equipment.
These units are utilized at police stations and are used mainly as evidential testers because they are extremely accurate and specific. These units are not yet manufactured to be handheld / portable units. These units are also very expensive, usually over $1000.
Many factors should be considered when selecting an alcohol tester. First and foremost, accuracy should be an important factor unless you are merely looking to purchase a novelty item at a low cost. If you care about accuracy, then it is important to compare the accuracy levels listed in the specifications for each unit. However, keep in mind that the accuracy reported in the specifications is often mistakenly viewed as the true accuracy of the unit when testing a human subject. The accuracies listed in the product specifications for each unit are usually based on a controlled testing environment using an alcohol simulator device. This does not account for the ability of the alcohol tester to capture an accurate breath sample. As a result, you should consider the following factors to determine the "true accuracy" of an alcohol tester:
1) Whether the alcohol tester has passed 510(k) premarketing notification from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and meets the model specifications of the Department of Transportation (DOT)/ National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) classifies breath alcohol testers as a Class I Medical Device, which means the FDA must review and clear any breath alcohol tester to determine if it is safe and effective prior to the device being sold over-the-counter for personal use. It is a violation of federal law for a company to sell or distribute a breath alcohol detector for personal use if the device is lacking or pending FDA 510(k) clearance. Click here to view a list of the devices that have FDA 510(k) pre-market clearance for sale.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), is responsible for testing breath alcohol testers to ensure the devices conform to the model specifications and accuracy requirements for use by law enforcement professionals throughout the USA. Click here to view the DOT/NHTSA's list of devices that meet model specifications of breath alcohol screeners.
2) Whether the alcohol tester captures a deep lung air sample and monitors pressure.
The best alcohol testers are capable of detecting both the duration and force of an exhale. Most individuals can easily blow a steady breath for at least four seconds. Confirming the force of the exhale is important when testing another individual because older devices that only capture breath samples after a specific period of time give the test subject the ability to exhale hard enough to activate the unit but then weaken their exhale in an attempt to provide a diluted sample.
3) Whether the alcohol tester requires mouthpieces to minimize the impact of external air.
We strongly recommend alcohol testers that require the use of a mouthpiece when capturing a breath sample. Any alcohol testers that do not require the use of a mouthpiece (known as Passive Testing Units) allow other air to mix with your breath sample, which can greatly alter the accuracy of the alcohol testers.
4) Whether the alcohol tester has good sensor accuracy in a controlled environment.
We recommend alcohol testers that have a sensor accuracy of at least +/- 0.01% at the calibration point in a controlled environment. For example, if a unit is calibrated with a solution of 0.02%, this means that testing with a 0.02% simulated breath solution would not provide readings on the unit any higher than 0.03% and no lower than 0.01%.
5) Whether the alcohol tester can be recalibrated.
Over time, all alcohol testers will need to be recalibrated. Calibration is a process where you program the internal software so that it can gauge specific BAC levels. If the sensor becomes saturated, then the results can become skewed. This is because the unit was originally calibrated when the sensor was unsaturated. This process is sort of like winding a clock. When the clock is first set it displays accurate time. However, over time the clock gradually drifts a few minutes, and eventually can be off by quite a bit if you do not occasionally reset the clock. When selecting an alcohol tester, it is imperative to select a unit that is capable of being calibrated. It is also important to know that replaceable sensor modules need to be recalibrated or replaced reoutinely.
The breath alcohol reading is used in criminal prosecutions in two ways. Unless the suspect refuses to submit to chemical testing, he will be charged with a violation of the illegal per se law: it is a misdemeanor throughout the United States to drive a vehicle with a BAC of .08% or higher (.02% in most states for drivers under 21). The breathalyzer reading will be offered as evidence of that crime, although the issue is what the BAC was at the time of driving rather than at the time of the test. The suspect will also be charged with driving under the influence of alcohol (sometimes referred to as driving or operating while intoxicated). While BAC tests are not necessary to prove a defendant was under the influence, laws in most states require the jury to presume that he was under the influence if his BAC was over .08% when driving. This is a rebuttable presumption, however: the jury can disregard the test if they find it unreliable or if other evidence establishes a reasonable doubt. If a defendant refused to take a breathalyzer test, most states allow evidence of that fact to be introduced; in many states, the jury is instructed that they can draw a permissible inference of "consciousness of guilt". In drunk driving cases in Massachusetts and Delaware, if the defendant refuses the breathalyzer there can be no mention of the test during the trial.
Some states don't permit data or "readings" from hand-held PBTs to be presented as evidence in court. They are generally admissible, if at all, only to show the presence of alcohol or as a pass-fail field sobriety test to help determine probable cause to arrest. South Dakota does not permit data from any type or size breath tester but relies entirely on blood tests to ensure accuracy.
Breathalyzer, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breathalyzer (last visited November 4, 2009)


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I'm currently on the shelf, waiting for my new job to start, and I've been filling the time doing a lot of reading. Mainly fiction from developing countries (which sometimes tell us quite a lot about the process of development), but I've also been re-reading David Landes' The Wealth and Poverty of Nations, in which he looks at why the West is so wealthy through historical analysis. To sum up a five hundred page book in a few sentences, his argument is: the West had better natural endowments, and learnt respect for property rights earlier and better than other countries, which when coupled with an innovative impulse in Judeo-Christian societies lacking in others, ensured that it pulled away from other regions early and decisively. He is absolutely adamant that 'for the last thousand years, Europe (the West) has been the prime mover in development and modernity'.
Consensus among historians now is that Landes' argument is, not to put too fine a point on it, wrong in a number of aspects. Most centrally, his claim that Europe has been the world leader for one thousand years has taken heavy knocks of late. Kenneth Pomeranz' The Great Divergence was the big counterargument, suggesting that 'European exceptionalism' emerges much later, perhaps in the 18th Century or even a little after this. This squares very much with the view taken by those historians who have taken the widest and most comprehensive view of the emergence of the world we live in, Chris Bayly and Victor Lieberman (of whose book I've only read the introduction – the other couple of thousand pages will have to wait).
Despite covering a period 500 or so years ago, this argument actually has great relevance for the modern business of development and moving people out of poverty. Though the bulk of historians suggest European dominance in the world economy happens late, there is a strong argument that those things that would eventually allow Europe to pull ahead of the rest start to emerge a couple of centuries before economic development truly accelerates away.
These characteristics and advances that would propel growth include property rights and innovation as specified by Landes, but also encompassing military organization and capacity, the emergence of maritime expeditions (which would lead to extraction of resources and the mercantilist system), and the development of credit and banking services, as well as new forms of ownership and patterns of landholding This is a really important point: the motors of development took around 200 years or more to interact and whir into action for the first-movers in modern development processes. Later developers also show a long lead-in for development: Japan since the Meiji Restoration in 1868 after which changes widely held to be important preconditions for the emergence of Japan as economic power in the 20th Century were introduced.
Why is this important? It raises the possibility that the time scales we're talking about in modern development might be completely out of proportion to the those that historical development processes have taken, because we've been so engaged with proximate causes of transformation rather than underlying ones. I'm not suggesting that all development processes will and should take 200 years. Far from it – you would expect first movers to take far longer catch-up nations for a number of reasons, and we know much more about economies and care much more about generalizing economic development than at any stage before in human history. That said, of we accept that underlying causes of development operate over very long time frames, there are important implications for development thinking.
Firstly, our habit of discarding approaches to development if they don't generate transformation within a decade (think the Green revolution, Structural Adjustment, Industrial Policy) is even more deeply flawed than it first appears, since we're seeing even now that there have been long lasting positive and negative influences from each of these experiments, and can reasonably expect direct and indirect effects to persist for several decades more. Secondly, it means that the time periods over which we're assessing interventions may be far too short. Of course, immediate and short term impacts matter, which is why I wouldn't dream of suggesting that we do away with evaluations at the end and five years after an intervention is complete. But what we might well find is that a policy that has a short term impact contributes nothing to longer term transformations, and vice versa. These are the kinds of effects we should be looking for evidence of – and in some cases it will be difficult to be rigourously scientific in this search, which does not diminish the importance of trying.
I'm not arguing that we should settle for development in a hundred years – like anyone else, I want to see as much progress as possible as fast as possible. What I am arguing for is a more layered approach to development: whereas now we're quick to discard old approaches and innovate, it's probable that we should never entirely stop analyzing and studying how our policies are working directly and indirectly – and except when we identify that they are genuinely catastrophic, we should stop discarding them altogether, but concentrate on creating the right mix of approaches, based on rolling, long term research on specific regions or countries. Again this doesn't mean we shouldn't generalize or be afraid of acting on evidence that suggest scale up or abandonment of programmes, but that we should be aware that our policies have much longer lifespans than we have given them credit for. In short, that we expand our searches for causality – as history shows we must to explain other development processes.


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The new developer tools Microsoft showed off this morning at MIX10 are now available for download. With them you get the Silverlight 4.0 SDK, Windows Phone Emulator, XNA 3.0 Game Studio and Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone. Pardon us now while we spend the afternoon pretending we know how to code. [Microsoft]
Rats. Apparently it won't install on a Windows XP system.
Says that VS2010 requires Vista or Windows 7.


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By JOHN ROMANO
© St. Petersburg Times, published November 1, 2000
ST. PETERSBURG -- When his dream ended, his life began. The minute he broke the humerus bone in his left arm for the second time, Tony Saunders knew his days as a baseball player were done. All that remained was figuring out what to do for the next 40 years or so.
"In the very beginning, I wasn't sure what I was going to do. I didn't know what direction I should go," Saunders said. "Personally, I wasn't planning on having to make a decision like this at age 26."
Tuesday, Saunders revealed his decision. The Devil Rays had assured Saunders he would have a place in the organization after his injury, and he accepted the offer when he was named an assistant to scouting and player development.
"There was no question in Tony's mind he wanted to be involved in baseball operations," general manager Chuck LaMar said. "This job will give him an outstanding opportunity to learn at the ground level in both departments under some tremendous people. This is going to help Tony decide very quickly what his career path will be."
Saunders, displaying the same cocksure sensibilities he brought to the mound with the Rays and Marlins, says he already knows his next career path. In 10 years, he wants to be a general manager.
He talked to the Rays about a coaching position. But he does not have the experience to work on the major-league level, and he did not have the heart to return to the minors and work his way up again.
Instead, Saunders will spend part of his time in the scouting department, evaluating amateur players before the June draft, then switch to personnel and work with minor-leaguers in development.
Saunders, 13-24 in parts of three major-league seasons, spent 15 months rehabilitating after breaking the arm while throwing a pitch against Texas in 1999. The comeback ended when the arm broke again in a Class A start a little more than two months ago.
Although his career fell far short of expectations, Saunders said he has been able to put it behind him. "The one thing that makes it easier for me is knowing there is nothing left out there," Saunders said. "I did everything I possibly could to come back. I laid every piece of meat out there, and I have no regrets. Now, I'd be lying if I said I didn't wish I could still pitch. But I know I'll be able to go home and sleep every night.
"I can't think negatively. I've got a family I have to produce for. Nothing good is going to happen for me if I sit around feeling sorry for myself."


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In this week's Search In Pictures, here are the latest images culled from the web, showing what people eat at the search engine companies, how they play, who they meet, where they speak, what toys they have and more.
Google Makes Ice Sculptures for Fun:
Yahoo hires mardi gras girls for fun (at their Intern Farewell Party):
But look who is having the most fun… Ask.com:
Jeremy Fisher jamming at the "Yahoo! Concert on the Green":
Seems like this scary Yahoo giant is enjoying the concert!
I found this sign a bit out of the ordinary:
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Drop that horrendous data plan for your iFones, but…
Look, ma, no hands (Ok, not really no hands, but whatevs)
Well, lookie lookie at what AT&T did for all you crazed iFones owners. They've given you the option to drop your data plan down to $0, which is nice, though, you lose Visual Voicemail, SMS text messaging and unlimited data (re: no more e-mail and Web). Now, I don't own an iPhone nor do I really know what the data plans are so this could all be old news, so I implore the CG audience to fill in any gaps.
AT&T Quietly Adds Option to Drop iPhone Data Plan [iPod Observer]


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could someone review the following paragraph and let me know if there are any grammatical errors. Thank you
"When I open files it does not matter whether the file numbers are 4 digits or 3 digits. If possible, I would like to keep the current system. If we have to change to a new file number, that is fine with me."


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Contact: Janice Matteucci, COO Conservancy, 330-657-2909 ext. 108
Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Peninsula, Ohio (Wednesday, February 22, 2012) - The Cuyahoga Valley Photographic Society (CVPS) embarked on a year-long endeavor to document life on the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail through the lens of a photographer. The project has produced a visual record of the Towpath Trail that displays the seasonal diversity experienced throughout Northeast Ohio.
The exhibition entitled "Life on the Towpath" will open from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 11 and run through Friday, April 27 at the John F. Seiberling Gallery, located at 1403 W. Hines Hill Rd., within the Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park offices in Peninsula.
Photographs on display will be from the spring and summer seasons. An exhibit comprised of images from fall and winter was displayed prior to the current exhibit.
"As a new season approaches, people will enjoy viewing all the images captured in the spring and summer," Conservancy CEO Deb Yandala said. "We will be displaying many vibrant images of the Towpath during the time of year that is brimming with life and activity."
The exhibit is free and open to the public. The gallery is open Mondays through Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Weekend viewings can be set up by appointment.
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Salon.com's War Room blog picked up on a lower third used during FNC's America's Election HQ yesterday. During a segment about Michelle Obama, the chyron read, "Outraged Liberals: Stop Picking on Obama's Baby Mama!"
TVNewser hears higher ups were furious, while tipsters say the producer was attempting to be "cute" by referencing the movie of the same title.
But SVP of Programming Bill Shine isn't having it. Shine tells TVNewser, "A producer on the program exercised poor judgment in using this chyron during the segment."
Any TVNewser readers know who's responsible for the chyron in question?
• Related: Michelle Malkin, who was part of the segment, writes about it on her blog. She gives one possible explanation, citing Barack Obama's Senate victory speech in 2004 when Michelle Obama introduced him as, "my baby's daddy."
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Jimmy Brown, a 32-year old Staten Island resident, was one of many trapped for over eight-and-a-half hours on a runway at Bradley International Airport in Hartford, CT during an unexpected October snowstorm that had 23 planes make unplanned stops at the airport. While the other passengers at least had the option of using the restroom, Brown was forced to sit and suffer on the plane, which did not have handicap accessible facilities.
The passengers of JetBlue Flight 405 were headed to Newark, NJ when the unexpected storm hit, and they were forced to land in Hartford. The small airport was not equipped for the amount of planes on the tarmacs, and intermittent power outages made refueling and unloading passengers difficult.
Several years ago, Jimmy Brown suffered from a diving accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down, and he requires a wheelchair for mobility. While the other 100 plus passengers were surely uncomfortable being forced to sit in a small plane for eight and a half hours, Jimmy Brown and his wife had to deal with more embarrassing issues.
"She saw what her husband went through," said Brown of his wife. "'He can't get the circulation he needs. He needs other people to get up and then he gets humiliated on a plane. He's got to pee in his own seat.' I mean, this stuff is terrible."
JetBlue replied to passenger complaints by issuing a statement that "we would have preferred deplaning much sooner than we did, but our flights were six of the 23 reported diversions into Hartford, including international flights. The airport experienced intermittent power outages, which made refueling and jet bridge deplaning difficult."
JetBlue has done little to make amends for Mr. Brown. The airline said it would refund the fares of the stranded passengers, but two days after the flight Brown had still not received a refund or apology. Instead, JetBlue gave him a $30 voucher for McDonalds.
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WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT A MOTH COULD BE SO PRETTY robryan.
Amazing KARLS - what a beauty!! Thanks.
Fodos.... I've seen many hundreds of these over the years in the midwest. They're even prettier than this picture shows.
AGREED Meadowhawk.YOU HAVE TO GET OUT MORE fodus:-)
I live in N. America and I haven't even come close to seeing anything like this!
THANKS lyndee!
What a beauty! Very nice puzzle Karls.
YES pilley THATS WHAT DREW ME TO IT..LIKE A MOTH TO A FLAME HA HA.
5 TO 6 INCHES Pennlope IT IS THEIR LARGEST MOTH.
What great vibrant colors in this one, thanks.
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Naomi Klein
In President Bush's final months of office, the economy is at the top of the agenda. Oil prices now exceed $140 a barrel, more than double $70 a year ago. The high cost of oil has helped exacerbate the global food crisis that threatens to push over 100 million people below the poverty line due to rising food prices. This all comes amidst an ongoing housing crisis, with the US Treasury and Federal Reserve unveiling sweeping steps to possibly bail out the nation's two largest mortgage lenders, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Amidst these multiple crises, how best to understand government policies being enacted? Naomi Klein is the author of The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. The book is now out in paperback. It was first published in September, and in some ways, much of what Naomi writes about in the book is more relevant today.
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PlayStation Network accounts will soon be no more (don't get scared!). Sony announced today that all PlayStation Network accounts will be known as Sony Entertainment Network accounts starting February 8, trading the PSN acronym for SEN. It's all part of Sony's plan to extend their network to more devices.
"This transition is based on Sony's goal to enhance its unique digital entertainment offering. As a series of these activities Sony started last September, PlayStation Network will be aligned with Sony Entertainment Network," said Sony in an email to PlayStation Network subscribers.
"This helps us get closer to our goal of establishing a global comprehensive network platform of services across games, movies, music and more, all accessible from one convenient account."
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Giveaway Day: Two Maggie Kits Great For Last Minute Gifts
Lazy Girl Designs pattern company is thrilled to join in on the fun of Sew Mama Sew's big Giveaway Day today! We are giving away two Maggie kits. Have you tried Maggie? She's one of my all-time favorite quick and easy all-purpose projects! I've lost track of how many I've made. See the kits and beautiful Moda fabrics below.
Large and small Maggies by Lazy Girl Designs
Each Maggie Kit includes:
– Maggie pattern by Lazy Girl Designs
– Layer Cake from Moda
– Handy Tabs by Lazy Girl Designs
– Lazy Girl smooth-writing pen (everyone loves a good pen!)
Enter To Win
– Enter by posting a comment below, creatively finishing this sentence: 'I'm so Lazy…'
– Be sure you type your email address correctly so I can contact you.
– I'll pick my favorite two answers for winners.
– Enter by Friday December 17, 2010, 9 pm Eastern time.
– Will ship anywhere USPS priority flat rate mailers will go (including international).
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What Are Maggies?
Maggies are stylish little cases, perfect for a camera, phone, giving gift cards or to keep some goodies together in your purse. She's quick to make and perfect last minute gifts. Better yet, Maggie is made with two 10″ squares of fabric. She's great for layer cake cuts and left over pieces.
Maggie Kit #1: Fabric is Fresh Flowers by Deb Strain for Moda.
Our Maggie pattern includes two sizes: large is ideal for a camera or cell phone, small is perfect for giving gift cards and more. I use small Maggies to hold my earbuds, loose change and business cards. A large Maggie is really nice for tea or coffee supplies, a first aid kit and so much more.
Maggie Kit #2: Fabric is Lovely by Sandy Gervais for Moda.
Use Maggie as a camera case and hang the camera strap out the side.
Coffee or tea Maggie: read more about this project by Lish Seem here.
Party Favors:Read more about this project by Barb Watson Albury here.
More about Maggie here.
Perfect button placement here.
Recommended supplies for Maggie here.
Find Lazy Girl Designs products at your local quilt shop or online!
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– Enter by posting a comment below, creatively finishing this sentence: 'I'm so Lazy…'
– Be sure you type your email address correctly so I can contact you.
– I'll pick my favorite two answers for winners.
– Enter by Friday December 17, 2010, 9 pm Eastern time.
– Will ship anywhere USPS priority flat rate mailers will go (including international).
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Thanks to Sew Mama Sew for hosting Giveaway Day!
Thanks to Moda for the layer cakes!
I'll leave you with my 4C's holiday wish:
Create – share your beautiful talent.
Craft – work with your hands and your soul will grow.
Care – show you care, it matters.
Cuddle – hug everyone and everything important to you.
Thanks for visiting and Happy Holidays!
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779 Responses to "Giveaway Day: Two Maggie Kits Great For Last Minute Gifts"
Im so lazy I stay in my pj's all day!
I'm so lazy I haven't started Christmas shopping yet.
I'm so Lazy I waited until today to enter the giveaway! But I am resolved to reform my unproductive ways, and become a true Lazy Girl in 2011. All possible as I finish moving, unpack a stack of boxes and set up my new sewing room. Finally everything in one place – that's inspiring!
I'm so lazy I get tired just thinking about it!
I'm so lazy I'm having Lap Band surgery so I can stay home and sew for a week!
I'm so lazy that I started a quilt top in 2007 and it has yet to finish itself.
I am so lazy, ,I think that people that are organized are just *TOO* darn lazy to look for things! 🙂
Im so lazy i dont even want to sew with your machine!
I'm so lazy my cats think that I am their bed.
I'm so lazy……………………..I can't be bothered………..
I am SO lazy,,, I think that people that are organized are just *TOO* darn lazy to look for things! 🙂
I'm so lazy, that I would much rather sew than clean, cook, go to work. I so lazy that I have not started my projects that I wanted to do for Christmas presents, its looking like I'm changing my plans to a couple of quick Lazy Girls Designs.
I'm so lazy in the winter time, but I think with just the right project, I could find some energy to complete a sewing project. These patterns look great and could be a real pick-me-up!!
i'm so lazy i didn't put up a xmas tree!
I'm so lazy that I look for shortcuts whenever I can!!
I'm so lazy that I haven't even gotten the Christmas tree up, the cards sent, the gifts sewn or the house cleaned for company. And my sewing room is a complete disaster and I can't find anything I'm looking for… 😉
Hi there Joan
I am so lazy that I can hardly believe I am doing this — just kidding it is the BEST Love your patterns – great directions too
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I'm so Lazy, that I wish I could just sew allllllllllllll day long……but then someone has to work to support my sewing habit and Spike's Pet Smart habit, so it falls to me. Ahhh, the cruel realties of this world as such that I can only afford be Lazy AFTER the workday! BUt still Lazy nonetheless. Happy Holidays to all my fellow Lazies and a happy Lazy New Year as well!
I'm so lazy that a pile of non-perishable groceries have been sitting on the table for 3 days waiting to be doled out to their homes.
… I've been known to give the dust bunnies names!
Thanks for the chance. 🙂
i am so lazy that i get my mother in law to sew for me and she does a better job.
I'm so lazy that I avoid shopping and make my gifts myself simply using easy patterns and great ideas, thank you!
i'm so lazy……even my dust is dusty!!!lol.
I'm so lazy, I'm making my Lazies lazy. : )
I'm so lazy, I have baking to do and am sitting on my butt entering giveaways!
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I'm so lazy that this week i didn't cook anything
I'm so lazy…that I can't throw away any of the scraps from the projects I've made.
I am so lazy I slept til noon today 🙁 at least its my day off!
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I'm so lazy I can't finish this sentence….
LOL. Reading these comments is making me crack up! And my lunch break ended 10 minutes ago!
ok, I'm so Lazy I call my husband into the bedroom because I want ice cream and don't want to get up!
Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
I'm so lazy I can't even finish writing this comme….
I'm so lazy I have been sewing for quite a while and have just now found your website. I also think it is easy to find what I am looking for and love looking at all your patterns… I will return often!
I'm so lazy I'm online instead of knitting Christmas hats.
I'm so lazy that I couldn't read through all these posts because I was thinking about what the best way is to convince my husband that he would need to cut them all out so I could get them done in time for gifts! LOL
I'm so lazy that my Christmas quilt is sitting unfinished, I haven't baked any goodies, and my kids are glued to the TV while I browse all these great blogs and just dream about what I might do if I wasn't so darned lazy.
i'm so lazy that instead of going to the bathroom every 5 minutes (i'm pregnant) i just stay there quietly reading for some time waiting for the next "wave". it works, it saves me lots of trips!
I'm so Lazy, I want to win one of these Maggie kits so I don't have to choose the fabric!!
I'm so lazy, that I would love to get these patterns so I don't have to create something on my own to give as gifts to friends and loved ones!!
I'm so lazy…..I need a lazy girl tote to carry myself in!!!
I'm so lazy I sometimes email my husband so that I don't have to walk downstairs. (I know…that is seriously lazy). This is an awesome giveaway! Thanks so much!
I need to order a Maggie pattern. I love quick projects.
I'm so lazy, I'm a virtual quilter. I tell everyone the quilts I'm going to make them and show them pictures, when those exist, and then think of more gifts to give! 😀
I'm so lazy I am giving gift cards to my kids for Christmas and I need a quick and easy Maggie to put them in, so that it will look like I spent a lot of time on their present.
I'm so lazy, I didn't go in to work Monday, but spent all day entering Sew Mama Sew contests.
I'm so lazy that I gave my friend a quilt for her wedding…and had it to her by her fifth anniversary. This was no surprise to anyone.
I'm so lazy I let other people finish my projects for me….
I'm so lazy I sometimes wear my slippers to bed 🙂 (I also have cold feet LOL)
I'm so lazy that I keep shifting clothes from the drier to the washer because they get so wrinkled in the drier because I don't fold them.
I don't enter these things that often because I don't have any luck. But my daughter said I should so here goes, in the past she had me enter for her. This time I hope to win something for my wife.
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The 100 Best Movies of the 2000's: 20-11
Now we're really nearing the end! The next ten were magnificent movies who just didn't quite make it to the top ten, but make sure to check back tomorrow when we reveal the best of the best. Without further ado here's 20-11!
Get caught up:
- Top 100 Movies of the 2000s: 100 - 91
- Top 100 Movies of the 2000s: 90 - 81
- Top 100 Movies of the 2000s: 80 - 71
- Top 100 Movies of the 2000s: 70 - 61
- Top 100 Movies of the 2000s: 60 - 51
- Top 100 Movies of the 2000s: 50 - 41
- Top 100 Movies of the 2000s: 40 - 31
- Top 100 Movies of the 2000s: 30 - 21
20. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola, 2009)
To those who still thought of Bill Murray as the Caddyshack goofball, his performance in Lost in Translation must have come as quite a surprise. A quiet, melancholy performance, Murray never gets a big, showy outburst scene where he tells how he feels. Instead, we are left to discern his emotions through his actions, as he befriends and falls for a lonely young newlywed.
The film presents a great portrait of an American ill-at-ease in Japan, which I'm sure is a crazy-ass place, and it also served as an introduction to Scarlett Johansson for many, which is something I will always be eternally grateful to it for.
19. Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino, 2009)
Inglourious Basterds was Quentin Tarantino's opus, the film he'd been planning and working on for over ten years. The story of a group of badass jews killin' nazi's, Inglourious Basterds has one of the most oddly sophisticated and original scripts I've ever seen. Broken up into a short number of very long scenes, it strikes a brilliant balance between tense (the opening scene, the tavern sequence, Landa's lunch with Shoshanna) and gloriously madcap (the HUGO STIGLITZ moment, that absolutely insane ending). Very few filmmakers can get away with revising history as extensively as Tarantino has here, but at this point, we've almost come to expect things like that from him.


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