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Landing in Kuala Lumpur – the first one of many future stops. At this point I didn't know that next 3 months the city (or better said the airport) would turn into my base in South East Asia. The reason - Air Asia of course.
I landed at stupid time, around 1 am and it took me at least 1 hour to get to the centre. I was supposed to stay with my very talkative friend Ivan from Zaragoza and just knew the name of the hotel he was staying at. Imagine my surprise when the shelter bus dropped me off in front of a 5 star hotel and I got in like Cinderella (the modern version J) with my 2 backpacks. Apparently Ivan was living in Renaissance, one of the best hotels in KL. That was definitely a treat, I don't think I´ve stayed in a 5 star hotel before. I spent the first two days sleeping and just meeting some people from CS in the afternoon and waiting for Ivan to finish work, some walking around (or more like sweating around, its extremely humid and always rain in the afternoon).
Ivan works for a Spanish company that had bought a factory in the outskirts of KL so he was sent there for a few months to find out how to increase the efficiency and productivity of the factory, in other words he was the one to decide how many of the workers will have to be left without jobs. Pretty shit task cos he was working crazy hours and making friends with the people who were supposed to be fired. Anyways, despite his busy schedule, he found time to spend with me and take me to some local places (even though he doesnt like local food). Too bad he couldn´t join me around the country.
For a city so in love with new high-rise buildings, Kuala Lumpur is surprisingly green. I loved the Lake Garden park, Orchid garden, Hibiscus garden and all the other parks nearby, spent almost a whole day there.
For a city so in love with new high-rise buildings, Kuala Lumpur is surprisingly green. I loved the Lake Garden park, Orchid garden, Hibiscus garden and all the other parks nearby, spent almost a whole day there.
|Petronas Twin Towers (88 floors) -t he world tallest free standing towers
|Orchid garden
|Another stop sign
|Its definitely not my outfit, and not my colours...but had to do it!
|National Mosque of Malaysia (Masjid Negara)
|Masjid Negara
|The most modern mosque I´ve ever seen
Since Ivan hadn't been anywhere in Malaysia, he decided to come with me to Penang for the weekend and then goes back to Kl and I continue alone. When I surfed with Rana from Mashad (Iran), she recommended me a hostel in Georgetown, so we went straight there. Was not bad, central and quite nice. Bus 101 (get a jumper or something because the air-conditioning on the bus is way too strong) goes to Penang National Park. Along the north-western coastline, on the opposite side of the island from Georgetown, lie some of the finest and least known beaches on the island. Sparkling sea, powdery white sand, and sunlight filtering through coconut groves awaits those who are willing to hike the jungle paths that are the beaches' only access. And the walk to Monkey beach for example, takes only 1 h. It is also accessible by short boat ride from the entrance of the park (we came back by boat cos it was raining season, so every afternoon it rains). It is relatively isolated but is preferred to other beaches on the island (infested with jellyfish) because it is considered safe for swimming. And yeah, there are lots of monkeys on the beach, you have to watch your belongings.
|Ivan´s happy face after a beer
|Love all of them!
It was extremely hot next day so all we did was to get on the free bus that goes around the city, didn't get off at all so we didn't see any of the sights (I was told later that there were quite a few of them). I regret it now. Instead we watched from inside the bus (air conditioned) and the alternative of getting out in the heat was unanimously voted down. So yeah, we saw nothing in the city. Pretty useless, yeah.
My highlight in Malaysia - PARIT BUNTAR AND DAVID
I was randomly invited by David from CS to visit his village. It looked suspicious at the beginning but reading his references it made sense to go. David (Munusami is his real name) is 60 year old Malay Indian, who traveled all over USA and Europe by bike (having heart problems and diabetes – he has to take 11 pills every morning!!).
Spent 4 amazing days in the country side (Parit Buntar), a hidden paradise, the best option if you wanna get off the beaten track. The only foreigners that ever come to this place are the ones invited by David . The second day a French couple (Nathalie and Philippe who completely change my opinion about French people) came along and joined me for all the activities that David had prepared for us. We went riding bikes for 50km a day and we explored everything. He took us to so many places, I think we saw everything that could be seen in the area - fireflies at night (they were everywhere, we took a boat), mangrove trees, walking around the fishing villages and seeing how they actually get the fish, crabs and clams..., cycling through the jungle, eating lots of local food - Indian, Chinese and Malay, swimming under waterfalls, going to steam baths, seeing how they make the pottery, coconut wine and charcoal and so on....
|Roof making
|He is showing off with the cards he got done at the Great Chinese wall
|The fish we got given from the fishermen
|The oldest house in the area
|Making the tea
|I still have the hat that David bought me (somehow disappeared later)
|No hat :)
|With Nathalie and Philippe
|At charcoal making furnace
|Finally, got to the waterfall
|Nathalie working on her pottery skills
My jackfruit…I was got obsessed with trying Jackfruit (I think I had it for the first time in Thailand but I didn't remember how it tasted so wanted to try it again).. Its probably the biggest fruit I´ve ever seen, its huuuge! So I picked one from a tree on the road and David told me its gonna be ripe in 3 days so I decided to carry it to Cameron Highlands. The saddest thing was that I managed to do it for 3 days but I left it on the bus from Cameron Highlands to KL…Got so angry at myself, after all (its not a small thing to carry along for 3 days, and definitely not the lightest!).
|Here I got my jackfruit
It was long way from Parit Buntar, I took 3 buses (cos I didn't wanna wait for the direct bus) and for the last 80km I hitchhiked. That was the best alternative, rather be walking with my thumb up than waiting 3 hours for a bus in a shit bus station. A Malaysian couple picked me up to the final destination (Tanah Rata) . They had a catering company back in KL and came all the way to Cameron highlands to buy fresh bamboo cos its much cheaper here and better quality. We were stopping at all the stalls along the road to buy all the bamboo the locals were selling.
The forty seven kilometre journey to Ringlet, the highlands first town, takes about one hour and is an experience in itself. The journey begins with the road gently working its way up through Malay villages backed by dense jungle. The road twists and turns its way up, passing by small bamboo huts precariously placed on the rim of the valley, but enjoying stunning views of the surrounding forest. They are the homes of the Semai, part of the Senoi group of Orang Asli, (Indigenous people), many of whom still find their livelihood from their knowledge of the rainforest. They collect insects and butterflies, carve blowpipes, weave baskets for the highlands tourist market, or sell one or two unusual souvenir items at the roadside near their homes.
As the road continues up towards Ringlet the temperature begins to cool, the air becomes fresh and the general stickiness associated with the lowland areas disappears. The flora and fauna also changes with the temperature and there are spectacular glimpses of the valley below and distant mountain ranges all the way to Ringlet and Tanah Rata.
|Bamboo hut
The weather wasn't very nice, rain most of the time but I still manage to see quite a lot. Went to the famous tea plantations where I got caught by the rain so hitchhiked back, saw the butterfly garden, skipped the strawberry farms and hiking through the jungle in the rain. My bag zipper broke so I had to urgently fix it. But wasn't that easy – the only tailor in the town didn't have zippers, in this town they didn't have proper zippers anywhere, a had to go to the next one and got lucky there, had exactly what I need, but they didn't have a tailor there, then come back again hitchhiking in the rain but made it just on time so the tailor did his jobs and 2 hours later I had a brand new bag. Missions!
|Boh Tea plantations
|Butterfly garden
Didn't socialize very much in the hostel, wasn't in a mood or don't know what but stayed quite away from the other travelers. I guess I needed some time for myself. The dorm room was a big spacious room with no door, just 8 beds in it..and it was fucking cold! Later on, I met other travelers and they all had the same experience – freezing as hell.
The town is a mix of Dutch, Portuguese and English architecture, Buddist, thaoist and Indian temples and Islamic mosques. Melaka´s multifaith culture is deeply evident everywhere. And it´s heaven for food lovers!
I stayed with an Indian Malaysian gay couple from CS and their 4 dogs. They were in their late 40s and were very nice and welcoming. I had my own room and they had a housekeeper who was in charge of the food and coffee (and im sure of other things as well but that was what I noticed). They had friends staying as well so we all had an Indian dinner (yummy). One of the guys was a doctor (very famous actually and a professor at the University in Melaka) so he was busy most of the time and I spent more time with the other guy. Next day when I was ready to leave for the bus station, found out that the dogs ate my flip flops J. Luckily I had trainers in my backpack (I left my big backpack with Ivan in KL) so it wasn't that bad and at the bus station bought new ones. Anyway, it was time to get rid of them. And I got some Jack fruit at the market, after all, I was satisfied. Cant say the same thing about Ivan though...cos I brought some to his hotel and it is quite smelly as well, not as smelly as Durian but still, he wasn´t happy.
|They love their karaoke!
|My hosts and their 4 dogs
Leaving town, I accidently bumped into a cow slaughter, the festival of Eid ul-Adha. 7 of November
Muslims across the world celebrate Hari Raya Aidiladha (Eid al-Adha) or "Feast of Sacrifice" — a religious day to mark the end of the annual Haj pilgrimage to Mecca. During the celebration, Muslims commemorate and remember the trials of Prophet Ibrahim. They begin the day by performing Eid prayers in a large congregation at the mosque. This is followed by the ceremony of sacrificing cows (korban) where a percentage of the meat from the animals will be donated to poor and needy families.
They had 3 cows (all donated by rich Muslims), one of them was already dead and they were sharing the meat between all the families in the neighborhood. I was invited to have some drinks and food while "enjoying" the slaughter. When they were about to kill the second cow, I just left (decided to spare myself the pleasure of watching).
|Next victim waiting its turn
As I was walking side by side with a local guy and his 2 year old daughter, we started talking and he told me the every family in the neighborhood gets 1 kilo of meat. He was living nearby and probably I looked quite interested in his lifestyle so he invited me to his house. It was a poor house but they had 5 kids, all aged from 2 to 10. His wife (Indonesian) started offering me food straight away, I couldn't say no and had some seafood with rice which was pretty good. They were very happy having me there and very welcoming, actually like all the Malaysian people I´ve met so far.
Since Im finishing this post a few months later (yeah, im lazy), I can tell now, that the best food I´ve tried so far was in Malaysia. Such a great mix of Chinese, Malay and Indian food and such a big variety of fruits and vegetables. Loved it, couldn't stop eating, and wanted to try everything. My mouth is watering now just thinking of all those delicious things you can get anywhere in Malaysia. I definitely didn´t see much of the country, it is pretty big and has lots of things to offer, other backpackers I met later spent months here (it´s pretty good for diving). Probably it´s a good thing I didn´t stay longer cos my belly would explode if it got any bigger :))


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US stock market paused on Thursday after reports suggesting US-China trade deal will not be finalized this month following news a meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will be delayed until at least April. The S&P 500 slipped 0.1% to 2808.48. The Dow Jones industrial average however added 0.03% to 25709.94. Nasdaq composite index fell 0.2% to 7630.91. The dollar strengthening resumed as the price of imported goods rose by 0.6% on month in February, the largest increase in nine months while initial jobless claims rose by 6000 last week: the live dollar index data show the ICE US Dollar index, a measure of the dollar's strength against a basket of six rival currencies, rose 0.3% to 96.715 but is lower currently. Futures on US stock indexes point to higher openings today.
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Antibiotic prophylaxis with oxacillin, nafcillin, ciprofloxacin, or vancomycin has
been associated with a reduced incidence of staphylococcal infections.
Proleukin administration should be withheld in patients developing moderate to severe
lethargy or somnolence; continued administration may result in coma.
Proleukin® (aldesleukin) is indicated for the treatment of adults with
metastatic renal cell carcinoma (metastatic RCC).
Proleukin is indicated for the treatment of adults with metastatic melanoma.
Careful patient selection is mandatory prior to the administration of Proleukin.
Evaluation of clinical studies to date reveals that patients with more favorable
ECOG performance status (ECOG PS 0) at treatment initiation respond better to Proleukin,
with a higher response rate and lower toxicity. Therefore, selection of patients
for treatment should include assessment of performance status.
Experience in patients with ECOG PS >1 is extremely limited.
Proleukin® (aldesleukin) is contraindicated in patients with a known
history of hypersensitivity to interleukin-2 or any component of the Proleukin formulation.
Proleukin is contraindicated in patients with an abnormal thallium stress test or
abnormal pulmonary function tests and those with organ allografts. Retreatment with
Proleukin is contraindicated in patients who have experienced the following drug-related
toxicities while receiving an earlier course of therapy: Sustained ventricular tachycardia
(≥5 beats), Cardiac arrhythmias not controlled or unresponsive to management, Chest
pain with ECG changes, consistent with angina or myocardial infarction, Cardiac
tamponade, Intubation for >72 hours, Renal failure requiring dialysis >72 hours,
Coma or toxic psychosis lasting >48 hours, Repetitive or difficult to control seizures,
Bowel ischemia/perforation, GI bleeding requiring surgery.
Because of the severe adverse events which generally accompany Proleukin®
(aldesleukin) therapy at the recommended dosages, thorough clinical evaluation should
be performed to identify patients with significant cardiac, pulmonary, renal, hepatic,
or CNS impairment in whom Proleukin is contraindicated. Patients with normal cardiovascular,
pulmonary, hepatic, and CNS function may experience serious, life threatening or
fatal adverse events. Adverse events are frequent, often serious, and sometimes
Should adverse events, requiring dose modification occur, dosage should be withheld
rather than reduced.
Proleukin has been associated with exacerbation of pre-existing autoimmune disease
and inflammatory disorders. In some cases, the onset of new autoimmune diseases,
such as vitiligo, may occur. Symptomatic hyperglycemia and/or diabetes mellitus
have been reported during Proleukin therapy.
All patients should have thorough evaluation and treatment of CNS metastases and
have a negative scan prior to receiving Proleukin therapy. New neurologic signs,
symptoms, and anatomic lesions following Proleukin therapy have been reported in
patients without evidence of CNS metastases. Neurologic signs and symptoms associated
with Proleukin therapy usually improve after discontinuation of Proleukin therapy;
however, there are reports of permanent neurologic defects. In patients with known
seizure disorders, extreme caution should be exercised as Proleukin may cause seizures.
Patients should have normal cardiac, pulmonary, hepatic, and CNS function at the
start of therapy. Capillary leak syndrome (CLS) begins immediately after Proleukin®
(aldesleukin) treatment starts and is marked by increased capillary permeability
to protein and fluids and reduced vascular tone.
Proleukin® (aldesleukin) treatment should be withheld for failure to
maintain organ perfusion as demonstrated by altered mental status, reduced urine
output, a fall in the systolic blood pressure below 90 mm Hg or onset of cardiac
Recovery from CLS begins soon after cessation of Proleukin therapy. Usually, within
a few hours, the blood pressure rises, organ perfusion is restored and reabsorption
of extravasated fluid and protein begins.
Kidney and liver function are impaired during Proleukin treatment. Use of concomitant
nephrotoxic or hepatotoxic medications may further increase toxicity to the kidney
or liver.
Mental status changes including irritability, confusion, or depression which occur
while receiving Proleukin may be due to bacteremia or early bacterial sepsis, hypoperfusion,
occult CNS malignancy, or direct Proleukin-induced CNS toxicity. Patients should
be evaluated for these and other causes of mental status changes. Alterations in
mental status due solely to Proleukin therapy may progress for several days before
recovery begins. Rarely, patients have sustained permanent neurologic deficits.
Proleukin enhancement of cellular immune function may increase the risk of allograft
rejection in transplant patients.
Serious manifestations of eosinophilia involving eosinophilic infiltration of cardiac
and pulmonary tissues can occur following Proleukin.
The rate of drug-related deaths in the 255 metastatic RCC patients who received
single-agent Proleukin® (aldesleukin) was 4% (11/255); the rate of drug-related
deaths in the 270 metastatic melanoma patients who received single-agent PROLEUKIN
was 2% (6/270).
In clinical trials, the following life-threatening (Grade 4) adverse events were
seen in >1% of 525 patients (255 with metastatic renal cell cancer and 270 with
metastatic melanoma) treated with PROLEUKIN: oliguria (6%), anuria (5%), hypotension
(3%), respiratory disorder (3%), bilirubinemia (2%), coma (2%), diarrhea (2%), acidosis
(1%), acute kidney failure (1%), apnea (1%), cardiovascular disorder (1%), coagulation
disorders (1%), confusion (1%), creatinine increase (1%), dyspnea (1%), fever (1%),
heart arrest (1%), infection (1%), myocardial infarct (1%), psychosis (1%), sepsis
(1%), SGOT increase (1%), stupor (1%), supraventricular tachycardia (1%), thrombocytopenia
(1%), ventricular tachycardia (1%), and vomiting (1%). From the same trials, the
following adverse events (Grades 1-4) were seen in ≥30% of 525 patients (255 with
metastatic renal cell cancer and 270 with metastatic melanoma) treated with PROLEUKIN:
hypotension (71%), diarrhea (67%), oliguria (63%), chills (52%), vomiting (50%),
dyspnea (43%), rash (42%), bilirubinemia (40%), thrombocytopenia (37%), nausea (35%),
confusion (34%), and creatinine increase (33%).
Please see the full Prescribing Information, including Boxed Warning, for Proleukin®
(aldesleukin) for injection, for intravenous infusion.
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Texas delegate system makes candidates pick their battles
Texas delegate system makes the candidates choose their battles
For Democrats, previous elections come into play, so some districts are more valuable
AUSTIN — Texas Democrats are dusting off their party's rules to figure out how Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama can use the state's complex primary and caucus system to win national convention delegates needed to secure the party's presidential nomination.
"Texas arguably has the most arcane system in the country," said state Rep. Juan Garcia, D-Corpus Christi, an Obama backer.
Texas hasn't had a highly contested presidential primary election since 1988, leading Garcia to say, "There are a lot of people scrambling to get smart on it in a hurry."
The state's Republican primary, held March 4, the same day as the Democratic primary, is not nearly as complicated — or as suspenseful, after Mitt Romney suspended his campaign last week, leaving John McCain as the party's likely presidential nominee.
But if the GOP race is still alive between McCain and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee when the primary arrives, they will find an equal number of nominating delegates available in each of the state's 32 congressional districts.
"That makes Sheila Jackson Lee's (D-Houston) district as important as Kevin Bailey's (R-The Woodlands) district," said GOP pollster Mike Baselice.
The Republican system also makes it possible for Rep. Ron Paul, R-Lake Jackson, to win delegates in his congressional district as well as in his state presidential campaign stronghold of Austin — even if his statewide vote total is low.
Since 1996, the winner of the Republican presidential primary has been a foregone conclusion by the time the Texas primary was held.
So, the selection of national convention delegates was of little interest to just about anyone in the state other than those wanting to attend the convention.
Splitting the winThe last time the Texas Democratic convention delegation was at stake in the midst of a national fight was in 1988, when Michael Dukakis , Jesse Jackson , Al Gore , Richard Gephardt and Gary Hart battled it out.
Dukakis won the statewide primary with 33 percent of the vote, followed by Jackson at 25 percent, Gore at 20 percent and Gephardt at 14 percent.
Despite Dukakis' clear plurality victory, he split the state's delegates almost evenly with Jackson because of the Texas primary and caucus system. Dukakis took 72 delegates, Jackson 67. Forty-four were uncommitted.
"In '88, Jesse Jackson paid attention to the caucus process and had grass-roots organizers. Dukakis did not pay attention to the caucus process, and that's why he got out slightly maneuvered in the caucus process," said Garry Mauro, a former state land commissioner and Hillary Clinton supporter.
Put on your thinking cap. Here's a short version of how the Texas Democratic nominating process works. The party rules are 11 pages long.
A total of 126 delegates will be awarded based on the outcome of the vote in each of the 31 state senatorial districts.
But the number of delegates available in each district is not equal: Delegates are allocated based on the votes cast in districts in the 2004 and 2006 presidential and gubernatorial elections.
Fewer S. Texas delegates
In the heavily urban, African-American districts of state Sens. Rodney Ellis of Houston and Royce West of Dallas, a good voter turnout in the past two elections means a combined total of 13 delegates are at stake in the two districts on Election Day.
Obama nationally has been winning eight out of 10 black voters, according to network exit polls.
But in the heavily Hispanic districts of state Sens. Juan Hinojosa of McAllen and Eddie Lucio Jr. of Brownsville, election turnout was low, and a combined total of seven delegates are at stake.
Clinton has been taking six of 10 Hispanic votes nationally.
So, a big South Texas win might not mean as much for Clinton as a big win for Obama in the two black districts.
Three East Texas senatorial districts held by Republicans also could be fertile ground for both candidates.
The districts each have more than 250,000 voting-age African-Americans who might benefit Obama.
But Mauro noted that the Democratic voting population of East Texas is aging and that older voters tend to favor Clinton.
In the state senatorial district housing the University of Texas, where volunteers put together a 20,000-person rally for Obama last year, eight delegates are at stake in the primary election.
Not all decided by primaryNow, here's the really confusing part of the Democratic Party 's process:
An additional 42 at-large delegates are awarded at the state convention in June.
Those delegates are pledged to individual candidates based on participation that begins in precinct caucuses on election night and ends in senatorial district caucuses at the state convention.
The state convention also elects 35 superdelegates and an additional 25 pledged-party and elected-official delegates.
Garcia, the state representative and Obama supporter, said his candidate is bringing in the staffers who helped win the Iowa caucuses, knowing that not all is decided in the primary election.
"We're trying to be as savvy as possible in this primary-caucus process," Garcia said.
Mauro, the Clinton supporter, said Obama likes to talk about being a political organizer in Chicago.
But, Mauro said, when Clinton was Obama's age, she was organizing Texas for the 1972 presidential campaign of George McGovern.
"There are a lot of people who have long relationships with Hillary in Texas and are motivated," he said.
GOP rules differThe Republican nominating process in Texas is far simpler.
Three delegates are available in each of the state's 32 congressional districts for a total of 96. An additional 41 delegates are allotted on the basis of the statewide vote.
A candidate who gets more than 50 percent of the vote in each district wins all its delegates.
A plurality victor shares delegates with any second-place finisher who breaks a threshold of 20 percent of the vote.
In the 1996 GOP primary, Bob Dole received 56 percent of the vote statewide, but Patrick Buchanan still got two Texas delegates because he kept Dole to a plurality victory in two congressional districts.
Baselice, the Republican pollster, said surveys he has done in other races indicate that McCain will have an advantage in Texas' urban areas, while Huckabee will do better in the state's rural congressional districts.
Even before Romney dropped out, Baselice said, the former governor had little support in Texas.
Republican political consultant Wayne Hamilton said that if any candidate has some geographical advantage in Texas, it is Paul.
Looking for independentsHe is facing a primary re-election challenge in his district that might stir his supporters to action, and Paul also has a strong volunteer organization in Austin.
Paul's Austin volunteer leader, Paul Davis, said the Travis County organization is targeting independent voters from the last gubernatorial election.
"We're going after the Kinky Friendman folks and the Carole Keeton Strayhorn folks," he said.


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In all seriousness, the money I save grocery shopping makes up one of my largest money savers for the year. It is right up their with Sale Shopping!
In 2008, I saved over $3,000 on my Grocery Shopping, and that was BEFORE you add in the money I got back for rebates!
Last year, I was able to feed my family of 5 for under $75 a week. And, this included my meats, fruits, vegetables, diapers, beauty and cleaning products...EVERYTHING! My savings are more than 50% off for the year, many times more.
Saving at the Grocery does not simply mean you are buying boxed and prepackaged foods, you can also buy healthy products. You basically shop sales ( even organic goes on sale ) and combine sales with coupons for the maximum savings.
First, I have my Sunday paper delivered and All You Magazine. I also take advantage of any Free Coupon packs or Printable Coupons, if available.
The Sunday paper, if delivered, will have all the Sunday coupons in it.
But, why not buy it from the newsstand? You can! Absolutely! But, I have found that many times the newsstand Sunday papers are missing coupon inserts or the coupons are slightly different. Plus, what happens if their is a snowstorm or I am sick and don't want to go get the paper? No worries...it is being delivered.
Don't forget, if you would like multiple coupons, you can have your local paper deliver two papers or more. Or, you can pick up your 2nd paper at the newsstand, but please peek inside first to make sure you have all your inserts.
The rule of thumb I have heard is to buy as many papers as people in your family. For me, I have a family of 5, but since the youngest is still only 2 and doesn't eat much...I haven't bought a paper to compensate for him yet. :-) In fact, my 4 year old daughter doesn't eat that much either, so I only buy 3 papers. But, as they get older, I plan to increase my papers to the size of our family.
Click here to to go to Discounted Newspapers and get a quote on your local paper.
Why All You magazine?
It is the only magazine I know that is full of coupons each month. On top of tons of coupons, it will also have rebate forms that will save you additional money.
This is one of the only magazines I actually pay for and don't get for free. And, it is well worth it. I make my money back by using the coupons.
Click here to subscribe to All You.
Free Coupon packs? They are always around. Right now, you can get $10 worth of coupons from Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Home Made Simple, Eat Better America, etc. Want to get these coupon packs for free? Click below, but remember, you are signing up for their newsletters. So, sign up with your "deals" email account. You can create as many email accounts as you need at Yahoo and other free providers:
Home Made Simple, Click here
Betty Crocker, Click here
Pillsbury, Click here
Eat Better America, Click here
Dinner Made Easy, Click here
Where do I get printables? Well, depending on the month, I never know. Sites of the actual products will often times have coupons available. Also, I like Coupons.com. You can find the current coupons at any time by clicking on the Coupons.com image . Before you go to shop, to scroll thru the selection. You can always print two of each coupon. Click here to download Coupons.com.
Second, decide how you are going to file your coupons. There are a few different ways to do this. I typically cut mine and file them in a coupon carrier. Then, it goes out to my car and with me everywhere. That way, if I need a coupon on short notice, I have it.
But, you can also keep them all attached and file them together by date. Then, as you find out which coupons you need from which date paper, you can cut them out then.
Have more than one paper? If you need to cut the coupons from multiple papers, stack the same inserts and cut them all together.
Third, find a way to match sales and coupons together for maximum savings. I, personally, use The Grocery Game ( please use referral firstname.lastname@example.com ). You can get 1 month trial for $1, if you want to try it, too.
After your trial, the price is $10 every 2 months for your favorite grocery store. That comes to $1.25 a week. What stores do they have in my area? Kroger, Meijer, CVS, Walgreens, Walmart and Rite Aid. What stores do they have in your area? Go take a look, your favorite store may be listed.
What does this service offer?
They match up the sale, closeout items and coupons from the paper each week and tell you when you buy your products. They also categorize them by Free ( time to buy ), Rock Bottom ( meaning it is time to stockpile ) and items that are on sale and you can buy if you absolutely need them.
The way they track these sales is a 12 week cycle. This means, they know the rock bottom prices tend to cycle thru every 3 months. So, you stockpile and buy enough to last you about that long, if you can. This may mean, a decent sale is going on, BUT if it is not the rockbottom price, the Grocery Game won't tell you to stockpile.
This is very helpful in making sure you get the lowest prices possible.
For example, when I did my shopping recently, I saved $160 off my bill. I spent just over $100 for $260 worth of groceries.
And, many products were free. What did I get for $0?
10 bags of Green Giant Vegetables, 2 Bags of Quaker Rice Snacks, 4 cans of Hormel Chili, 4 packs of Toilet Paper , Hot Sauce, Chex Mix and most other items at very low prices. On top of that, I bought a lot of meat. Beef and Chicken that was at rock bottom prices.
I will tell you this. When you first start, you will not see as much savings as those that have been using the program for awhile. It takes at least 2 to 3 months before you begin seeing the savings for your family. Why?
When you first start, you can buy the products from the Grocery Game list, BUT you will still need to be buying products you personally need ( because you aren't stockpiled ) and will not be saving as much on those products.
But, once you have your stockpile established, if you are like me, you buy primarily from your list and nothing else. Then, you are saving 50% or more every time you go to the store.
Fourth, use the electronic coupon sites, if available at your stores. These coupons are loaded directly to your shopper card. There is no need for you to carry paper coupons to get the discounts. If you buy the item you loaded to your card, the coupon price automatically comes off OR is refunded to you in your account.
Upromise is one of my favorite with their eCoupon feature. At the beginning of each month, you can load all the coupons they offer. From diaper, to glass cleaners to beauty products, they have a great variety. Your money will be refunded to you after the fact to your Upromise account.
P&G Esavers loads P&G coupons to your card. This comes directly off your receipt.
Shortcuts can be loaded weekly and is a mix of a lot of wonderful products. This, also, comes directly off your receipt.
Cellfire loads to your card. Just like the two programs above, it comes directly off your receipts.
Fifth, check your receipts each and every trip! My local Kroger has a Scan Right Guarantee and if anything rings up wrong, you get it FREE! I faithfully check my receipt everytime I am leaving, and quite often, I am pushing my cart to the Customer Service desk to get my money back on my now free product. Even if your store doesn't give the product free, you still want to get your price adjusted and receive your money back.
Sixth, use recyclable bags. My local Kroger gives 3 cents off per bag. Because I don't have reusable bags, I simply bring my plastic bags from the store back week after week to reuse and get my 3 cents per bag. If they rip or get holes in them, I then place them in the plastic recyclable bin at the grocery store.
Seventh, create your stockpile. As you find free or rock bottom prices, buy what you need at that price to last you. Organize your closets, pantry and cabinets and be prepared to have a lot of food on hand at all times. It is a lot of fun!
Eighth, utilize Drugstores ( CVS, Walgreens and Rite Aid ) for maximum savings. These stores all have wonderful programs that allow you to get many, many of your health and beauty products free! This greatly saves on your grocery bill.
Click here to read how to utilize Walgreens.
Finally, take advantage of Rebates. This will also decrease the cost of your grocery bill. Each month, there are wonderful rebates on products you are currently buying. So, for a price of a stamp/envelope, you will get your money refunded to you. Often times, you actually make money.
If you bought the product with a coupon, the company normally refunds you the full purchase price before coupon. That profit from the coupon then helps to cover the expense of the stamp/envelope and then some!
So, remember, subscribe to your paper and All You, begin your coupon organization system, and find the method you want to use to match sales and coupons! Then, begin shopping and saving!
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Save 50% or more on Groceries
In all seriousness, the money I save grocery shopping makes up one of my largest money savers for the year. It is right up their with Sale Shopping!
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From the St. Helena Star, St. Helena, California dated Friday, April 19, 1946
My father, Earl E. Pyatt, finally reunited with his step-brothers, Nolan and Laverne Dourte, after World War II.
Sits down with The Two Doctors and .....
A genealogical site devoted to the history of the DeKorn and Zuidweg families of Kalamazoo and the Mulder family of Caledonia
Fun With Genealogy
Writerly ways for Family Historians and Storytellers
This WordPress.com site is Pacific War era information
Gleanings from my father Glen S. Player's ephemera from Seattle school reunions. He graduated WQA 1932 and QAHS 1936.
Stories of Pioneering Families From the Western District of Victoria
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SPRING GROVE, MINN. — At eye level, it's just another laundromat. The only one in this small, historically Norwegian city in the southeastern corner of the state. But look up, and faces stare back.
Plastic dolls with dark lashes, fabric dolls with pink dresses, vinyl dolls with matted hair. More than 2,700 dolls hang from the laundromat's ceiling and walls, many of their arms outstretched, their eyes open.
The laundromat's owner, Mike Volkenant, who goes by "Lucky," has owned this place for 25 years and, at some point, hung a few dolls from the ceiling. "A 12-foot ceiling — nothing else you can do but hang dolls on it, I guess," he says with a shrug. Lucky and his wife, Jean, own the secondhand store next door and have been collectors for years. So he had plenty of old dolls to choose from.
"Just like everything else, it was something that starts," Volkenant says, "and once it gets going, I couldn't stop."
People started hearing about dolls at L J's Ye Old Wash, and started stopping in on their way through town. They wouldn't wash anything or buy anything. Instead, they'd stare. Some women, after many minutes, would tell Lucky about a special doll or a childhood memory. "That makes it fun," says Volkenant, 74.
Then the boxes began arriving in the mail.
The Volkenants moved to Spring Grove — best known for Spring Grove Soda Pop — from Illinois, where Lucky ran a service station for 21 years. There, he carried a gun to work each day, he says, and by the end, "the veins on my hands stood up like that.
"I just couldn't handle that high-tense thing in the big city anymore."
Volkenant had grown up in Hector, Minn., a town about the same size as Spring Grove, pop. 1,300. And the city is "close enough and far enough away" from Jean Volkenant's family in Onalaska, Wis. At first, he ran a bar and restaurant on Main Street. But the work didn't suit him. Lucky likes to move — can't quit moving, really — and felt stuck inside. The laundromat and adjacent store turned out to be a good fit.
If the place is quiet, as it was on a recent morning, Volkenant can step outside to garden, dig into a project or haul his own laundry to their home across the street. ("You've gotta keep busy, keep the blood flowing.") Each summer, in plots around the building, he grows the ingredients for vegetarian chili — the meal he credits with helping him cut his cholesterol in half. ("Those peppers are medicine.") It was here Volkenant babysat his grandchildren, holding his 2-week-old great-grandson close as the dryers hummed. ("I wouldn't trade that time for nothing.")
He doesn't have a clear explanation for the dolls. It turns out Jean is the aficionado, her best Barbies stored at home, behind glass. "I have my own collection of dolls," she says, "and they're not hanging from a ceiling, believe me."
Jean is quick to point out the problems with Lucky's strange sculpture, chief among them: "It's impossible to clean those dolls." And she doesn't like Volkenant getting up on a ladder — for good reason. Nearly a decade ago, Volkenant fell 15 feet off a ladder behind the building, injuring his knee.
He wears a brace now, limping mightily, refusing to see a doctor.
"He's a stubborn German," Jean says with a sigh. "I'm German, too, but there's a limit."
Of course, the laundromat could be self-serve. But Volkenant shows up at 6:30 each morning and stays until the place closes. Each night for supper, Jean brings him a bowl of chili. He never did buy a change machine, so he trades customers' dollar bills, digging into his pockets for quarters.
Antiques and collectibles spill into the laundromat from the store next door. Handwritten signs advertise knives, jewelry and VHS tapes. Books are $1. "Free coat with $10 purchase."
But the dolls are not for sale. Visitors point out the Rainbow Brite and the My Buddy, which according to eBay could be worth a few hundred dollars. Some dolls have become collectible just "because they've been hanging up there 20 years or more," as Jean puts it.
Volkenant won't add to the collection unless someone mails him a doll. He gets boxes monthly. The packages are postmarked from "all over, East Coast, West Coast, south," he says. "They came traveling through in the summer, maybe. Then all of a sudden, here comes a box."
One woman, from Minneapolis, recently sent three dolls she played with 54 years ago. Volkenant placed them on a shelf, next to a President George W. Bush action figure.
But most of the time, there's no note.
"Most boxes that come in the mail, there's nothing," Volkenant says. "Just dolls."


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#ShelterMatters: Is There Really Affordable Housing In Nigeria?
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FG to float $25bn infrastructure fund
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Pope Francis presses case for adequate, dignified housing in Nairobi
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Do you know how many days it is from today until the Presidential Election?
Do our children understand the signs, commercials and debates they are seeing and hearing?
I found something on the Library of Congress site that could help:
This image is not interactive but if you click on it, you will be taken to the interactive site where it is from!
At the site, when you hover on the words at the side, blue questions appear above the voting box (which is animated). Those can be guiding questions for the text you will access when you click on the categories.
I think a KWL or KWLH chart might work well ….
According to ReadingQuest Strategies:
What Is K-W-L?.
K-W-L is the creation of Donna Ogle and is a 3-column chart that helps capture the Before, During, and After components of reading a text selection.
K-W-L is the creation of Donna Ogle and is a 3-column chart that helps capture the Before, During, and After components of reading a text selection.
This is the prior knowledge activation question.
What do I think I will learn about this topic?
What do I want to know about this topic?
What have I learned about this topic?
Asking questions can engage and inspire learning! It also provides direction for what you want children to learn from a resource. I have written a previous post on KWL charts and also one on FQR charts which may work even better for nonfiction … Facts, Questions, and Responses.
These nonfiction information articles provide a place for guided practice on this type of text as well as what to do when you encounter words that you do not know when you read.
Another idea is for children to create posters/signs/lists online or offline of the interesting information the discover. You could even jigsaw this site by having different groups read each section and then report back to the other about what they learned. This could be a time for students to choose how to represent the information to share it!
Here are places you can find nonfiction reading strategies and lessons that could be used with the material you find on the Library of Congress site:
- Class Tables of Non-Fiction Features and Text Structures
- Look in the Literacy Cookbook for Recipes for Effective Literacy Instruction
- Reading Nonfiction Texts Lessons from NCTE
You never know what you might learn from reading nonfiction!
Did you know that George Washington was reluctant to become our first president?


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Dialoguing requires using ambiguous language
Dealing with the nature of businesses requires using ambiguous language to apprehend their implicit concepts and to dialogue with the market and with people.
This approach will change your perception of communication allowing you to know when individuals are "dialoguing" and when they are "monologuing".
What is ambiguity?
Ambiguity is a human perception. It exists only in the mind of the perceiver. Following the original etymological meaning of the word it is a perception that has two meanings for the individual. The question is how to deal with ambiguous perceptions.
Dialoguing requires ambiguous messages and Monologuing is based on operational messages. This sounds paradoxical for the majority of the people.
Dialogues drive towards evolution and Monologues drive towards involution.
The decision to empower the use of ambiguous (synthetic) language is personal. The benefit is high and so is the price to pay to expand the use of one's language. It is a step by step process.
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Bodyguard [DVD]
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Bodyguard [DVD]
Released : Aug 31, 2011
Genre : Action, Romance
Starcast : Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Mahesh Manjrekar, Shatrughan Sinha , Hazel, Asrani
Desc :
When it comes to being punctual and
doing his duties perfectly, Lovely Singh is unmatchable. Taking great
pride in what he does, he spares no effort in giving his everything to
his profession. Summoned for an assignment of guarding Divya, the
daughter of Sartaj Rana, a business tycoon. She finds him to be a major
obstacle in leading a regular campus life. To throw him off-track and
get him out of the way, she comes up with a plan of trapping him in a
fake love affair. She becomes an anonymous admirer of his and starts
hounding him, expressing her feelings in no uncertain terms. But things
take an unexpected turn when she learns a few things about Lovely Singh.
Things that she could have never even imagined! And she soon finds
herself trapped in a dilemma that she is unable to resolve! And with
her, soon enough, Lovely Singh finds himself ensnared in a web of lies,
trickery and deceit! Bodyguard is the story of the conflict between
innocence and mischief, love and power and life and death!
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Utility workers have managed to track down the source of a mysterious gas-like odour that's been lingering in a Calgary Dairy Queen restaurant for about three years.
Owner Sujad Bandali issued a call earlier this week for anyone who could identify the foul smell that's been plaguing the business.
Crews from Atco and the Calgary Fire Department tested the air several times but couldn't find any problem.
Frustrated, Bandali turned to social media, offering free Blizzards every week for a year to any person who could locate the stink.
A renewed search by an Atco team tracked the problem to a natural gas leak near one of the entrances that was only discovered when all the restaurant's vents and equipment were shut down.
Team members declined Bandali's tasty reward, so he will be making donations to the Children's Miracle Network throughout the year to say thanks.
"Only a few people could smell it. It was the weirdest thing," said Bandali. "I can smell burgers and fries now. I can't express my happiness it's resolved, and it's safe. I don't want anybody to have the wrong impression."


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Colin McRae's name has gone a long way in introducing many U.S. sports fans to the not-so-popular-over-here art of professional rally driving. In a country where spectators are more at home watching racecars go really, really fast around an oval track, Codemasters' latest rally title is set to hit the Xbox in March -- at a retail price of $19.99 -- with hopes of making a dent in the saturated sports driving genre. In my expert opinion -- I'm English, you know -- there's really nothing special about NASCAR. Formula One racing and rally driving are far more intense sports to watch, so I'm really hoping that along with RalliSport Challenge 2, Rally 04 can enthuse game players to not shy away from the unknown.
Rally 04's biggest worry should be the aforementioned upcoming RalliSport Challenge 2. Having now played both games extensively for preview purposes, I'm confident in saying that RalliSport has the edge overall. Don't take that to mean that Rally 04 isn't jammed with potential, because it is. The biggest notable flaw for Rally 04 is the "fake" Xbox Live play. I say it's "fake" because the online functionality simply boils down to uploaded high scores and times to a leader board. There's no online head-to-head racing, no online championships -- nada. I know some gamers are fine with this, but when the competition does offer them, some might feel disappointed.
Still, Rally 04 could well combat this decision with its amazingly competitive retail price. Just about anyone can afford to throw down 20 bucks on a game, and if the game rates up there with the big boys, it's a nice bonus. And, as far as I can tell, Rally 04 will certainly be able to give the other rally games from the past and present a good run for their money.
For the most part, the game played equally as well as previous incarnations, featuring all the subtleties you'd hope to find in a game like this. Differing road surfaces, inertia, power sliding, emergency-brake turns -- all feature heavily and completely affect the way the different vehicles handle.


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Need for Active Lifestyle Strengthens Sports Apparel Landscape
Sports apparel industry market share today observes demand as youth decide to live an active lifestyle and stay fit.
What do soccer team back in high school, NBA teams in North America and yoga moms share in common? Unknowingly they all are shaping the landscape for sports apparel wear market worldwide. According to a research conducted by Morgan Stanley the market for sports apparel experienced a 42 percent hike and garnered over $270 bn in a sale over last 7 years. This winning streak has now raised the eyebrows of many key market players. It has also resulted in investor scepticism too.
Research analysts at Allied Market Research (AMR) eyeing the recent trends, share and size as well as segmentation are of the view that the growth prospects of the industry are strengthening and not weakening. They say much has happened due to increasing demand for branded apparels in health and fitness segment for sports participants and adults interested in the sector. Year 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 has also favoured women and water and athletic apparel market size.
Customer Preference Shapes Business Performance
It's often the sports an individual watches or plays that shape what they actually wear. Increasing focus on staying fit and healthy in Europe has brought about a dramatic lifestyle shift lifestyle mainly among youth. Sports participation among school going children in North America today is over 30 percent. It has nearly doubled among school girls. Industry analysis carried by many sports league in the United States indicates that buyer's interest in certain sports is influenced by the fact that they had played when they were young. AMRs, athletic apparel market analysis shows when customers mature, they gradually begin shopping for prime apparel.
Demographics of Sports Apparel and Accessories Market
The United States occupies a major market share for active wear in the world. It accounts for close to 35 percent of the total sales. Researchers at AMR say that an annual sale in Europe over the coming five to six years will be mainly driven by the recent development in Eastern Europe, Africa and Middle East. In the meanwhile, growing markets in regions such as LAMEA and Asia where penetration of sports clothing has been relatively low to US has enough room for growth and is capable of delivering best gains. India expects uptick from world cup in 2016. Additionally, wholesale sports apparel and shoes market in Shenzhen offers a great bargaining opportunity. Industry experts analysing sports apparel companies market share highlights China, especially would be a major region to watch. Chinese government is emphasizing on the need to back youth participation in athletics. They are spending generously in developing sports infrastructure and overall business with the aim to get about 500 citizens to exercise regularly.
Athletic apparel market data, in a report titled "World Sports Apparel Market - Opportunities and Forecasts, 2014-2020" published by Allied Market Research offers an insight into the sector. The study weighs up on the business performance in countries such as the US, Brazil, Australia, China and India among others. The study indicates the sector will register a CAGR of 4.3% by 2020 .Thorough analysis of the market trends, growth rate, key trends, drivers, opportunities and challenges form an important part of the research. SWOT analysis of prominent leaders including Adidas, Under Armour, Actions and other helps business understand their effective marketing strategies.


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Giving a spellbinding performance, Benedict Cumberbatch unlocks the secrets of mathematician and cryptographer Alan Turing.
He was the genius who cracked the Nazis' Enigma code and paved the way for modern computing. Passing back and forth between Turing's schooldays in the 1920s, his wartime codebreaking at Bletchley Park and the aftermath of his arrest for homosexuality in the 1950s, this film is at its most compelling during the war years.
Charles Dance's bristling naval commander and Keira Knightley's brainbox provide excellent support, but it's Cumberbatch's anguished, arrogant, prickly scientist who keeps us rapt.


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Stay tuned for what I have to share soon when I get my hands on the October kit!! Be still my heart!


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Website claims Peres behind his murder. Rabin
Photo: Meir Fartush
Airbrushed photos showing his hands dripping with blood. Peres
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A conspiracy theory website has blamed Vice Premier Shimon Peres for the assassination of former Prime Minster Yitzhak Rabin.
The website, which belongs to Barry Chamish, posted an airbrushed photo of Peres showing his hands and lips dripping with blood.
Attorney General Menachem Mazuz is set to examine the case and determine whether Chamish and David Rutstein, who operates the website, should be accused of incitement.
Chamish, 55, is the author of the book "Who Murdered Yitzhak Rabin" and numerous conspiracy-related articles.
The website also claims that former IDF Chief of Staff Raphael Eitan was murdered and that former minister Natan Sharansky was "an agent for the Soviet secret service."
Several days ago the website posted two photos of Peres - one showing his hands and lips dripping with blood and the other showing him behind bars; the title read, "Volunteers needed to bring Peres to trial."
Rutstein recently claimed he had filed a slander lawsuit against Peres, claiming the vice premier has referred to him as "insane" in one of the Labor Party publications.
'How dare they?'
During Sunday's cabinet meeting Housing Minister Yitzhak Herzog presented Mazuz with a printed version of the website's shocking homepage and asked that he look into the case.
"Only a few days ago we were witness to the unruly incitement of the Amir family, which wants to taint the memory of late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin," Herzog told Ynet.
"And here we see that the tree of incitement continues to take root. The foolish and criminal theory whereby Peres is responsible for Rabin's murder proves how short memory can be."
Minister Matan Vilnai (Labor) said after seeing the photos, "I cannot understand how this website even exists; how such a nobody dares to speak out against Peres in this manner."
Rutstein, 39, who admitted to posting the photos, said, "I invite ministers Peres and Herzog to sue me; if they do, perhaps we will be able to verify our claim."
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I have been actively recruiting to find agile testers for over a year now at different companies I have worked for. This has been a very hard position to fill. As part of the recruiting process, I had to come up with a job description for an agile tester. Not a trivial task J So, I was very excited to see an article through StickyMinds.com called "I am an Agile Tester. And this is Why" by Erik Boelen.
All in all, I think Mr. Boelen covered a pretty good checklist for what makes an agile tester (especially from the soft-skill perspective). His checklist was the following:
1. I love my customer
2. I work in a very structured way
3. I adore unconventional test tools
4. I communicate from an open position
5. I am a VIP in my project team, just like the others
6. I don't spend time 'covering my ass'
7. I know my boundaries
8. I am a tester
On his list, my favorite item was #6. I have never really thought about that before but it is so true. I have wasted hours of my life on traditional software projects playing the CYA game. However, since I have moved to agile projects, I don't waste time doing this any more. It is so refreshing! Instead, the entire team works together to get things done. No one is blaming others, we aren't 'signing off' on documents to prove anything, and we aren't wasting time documenting things to protect ourselves.
I do think that Mr. Boelen missed one crucial item on his checklist, though. I would add the following:
I love to automate tests.
Agile testers should embrace, practice, and live test automation. Without it, your projects will never become truly agile.
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The thoughts, observations and adventures of a software engineer and licensed amateur radio operator call sign M0NRD (previously 2E0NRD and M6GTG) with an interest in all things radio related.
Sunday, 24 August 2008
New Job
After the best part of 7 months being unemployed I have now secured a new job. It is in embedded system development and seems to offer the interest and mental challenge that was so lacking in my previous job.
Developing hardware and software for embedded systems for a company in the gaming/gambling industry was where I first started back in 1988 after leaving university but with time I gradually moved into the writing the actual games.
Despite this I was able to keep my foot in the door of hardware development and writing the code to make the hardware work, it was always this side I preferred more and it was my nice little niche skill set. Unfortunately that aspect of the work dried up at my previous employer, leaving me an unfulfilled and unappreciated code monkey.
I start working next month and really cannot wait!
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This was from one of our local TV stations WGPR:
This was from one of our local TV stations WGPR:
Thanks Marv. We can always count on you to dig up historical broadcasts like this. This was truly great. Thank you very much.
It was interesting how she mentioned Winehead Willy. What do we know about him?
The Bigtime Spender (Parts 1 & 2) by Bill (Winehead Willie) Murray & George (Sweet Lucy) Copeland was released on Anna Records in September 1960.
Today would have been Raynoma's 82nd birthday......


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South Africa has one of the highest rates of youth unemployment in the world, with more than three million – or half the number of young black South Africans aged between 15 and 24 – out of work. It is a structural reality that masks a very personal anguish for millions of our country's youth, according to Consumer Insight Agency (CIA).
What CIA heard was that school-leavers believe further education, work experience and skills development are key factors in gaining employment. And when these are not forthcoming, often because of financial constraints, many job seekers settle into an inertia of the most remarkable complacency.
"It is a strategy that most school-leavers acknowledge will not work," says CIA director, Craig Irving. "Yet, aside from door-to-door canvassing and 'networking' among friends and family (those who have computer access send CVs), it's the only strategy they know."
Finding ways to boost work-seeking tactics therefore should be a priority for policy-makers and non-governmental organisations working in this sphere, he says, noting that the current strategies employed by young people to help improve their prospects for job-readiness are usually limited to circulating CVs to prospective employers identified in community newspapers.
"Young, school-leaving matriculants need to know – and need their parents to understand – that these free programmes are useful. While they may not immediately earn an income, they will lead to better prospects," Irving tells Ubuntu.
One private sector success story backing education is Live magazine. Gavin Weale, who is a Shuttleworth Fellow and runs the magazine, explains that Live is about "delivering social benefit for contributors and readers". The venture offers short-term internships to young graduates and unemployed youth, thereby helping them gain crucial work experience and employability skills. But it also measures its social impact by the extent to which the content influences and helps its readers – ensuring a substantive component that can track success.
"We have talked a lot about how our magazine can influence, inform and inspire readers as well as interns, in their own quest for a brighter future," says Weale.
"If nothing else, these programmes will help young people meet with mentors and share in creative, entrepreneurial opportunities that will help nurture their dreams, build self-belief and add to self-worth."
Businesses have funded private research into education solutions. Providing quality education to sustain the human resource needs of a developing country remains one of South Africa's greatest challenges, according to the Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) based in Johannesburg.
Drawing on the organisation's experience in analysing complex national policies and large programmes of delivery, the CDE – supported by a number of businesses – has been exploring the sound foundations on which an improved educational programme can be built, contributing significantly to the national policy debate by using its funds to incorporate the world's best programmes with the macro-environment of South Africa's educational context.
With education a state mandate, many do support existing schools by offering direct assistance in line with the Department of Education's compliance regulations.
"This is not just about doing something good for the community; it makes business sense by providing job applicants with demonstrable skills in sorely needed areas of technology," argues South Africa – The Good News, in reference to the GROW Academy model. "Most noticeably, the initiative is getting the school-leavers excited about their future. Recognising that they can bring a valuable skill to the job market helps them pursue a life beyond the drug and gang culture that so easily ensnares youth in their communities."
Overall, as CIA's Irving appears to point out during discussion with Ubuntu, there is a softer but no less crucial side to the role of education initiatives that matter greatly to the wider socio-economic context in which millions of young people struggle to find tangible options for their future.


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text: High levels of growth hormone is the dream of all persons engaged in a variety of sports. Why is it so valuable? First of all, intensified increase in both lean body mass and bone - are not only affecting the anabolism, but also increased recovery and convalescence. Increased hGH is also a dynamic process of reducing body fat by increasing lipolysis, which increase the concentration of free fatty acids which are burned in the mitochondrions. In combination with insulin, growth hormone creates an environment where the following is maintained over a long period of time: protein synthesis, greater utilization of glucose, oxygen and other nutrients by the cells, islet regeneration and stimulation of the immune system. All hGH boosters are mainly based on plant extracts and patented blends and will contribute to improving the performance of all of you, regardless of the sport.


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My daughter and I made a brief appearance on local cable television. Here's a bit of advice. Never go on television with your teenage daughter to talk about sex. Just don't do it. Even if it's just a little local station. Even if you just wrote a humorous book on parenting and think that a few seconds of publicity might sell some books. Resist.
<code The Public Square – Teens and Sex from Josh Lobel on Vimeo.>


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Groundwork BBOR is part of the Groundwork federation
The three main areas of our work – improving people's prospects, creating better places, and promoting greener living and working – are closely aligned to the priorities of our local authority partners. Many Groundwork projects cut across more than one of these areas and in so doing, meeting the needs of the local people whilst delivering more for less.
Groundwork delivers local projects and services to help people acquire the skills, confidence and networks to improve their own prospects and to find work. We also help people cope with the impacts of rising bills, working strategically with councils to tackle fuel poverty and optimise household income.
We run a number of programmes for young people, helping to combat anti-social behaviour, raise attainment levels and get them involved in improving their local community. Groundwork is also a facilitator and management agent for local asset transfers such as green spaces and community buildings.
We can operate at all levels, from working with parish and town councils to raise funds for neighbourhood projects through to multi-year agreements or major master-planning initiatives with local authorities. We also work with contracted service providers, adding local knowledge, community links, social value and sustainability expertise, to bring about sustainable change.
Each local authority within our geographical area is represented on our Board of Trustees and helps to drive forward the strategic direction of the Trust. Groundwork has a vested interest in the social, economic and environmental success of each borough we serve. Effective partnerships with local authority staff at all levels are vital to this success.
To find out more contact Teresa Jennings, Operations Director:
Call 0161 624 1444 or email email@example.com
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We provide training and create jobs, reduce energy and waste, re-connect people with nature and transform whole neighbourhoods.
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