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When William Mulholland completed the 12.5-billion-gallon St. Francis Dam in 1926, Angelenos hailed it as the capstone to the distinguished engineer's ambitious 233-mile-long aqueduct system designed to deliver their arid city virtually unlimited water. The farmers of San Francisquito Canyon, on the other hand, cast a wary eye upward toward the imposing structure and dubbed it The Giant Tombstone. Unfortunately, the farmers' description proved prophetic.
The 19th in a series of dams built to contain and channel aqueduct waters, Mulholland's 1,300-foot concrete span was created to store an extra year's worth of the precious liquid for Los Angeles residents – just in case. As former Los Angeles Times history writer Cecilia Rasmussen explained:
"Southern California rainfall was, as always, capricious. His California Aqueduct had been built over a rift zone of the San Andreas fualt, and he knew it was vulnerable. To make matters worse, Owens Valley farmers kept vandalizing the aqueduct."
The St. Francis reservoir was brimming with water the morning of March 12, 1928, when dam keeper Tony Harnischfeger spotted a muddy leak near his home at the foot of the structure. He telephoned Mulholland, who personally drove out from LA with his chief assistant to inspect the situation. A meticulous engineer, Mulholland closely examined the leak but concluded it was benign – no different than the trivial fissures that often spring up in most dams of this type from time to time. Ascertaining that the St. Francis Dam remained structurally sound, he and his deputy made the 50-plus-mile drive back to LA, confident that all was well.
They were tragically mistaken. Just minutes before the witching hour that night, at approximately 11:58 p.m., the St. Francis burst, emptying its massive reservoir into the canyon, instantly killing Harnischfeger, his girlfriend, and his 6-year-old son in their sleep. Seconds later, the dam's first powerhouse was wiped out, leaving most of the area's downstream inhabitants in darkness. By 12:03 p.m., a thunderous, 140-foot-high wall of water was careening past the dam's second power station at nearly 20 miles per hour.
Fast asleep, families down the canyon were drowned as quickly as they were awakened by the deafening roar, which one survivor later compared to a cyclone. Castaic, Saugus, Piru, Filmore, Santa Paula, Saticoy – all fell prey one by one to the muddy torrent littered with the debris of homes, bridges, cars, trees, livestock and human bodies. Finally, in little more than five hours, the deadly cascade reached the Pacific Ocean near Ventura, a full 54 miles from the ruptured dam, leaving an estimated 470 or more dead in its wake. Except for the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, it was the worst disaster in California history.
There were, thankfully, heroes and dramatic tales of survival amid the chaos. By 1:20 a.m., officials who had been caught off guard by the dam collapse were scrambling into action. Telephone operators later dubbed the Hello Girls risked their lives to stay at their posts and make warning calls to downstream homes. A handful of motorcycle officers rode ahead of the flood, systematically knocking at every third house and eliciting neighbors to warn each other and escape to higher ground. According to a KCET web article by Hadley Meares:
The living clung to whatever they could — a woman in an evening dress rode on top of a water tank. Sisto Luna and her three children held onto a feather mattress for two miles, and a man named William Spring swam a mile with his infant swung around his neck, while his wife climbed up an orange tree.
Mulholland also was in bed when the phone call came alerting him of the disaster. Shocked and grief-stricken, he reportedly prayed outloud, over and over begging God that no one be killed. Later investigations would determine he was not at fault―the dam had been built on a weak geological formation that no engineer of his day would have recognized. Nevertheless, he shouldered all the blame. Personally and professionally, Mulholland was shattered. His celebrated career was over.
Meanwhile, many in the public viewed the dam burst as a fitting rebuke to the City of Angels, whose unquenchable desire to expand through brutally corrupt water-grabbing policies had literally drained other far-flung communities dry.
Today the angry river is again a mere trickle, tamed by a new viaduct. Along its banks sits Ruiz Cemetery, the final resting place for a few of the bodies recovered in the flood's aftermath. Concrete chunks of The Giant Tombstone still litter the canyon, as if to mark the unknown graves of the lost. There is an unearthly, peaceful calm to the setting.
Nevertheless, many locals speak of the canyon as haunted. When the midnight air is cold and still, they insist, grim apparitions can be seen in the moonlight, desperately climbing toward higher ground. The Ruiz graveyard is also believed to be a hub of bizarre activities, including charnel manifestations of "Old Man Ruiz," phantom laborers, and the disturbing cries of a young, invisible child.
Listen closely, canyon residents say, and you may yet hear the woeful spirits shrieking in the ravines, eternally scolding a young metropolis' thirst for water and power, and demanding that the story of their untimely deaths be remembered.
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Re-posted from PJ Media At this moment, no daily news cycle is complete without one hearing or reading the word "Watergate" in connection with the four Obama Administration scandals currently swirling around in various stages of unraveling. For example, look no further than here at PJM yesterday with a piece by Ed Driscoll entitled, Obama and the IRS: Worse Than Watergate. That title perfectly illustrates the | Read More »

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Sausage and pepper hero. Courtesy, Salumeria Biellese
Salumeria Biellese
378 Eighth Ave., 212-736-7376, Chelsea, Manhattan
Biella, Italy, in Piedmont, is famous for salami, a proud tradition brought to the City in 1925 via immigrants whose recipes are still followed at Salumeria Biellese. This undistinguished, no-frills storefront, convenient to Penn Station and the High Line, is the sausage maker to the stars, providing cured links and cooked sausages to fine restaurants such as Nice Matin, August and Perilla. Of course, you have to get the large version of the house-made sausage-and-pepper hero, a juicy sandwich the size of a fat forearm that's easily enough for two (and very affordable, at just $6.75). There are a few plain tables if you can't wait to eat it. The store also offers catering and shipping.


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- Thousands of visitors come to the Northwoods each year in search of treasures old and new.
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"There's a real feel for people being enthusiastic about this," said Jeff Currie, the President of Great Headwaters Trails, which helped lead the bike trail project.
It's supposed to connect Conover to Phelps through nearly 11 miles of paved trail. The first part is open and goes from Conover Community Park to Muskrat Creek Road.
"3.2 miles on the ground and ready to be ridden on biked or hiked," said Brian Blank, the chairman of the Conover-Phelps Trail Capital Campaign.
"When people hear about a town and then when people say, have you seen their bike trail, it's just, right away it's like there's more to that town than I thought there was," Currie said.
While not yet complete, project leaders are hopeful the trail will be finished soon. Project leaders say the second part of the trail, about five miles long, is fully engineered but about 60 percent funded.
"We're about $200,000 away from completing the remaining five miles," Blank said.
"You know that funding could come, and when it does, five miles of trail in two or three months will be on the ground," Currie said.
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Do you have a profile on LinkedIn? If not, I highly recommend it. There are plenty of ways for professionals to use LinkedIn to grow their careers and their paychecks. Whether you're looking to switch jobs, improve your professional network or hire fresh talent, it's important that you get familiar with LinkedIn.
The following are my 10 recommendations on how to use LinkedIn to find your next job.1) Learn about your company of interest. Do you have a favorite company? On their company page you'll see a list of their employees and connections you may know. This is an efficient way to know whom you can contact with questions. 2) Know who is hiring. Try to find the people most involved in getting you the job you want. Look up all the folks involved in the recruiting process and professional groups where their company's employees are members. 3) Get to know your recruiter. Often a recruiter, not directly employed by the hiring company, may reach out to you, so it's wise to research them and perhaps the recruiting or staffing firm where they're employed. Often, their searches are posted on their own web site or on LinkedIn, and by doing some digging you may be able to learn a few things that will give you an edge. And, if after a holiday party, you find out that your neighbor's brother-in-law has contacts at the recruiter's company, look them up and then request an intro if it makes sense. 4) Pay attention to referrals. Look up names of new contacts, former colleagues or clients of people you meet or whenever you've been offered an introduction. 5) Who already has the job? Search on the title of the position you're interested in and look at the profiles of the people that come up. What differentiates them from you? Are there skills they have that you need to develop? Is there a certification you should have? Do they appear to all belong to the same LinkedIn group? 6) Get informed before a call. I always research a new contact and learn whatever I can about them before calling or emailing them back. Seeing if you already have anything or anyone in common makes new conversations easier whatever the circumstance might be. 7) Prepare for phone interviews. Once you know with whom you'll be speaking, it's always smart to learn as much as you can about them, especially when a job or career change is at stake. 8) Get a list and check it twice. Typically, a good recruiter or HR person will provide you the names of everyone with whom you'll be speaking during an in-person interview day. But, if they don't, you have to ask. Remember, withholding this information and waiting for you to ask for it can be used as a test, especially for sales or client-facing roles. 9) Give thanks. Good preparation for any event or meeting includes having at least some sense of the other people that will be at the event. You can look up the event hosts and sponsors in advance. An extra tip: Be sure to seek out the event hosts and sponsors during the event and thank them for their efforts in putting it together. It's no easy task to host an event and offering a sincere "thank you" is a great way to start a new conversation. 10) Contact speakers and thought leaders. Before you attend a conference, review the conference web site and identify new people you want to meet or whether anyone you've been trying to meet is going to be presenting or attending an industry event or mixer. Look them up within LinkedIn and see what you can learn about them. Regards, Sandy Jones-Kaminski firstname.lastname@example.com http://www.belladomain.com Sandy Jones-Kaminski is a self-described networking enthusiast and the author of "I'm at a Networking Event--Now What???" She's been an executive in the HR industry and was recently the VP of Networking for one of the largest chapters of a national professional development and trade association. Sandy shares her professional insights on personal branding and effective networking via webinars, one-on-one coaching, workshops and by facilitating in-person networking events called Pay It Forward Parties. You can connect with her via her website at http://www.belladomain.com or via firstname.lastname@example.com or 415.613.8508.
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A psychologist specializing in narcissism believes today's parents are unwittingly raising a generation of self-absorbed malcontents by publishing the minutiae of their children's daily lives in blogs and documenting their every move on Facebook and YouTube.
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Narcissism, named after the Greek god Narcissus who fell in love with his own reflection, is characterized by extreme ego-centrism and selfishness.
Dr. Larry A. Bugen knows narcissism. He was raised by a narcissistic mother who traumatized her family for decades with her suicide attempts, hospitalizations, rage and manipulations. The Texas psychologist believes narcissism is the No. 1 obstacle to successful relationships.
"Studies show that 81 percent of the world's children have an online presence before the age of 2," Bugen said. "That means four out of five children have a projected 'image' before they have personally shaped an identity."
A child exposed to this image that has been set forth by his or her parents may become enamored of that image and could even become addicted to seeing those images, Bugen said.
"As a psychologist, my concern is: when does a healthy interest in yourself start morphing into self-absorption and eventually into full-blown narcissism?"
In Bugen's book, "Stuck on Me ... Missing You," he asserts that narcissists are unable to see beyond themselves to engage in healthy relationships with others. While individuals need to care for themselves and have a healthy self-image, they also are "wired" for intimacy with others.
"It's all about balance," Bugen said in a phone interview Thursday. "It's one thing to have self-esteem, but are we promoting our children too much?"
Instead of posting every cute picture or video on the Internet, Bugen suggested parents should be spending time teaching their children what he calls the "six gifts":
"I don't believe any meaningful relationship can last over time without these six gifts," he said. These gifts can be both modeled and actively taught to children through everyday experiences, those "teachable moments" that crop up in daily activities like caring for a pet, cleaning the bedroom, apologizing to a sibling, or picking up litter in the neighborhood.
"There are everyday opportunities to teach one or more of these six gifts, and if that happens, it will be carried over into healthy adult relationships," Bugen said.
What about those adorable videos and pictures of Junior, though? Must parents keep them to themselves? Why not share them, if they make people smile? What about the talking twins, for example -nearly 2 million people have watched and laughed at the video of the 17-month-old brothers babbling animatedly to each other.
He said it's fine to want to bring joy to others, but he cautioned parents to know when to say when. It's not only the child who could grow to become addicted to his own projected image, but also the parents could get so caught up in posting about their children that it becomes an addiction for them. They begin living vicariously through those posts. And when their actions are reinforced - by a video going viral, for instance - they will tend to repeat the behavior because they get hooked on the attention.
"Who knows the kinds of things they will document in order to maintain a lot of attention coming their way," Bugen said.
"It's about balance; it's about care for oneself and care for others," he added.


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HONOLULU, HAWAII -- Senior Matt Howard scored a game-high 23
points and junior Ronald Nored added a career-high 16 points, all
in the second half, to lead Butler to a 74-62 victory over Utah in
the first round of the Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff
Center on Wednesday, Dec. 22. It was the third straight
win for the 7-4 Bulldogs.
Howard, who's had more than 20 points in each of Butler's last three games, helped the Bulldogs take control with 15 points in the first half. He hit six of 10 shots from the field and three of four from the free throw line. The 6-8 forward tallied eight of Butler's first 14 points in the game, and he scored four points in a 13-1 Butler run that gave the Bulldogs a 33-18 lead with just over six minutes remaining in the initial period.
"Matt's been playing at an unbelievable level for a really long time, and this year he's risen it," said Butler head coach Brad Stevens. "With what he's doing right now, he's playing at as high a level as anybody around."
The first half scoring run proved to be decisive. Butler led by 13 at halftime, 40-27, and then the Bulldogs held off several comeback attempts by the Utes (7-4) in the second half.
With Butler holding a slim 20-17 advantage midway through the first half, freshman Khyle Marshall started the key stretch for the Bulldogs with a short jumper. Senior Shawn Vanzant followed with a lay-up, before Josh Watkins hit one of two free throw attempts for the Utes.
The Bulldogs answered that charity toss with nine straight points - five by junior Shelvin Mack and four by Howard.
"I thought we were locked in tonight and we went on one run, and then we played even the rest of the game," added Stevens.
Utah made a couple of runs at the Bulldogs in the second half, cutting the margin to six at 44-38, seven at 54-47 and later to eight at 64-56. Each time, Nored helped Butler regain control. He hit a lay-up that gave the Bulldogs a 46-38 lead, a three-point field goal to make it 57-47, and a couple of free throws in a 5-0 run that gave Butler a 69-56 advantage.
The 6-0 Butler guard hit all three shots he attempted in the final period and his final nine free throw attempts, after missing his first. His 16 points matched his career-high, set against UIC last February.
Marshall also came up with a career-high with 11 points in the game, and he matched his career-high with six rebounds. Mack finished with 13 points, despite a five of 20 shooting night, and six rebounds. Sophomore Chase Stigall, who hit a pair of three-point field goals in the first half, finished with six points and a career-high six rebounds.
Watkins led four Utah players in double figures with 17 points, while Will Clyburn added 16. Utah's 7-3 center David Foster set a tournament record with seven blocked shots in the game.
Butler will face Florida State, a winner over host Hawaii, in the second round of the tournament at 10 p.m. (ET) on Thursday, Dec. 23. Baylor and Washington State will play in the other "winners" bracket game on Thursday.
Bulldogs Hold On Against Utah, 74-62
HONOLULU, HAWAII -- Senior Matt Howard scored a game-high 23
points and junior Ronald Nored added a career-high 16 points, all
in the second half, to lead Butler to a 74-62 victory over Utah in
the first round of the Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff
Center on Wednesday, Dec. 22. It was the third straight
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We were going to stay at this park, but it was raining very hard, and because the park didn't have pull-through sites we went on down the road to Rockport, Texas and found a park that was paved and had pull through sites. Beacon Park is owned by local husband and wife. The park would be good for a weekend to fish, because it is close to the water. The new part of the park has no trees and was cleared out made into a extension of the old park. We would only stay here for a day and only in the fall, winter, and spring. The summer time would be to hot. - Joceil
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This is a combination Motel and RV park. There are 13 RV sites all with full hookups. They cater to the hunter and fisherman, which is all there is to do in this area. They even have kennels to keep your hunting dog in. If you are looking for more than that you should probably go somewhere else. The sites are paved and level. Everything is very clean and the staff was helpful and friendly. My daughters enjoyed the swimming pool. They serve a continental breakfast each morning starting at 6 a.m.. If you like to start fishing earlier than that (like me!) they leave a side door open so you can get your coffee and bagel before 6 a.m.. We will be coming back here on a yearly basis. - parkhopper


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With less than a month to go until the EU Referendum, Operation Black Vote, the organisation dedicated to enabling the African British and Asian British communities to claim their place in politics, has partnered again with Saatchi & Saatchi London to create a hard-hitting poster to encourage BAME communities to register to vote in the EU Referendum.
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The poster features an elderly Asian British woman being berated by an aggressive thug. The pair are seated on a see-saw – demonstrating the balance of their equivalent power - with the strapline: "A vote is a vote."
The image will run across digital poster sites in London and Manchester, and will be accompanied by a social media campaign to raise awareness and provide easily accessible links and guides on how to register. Media was planned and bought by Publicis Media and Posterscope.
There are approximately 4 million BAME voters in the UK, and another 400k British Commonwealth voters eligible to vote in the EU Referendum, each of whom can help to shape the country in the future. However, around 30% are not even registered to vote, and many of those registered do not make it to the polls.
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Last year, in the run up to the General Election, Operation Black Vote and Saatchi & Saatchi worked with Tinie Tempah, David Harewood, Sol Campbell and Ade Adepitan on a poster campaign which saw the celebrities turn their skin colour white to demonstrate that if the BAME community does not vote, they are removing the colour and diversity from Britain.
Simon Woolley, Director of OBV, said: "Perhaps the greatest thing about democracy is that one person's vote has no more value than another person: A vote is a vote. With some Black and minority ethnic communities still unlikely to be registered to vote we need to change their minds. These potential voters could easily decide one of the biggest questions of the last three decades - whether we remain in the EU or leave."
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Also known as Foreign Languages or World Languages, our department's purpose is to provide tools to our students that will make them life-long language learners. We aim to expose students to different languages and cultures and facilitate their openness and appreciation to the diversity and enrichment that languages provide.
At Lone Star Collge-CyFair, we offer four different languages of various levels. Students who take languages can fulfill either multicultural or humanities core requirements, depending on the level. We also offer languages in a variety of modes – face-to-face, online and hybrid. And, as a language student as LSC-CyFair, you will also benefit from the system's only full-service language lab!
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J. Cole recently acknowledged a slight case of obsessive compulsive disorder. The emcee spoke with The Rickey Smiley Show about this and he also took a moment to confirm the much-discussed, highly anticipated collaborative disc with Kendrick Lamar.
"Whenever we get a chance to get in a studio together, we're gonna knock that out," he said of his album with K. Dot. "When we get together, I feel like he's my cousin. You have that cousin that you love when he come to the house because all you do is play video games and play ball? Y'all got the same interests? That's how it is when we link up."
Regarding the slight OCD, J. Cole said it's hard to explain.
"I'm OCD, a little bit," he acknowledged. "When I'm riding down a road, you'll see my head moving because in my mind, I'm going around the poles. I have to go around every pole. I can't describe it to y'all. It's crazy."
The interview can be seen below.
J. Cole's Born Sinner is released tomorrow (June 18). The album features a collaboration with Kendrick Lamar. Recently, Cole said it was a difficult album to get through because of "negative thoughts" that he had while making it. Much of the recent talk surrounding the project has dealt with the album's release date coinciding with Kanye West's Yeezus.
RELATED: J. Cole Fought "Negative Thoughts" While Making "Born Sinner"


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German mobile app marketing platform Trademob has closed on $15m in Series B financing led by Kennet Partners, the London-based technology venture capital firm.
Kennet provided $12.5m in funding for the round, while German venture capital firms Tengelmann Ventures and High-Tech Gründerfonds also participated.
The funds will be used to finance international growth, including plans to expand into New York.
Kennet's Michael Elias and Hillel Zidel will join the Trademob board following the round.
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Newgarden becomes fan favorite at 1st Indy 500
INDIANAPOLIS Josef Newgarden stood outside the Indianapolis 500 rookie luncheon trading advice with Jean Alesi.
Though it seemed strange seeing the youngest driver in this year's Indianapolis 500 explaining to the oldest rookie in 500 history how to get around the Brickyard's 2.5-mile oval, Newgarden seemed at ease Tuesday.
"The faster you go, the easier this place is," the 21-year-old kid explained to the 47-year-old Alesi.
Newgarden has a way of making things sound and look easy.
From the moment Sarah Fisher's No. 67 car rolled off the truck in Indy this month, Newgarden was one of the fastest drivers. He topped the speed charts three times in the first five practices - more than anyone else all week.
While some contend Newgarden's speeds were artificially inflated by tows, he proved his numbers were real by becoming the only Honda driver to make Saturday's pole shootout. Not even the four Honda cars from Chip Ganassi's powerhouse team could do that.
Starting seventh Sunday, the inside of Row 3, makes Newgarden the highest rookie qualifier since Danica Patrick started fourth in 2005. And if he wins the race, Newgarden would become the first to win Indy's other May race, the Freedom 100, and the world-famous 500 in back-to-back years. No American rookie has won the race since Louis Meyer in 1928.
"How cool would that be?" shouted Newgarden, the first Tennessean to start the race. "My parents would be so proud. It would be a great accomplishment."
It would make him a star in Gasoline Alley, too, where's he's already developing a sort of cult following.
IndyCar fans who desperately want a young American star to revive the series have added Newgarden to the growing list of other 20-something hopefuls - Marco Andretti, JR Hildebrand, Charlie Kimball and Graham Rahal.
Right now, though, Newgarden is the hottest thing going. He's qualified in the top 10 three straight times and just missed finishing in the top 10 at St. Petersburg, finishing 11th in his IndyCar debut.
At Long Beach, Newgarden's bold move to pass three-time defending IndyCar champ Dario Franchitti led to a crash, and when Franchitti criticized him afterward, Newgarden refused to acquiesce.
It's not just race fans who are taking notice of the baby-faced, blonde-haired racer who abstains from alcohol. His public relations representative jokes that female fans range from tweens to cougars.
None of the attention fazes Newgarden.
"They're blinded by the speed, that's all it is," Newgarden said with a smile. "It's all smoke and mirrors."
Not really.
Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing jumped at the chance to sign Newgarden after Ed Carpenter left to form his own team after last season.
Part of the reason was money. As the first Mazda Road to Indy graduate, Newgarden was given a $1 million scholarship by the series to shop his services. Fisher saw a talented, young driver, too.
Newgarden began pursuing racing seriously at age 13, and won multiple World Karting championships from 2005-2007. In 2008, he became the first American to win the International Formula Ford Festival in the Kent Class. The next year, he moved to the British Formula Ford Series, where he wound up second.
And in 2011, Newgarden emerged as the next big thing in IndyCar by winning five of the 14 Indy Lights races and finishing in the top three 10 times. He ran away with the points title and established himself as a force to be reckoned with.
"Josef's got a lot of experience on ovals and Sarah Fisher did a really good job on that car and Josef really nailed it in qualifying," said Simon Pagenaud, a former Champ Car driver who is fifth in the points as he heads into his first 500. "It's a combination of a lot of things."


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Why I won't give up on Washington (or Kentucky)
by Ken Pomeroy on Friday, February 25, 2011
For ever and ever, analysts have put an emphasis on a team's performance on the road when evaluating them. But is there such a thing as an otherwise great team being inherently bad on the road, even when taking home-court advantage into account? I don't know the answer to that nor, I suspect, does anybody else. Oh you might think you know, but I'd like to suggest those people reconsider this idea.
Don't get me wrong, teams that play well on the road are generally going to be very good teams. That's why one can predict a team's home performance pretty well based on its work on the road. (More with respect to scoring margin than W-L record, though. Last season there was correlation of 0.39 between D-I teams' home and road winning percentage. There was a correlation of 0.54 between their home and road scoring margin. This shouldn't be…


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First time poster, please forgive any faux pas.
"...code for a program that asks the user for ten words. The program alerts the user if they enter a word that they have entered before and does not count it against the ten."
This is what I have so far. I can accept and display the numbers, but I cannot figure out how to make the comparison work with an array. The subject matter is 'arrays,' so one is necessary.
Public Class Form1 Dim WORDS(0 To 9) As String Dim holding As String Dim Comp As Short Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load End Sub Private Sub Input_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Input.Click Dim i As Short Dim Output As String For i = 0 To UBound(WORDS) holding = InputBox("Words, please.") Comp = (StrComp(holding, WORDS(i))) If Comp = 0 Then MsgBox("Try another word") Else : WORDS(i) = holding End If Next Output = Join(WORDS, ", ") MsgBox(Output) End Sub Private Sub Check() ' For i = 0 To UBound(WORDS) ' If holding = WORDS(i) Then 'InputBox("try a different word") ' Else ' WORDS(i) = holding ' End If 'Next End Sub Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click Close() End Sub End Class
There are two different attempts here- the one to use 'StrComp' and the 'Check' Sub. Any advice would be appreciated.


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Driver of stolen car hits Oroville Police patrol vehicle, 2 other vehicles fleeing from police
A Oroville Police car was damaged early Friday by a suspect trying to flee in a stolen vehicle. The driver damaged a total of three vehicles while trying to get away.
The collisions happened at 1:35 a.m. in the parking lot of Gold Country Casino.
According to the CHP, Oroville Police officers were looking for a Jeep that had been stolen. An Oroville Police officer spotted a vehicle matching the description of the stolen Jeep, parked in the parking lot of Gold Country Casino.
The officer parked behind the Jeep and approached the vehicle. The CHP said the driver of the stolen Jeep shifted into reverse, backed into patrol car and drove off. The CHP said the Jeep hit a parked car while leaving the parking lot, pushing it into another parked vehicle.
The suspect vehicle was a red Jeep. If you have information, call Oroville Police.
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AUSA's ILW Army Aviation Symposium and Exposition welcomes all AUSA members, employees or consultants of AUSA Sustaining Member companies, military and civilian government personnel, invited guests, and non-members that have an identifiable relationship with AUSA or the United States Army.
Registration is available now to individuals at the following rates:
• $400 - Government/Military Personnel• $700 – AUSA Sustaining Members• $900 - AUSA Members (Corporate, Individual and Life Members)• $1000 - Non-Members
The registration fee will increase onsite to the following rates:
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We accept checks, American Express, VISA or MasterCard. We do not accept government form 1556 as payment. Please do not send the registration application without payment as we will be unable to reserve space until payment is received. Once your registration and payment are processed, a receipt will be available to print at the registration desk on-site. Refunds will be made for those registrants who cancel in writing prior to close of business 26 December 2012. No refunds for cancellations after 26 December will be provided. Registrations received after COB 26 December 2012 are not guaranteed for pre-registration. Late registrants may need to register on-site.
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Accommodations for this symposium have been arranged at the Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center, 201 Waterfront Street, National Harbor, MD 20745. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel directly at 301.965.4000. Based upon availability, the room rates for this symposium are:
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Room rates subject to applicable tax. Reservations must be made by Wednesday, 18 December 2012 to guarantee this rate. After 18 December, reservations will be made on a space and rate available basis only. In order to receive this special conference rate, when making reservations, you must mention the code "AUSA" and that you will be attending AUSA's ILW Army Aviation Symposium. All individual reservations must be accompanied by one night deposit plus tax or guaranteed by a major credit card (and hotel will charge an attendee's credit card for one nights stay prior to arrival). Deposits are only refundable for cancellations occurring three days prior to arrival. Check-in time is 1500 and check-out time is 1100.
Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center is located at 201 Waterfront Street, National Harbor, MD 20745.
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From Richmond & I-95 North: Take I-95 North toward Washington for about 94 miles. Take left exit onto I-495 East / I-95 North into Maryland for about ten miles. Stay to right, following signs for local traffic to National Harbor. Cross the Woodrow Wilson Bridge toward Maryland. Take Exit 2A toward National Harbor. Once on National Harbor property, turn right on St. George Street. Follow signs to Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center.
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Senior officer says: 'Next time such an incident may end in another way, including opening fire if needed'
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Published: 09.21.06, 22:47 / Israel News
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Not an innocent demo (Photo: Reuters)
On Wednesday a senior IDF source said calm was being kept on the Lebanon border, and progress was being made in talks between IDF representatives and UN officials, as well as members of the Lebanese army. It seemed the quiet was violated, and even though the demonstration was short, red lights appear to have gone off in the Northern Command front.
Sending spies
The Command is familiar with the "shepherd" camouflage technique used by Hizbullah and the organization's envoys who check the IDF's readiness and who collect intelligence. "Of course there are concerns about that now," said the IDF source, "the new border, the clauses in the UN decision, are supposed to prevent any movement of Hizbullah members near the border, including a demonstration or a procession that looks innocent or which ends with harmless stone throwing."


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Two recent British films, "A Field in England" (which opens in U.S. theaters and on VOD this week) and the Oscar-nominated "Philomena," use comedy to depict real historical events. While they couldn't be more different from each other, together they demonstrate the great and many traditions of British comedy.
"A Field in England" doesn't care one iota for historical accuracy as it depicts the English Civil War through the haze of some hallucinogenic mushrooms. "Philomena," on the other hand, sardonically recounts a human-interest story detailing how a seemingly washed-up British journalist uncovers a market for selling children that took place under the watchful eye of the Catholic Church. They both resemble well-established traditions of British humor: Wheatley has echoes of Monty Python while Frears looks to Ealing comedies.
Wheatley is a director who likes to jump between genres. His last feature, "Sightseers, was a macabre black comedy about a serial killer on a caravan holiday. Despite the British setting and the actors' accents, the sensibility of the title character had deep American comedic tones. Written by principal actors Steve Oram and Alice Lowe, stand-up comedians with material that suggests hours of watching "Saturday Night Live," the film "Sightseers" falls into the tradition of "Serial Mom." It was a distinctly American touch to position the villain as the comedic center for the sake of black humor. (That being said, the American remake of the British anomaly "The Ladykillers" is another rare example of finding the Brits doing comedic murderers well.)
Keeping more in touch with the color of his passport, with "A Field in England" Wheatley delivers a bonkers tale told in the traditions of Monty Python, Blackadder and, more tangentially, Bruce Robinson's "Withnail and I." In keeping with this heritage, Wheatley chooses traditional "losers" as his chief protagonists. British comedy has never had much of a tradition based around a character intent on doing evil, preferring instead to champion laissez-faire individuals wanting to simply live their lives in peace and quiet. If these characters have a mantra, it's "leave me alone."
In "A Field in England," Wheatley focuses on a group of army deserters. Would an American filmmaker make such a choice at a time when troops are engaged in overseas incursions? These particular deserters are low-level soldiers, the English Civil War equivalent of Roman Centurions. Wheatley's prize asset is an alchemist and coward (Reece Shearsmith) who abandons the battlefield and meets a group of fellow deserters, treasure hunter Cutler (Ryan Pope), crass Jacob (Peter Ferdinando) and a well-meaning simpleton (Richard Glover).
Once the setup is complete, Wheatley abandons the traditional narrative in favor of a series of sketches that vary wildly in style. It's as if the characters from "The Magic Roundabout" have walked through a purple haze into a period drama. These are flawed yet likeable people; their stupidity and hedonism could fit right in at a Manchester student house. The characters' foibles are the source of laughs. All they want to do is change their lot in life and in overhangs from the British class system they don't want to listen to authority. Wheatley pushes the idea to its limit by giving some scenes a hallucinogenic look that would make Richard Lester proud. The film would no doubt have been deemed a mess if the haphazard style didn't echoes these much-loved British comedies.
The same use of British character archetypes also takes place in "Philomena." First all, Steve Coogan can't help being…Steve Coogan. There is not much that separates the Steve Coogan of "The Trip" from the journalist Martin Sixsmith venturing to America with Judi Dench's old British lady. Sarcasm and self-depreciation are central to Coogan's delivery, as they are in many British comedy legends. When a tabloid editor tells an unemployed Sixsmith he should try his hand at a human interest story, his immediate reaction is to sneer. When faced with someone who believes in God, he reverts to the skeptical approach prevalent in modern British secularism. It's an ironic role for Coogan to take on given his other role as an activist who has positioned himself at the center of calls to increase laws curtailing the ability of British journalists to peer into private lives.


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Kill the arms dealers mission on PC, How do you do it?
Kill the arms dealers mission on PC, How do you do it?
May 12 2010, 12:24 PM
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This is the mission where you destroy the yacht and then you have to get the arms dealers in the boats.
How the fuck do you aim while trying to press W and 8 at the same time? when I get in range the damn helicopter gets too low so I have to try to gain height by pressing W and then moves forward and down for a few seconds. If it is really low it just crashes into the water. Also the mini guns seem to about as much use as firing a pistol.
The closest I came to finishing the mission was when the two remaining boats stopped near the oil refinery. But after a few seconds of not being able to destroy them a message said the arms dealers got away.
This is the first mission that I can't complete - I've done all of the missions in GTA IV and TLAD.
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The rockets don't have a cooldown time or ammo limit so you can just hold the fire key and spam them. You don't really have to aim, just fly around it until you eventually hit it. Isn't firing done with the mouse button? Just assign it to a suitable key if it makes it any easier.
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It is interesting to know, that people who get bullied or injured in some other way, are usually people that possess one, some or all of the following attributes: Are often attractive with beautiful features.Have a good figure. Excellent fashion taste.Are humorous, loving, funny, warm personalities.Are noticed. Stand out from a crowd.Have a positive and loving aura.Are caring, conscientious and very friendly.Love life and all it can bring.Work hard and have so much to offer an employer.Are great team players and popular with work mates.Have a beautiful look about them and/or their behaviour.Are warm hearted and make lots of friends easily.Are decent, and honest.Are clean and have morals.Have the ability to make a positive difference in the world.Are not corrupt minded and have no bad blood in them whatsoever.Are looked up at and respected without trying to impress.Are sensitive, shy, self conscious, and loyal.Are caring and can communicate with ease.Are unique and see the world with possibilities.Are intelligent, analytical, understanding and observant.Always look good and hardly age.Are great team players which can make a positive difference in a work place.Only 1% to 5% percent of people in the world carrying some, most or all of these qualities, so imagine those who don't even have one. Bullies are individuals that lack some or all of above and for revenge lash out at those that have them. Once victims realise what makes them tick they can then understand what makes them also a target. Once victims overcome the hurdles, they can move mountains with their minds, and are the reason behind a good earth. Bullies on the other hand, besides looking for more targets, often can't understand the purpose of their own existence.
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January 3, 2013
The Storm Report Blog For January 3, 2012
Left Map Analysis: Looking at our latest satellite image we note the region of concern being highlighted in a red circle, this evening the region is still fairly clear, however by evening of the 3rd this will change as a newly formed low will begin to take shape in the region. This low will move slowly towards the West during the time frame.
Right Map Analysis: The right we find our projected storm path as it will begin to develop during the afternoon on the 3rd and slowly push its way eastward towards the Gulf of Mexico, this upper level closed feature will push eastward but at the same time it may weaken enough to not create much problems along the Eastern Portions of Texas before it heads into the Gulf of Mexico and has the potential to re-develop over the warm Gulf waters by Saturday. The yellow arrows indicated our projected track of the storm system out of Texas. If we look at the blue line this is our forecasted area to see snowfall accumulations with some places in extreme Western Texas getting possibly 4 inches or greater. Looking on the map the pink line indicates are forecasted location that could see rain/snow mix together for a period of time before the storm moves through completely by Friday afternoon. These regions could see anywhere from a Trace to 1inch of snowfall as well with rain. Lastly looking at the regions in green this is our area that will see the heaviest rainfall amounts upwards to 0.5in total for this event.
Looking at the potential impacts of this storm for certain cities and how they will be impacted. (These conditions are for January 3-4).
Amarillo, Texas: (The afternoon of the 3rd the region will begin to see cloud cover increase through the night with a chance of seeing some light snow on the morning of the 4th before it moves out of the area. The region could see upwards to a trace of snowfall total/ Winds will begin out of the East around 7-12mph on the 3rd shifting to the West around 7-12mph by the morning of the 4th/Temperatures will start on the 3rd around 19-23F during the morning and warm to around 30-34F by afternoon and then overnight drop again back to around 20-24F by the morning of the 4th).
El Paso, Texas: (The afternoon of the 3rd will see mostly cloudy skies begin to fill into the area, by late afternoon the Rain/Snow will start with the potential of seeing 0.25in of rain along with a trace to one inch of snowfall during this time period, overnight and into the early 4th the region will see mostly snow with total accumulations around 1-3in possible/ Winds will start Easterly 15-20mph and then towards the evening increase to around 20-25mph and then the morning of the 4th they will become Easterly 15-20mph again/Temps for this event will start on the 3rd around 22-26F, with some warming during the afternoon to around 30-34F, before falling back to around 20-24F by early Friday morning).
Austin, Texas: (The region will mostly see Cloudy skies with a chance of Rain and Sleet moving in through the overnight hours on the 3rd and early into the 4th Total Accumulations of 0.25in of rainfall along with Trace amounts of sleet/The winds will not be a big issue as they should remain Easterly 7-12mph through the duration/Temps will be in the 30-34F range before warming to the 40-44F range by the afternoon on the 3rd and then falling overnight back to around 34-38F allowing for some sleet).
Brownsville, Texas: (The region will see most of their precipitation early on the 3rd as the wave pushes up from Mexico it will fall all as rain and begin clearing out by the evening of the 3rd, however the region could see some redevelopment if the low stays together and pushes eastward/Winds for this event will start out as Northeast 7-12mph and then increase by the morning of the 4th to around 10-15mph/ Temps will be on the cool side as the 3rd high temps will peak out around 47-51F, followed by a cooling that night to around 42-46F).
Dallas, Texas: (Most of this event will remain south and west of the area, leaving the region to seeing partly to mostly cloudy skies for the duration/ Winds will start Northwesterly at 5-10mph but shift to the Northeast 5-10 during the late evening of the 3rd/ Temps will be cool to start the period ranging from around 32-36F then warming to around 44-48F before falling back down on the 4th to around 36-40F).
Storm Summary: This storm system has the potential of being a headache for Southwestern Texas especially in the higher elevations where some places could see upwards to 6-8in of snowfall. Many winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories have been posted for the region already in preparation for this storm. Also it is very important that we watch this storm closely as if it is able to hold together and slowly migrate eastward it will enter into the Gulf of Mexico and could become a rain maker along with some wintry precipitation for the Northern Gulf Coast region. This event will start to impact Southwest Texas during the afternoon on the 3rd and with all of this cold air in place it could provide a tricky scenario for some of these places in Southwest Texas that usually don't have to deal with too many events like this. It is very important that if you live in this region you prepare now for this event.
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In Case 4 and 5 the camera automatically selects AF points where a phase detection can be achieved.
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Sky Tracker PE, how bad is this?
Posted 17 December 2013 - 08:24 PM
Posted 17 December 2013 - 09:02 PM
I thought these little trackers might be able to do maybe a minute at best with a lens that long?
Posted 18 December 2013 - 12:02 AM
Posted 18 December 2013 - 01:10 AM
OP: is that image 100% ? an easy solution is to rotate the image so that the long line is horizontal, then measure the vertical deviations which are the periodic error.
What is the declination at which the above image was taken?
My off-the-cuff opinion is that that is pretty bad. But what do you expect for 20 minutes? even at 300mm?
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Posted 18 December 2013 - 11:39 AM
33" is Sky Memo territory.
Not quite Toast Pro or Tak Sky Patrol territory though.
I'd say not bad.
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Posted 21 December 2013 - 12:45 AM
33" is Sky Memo territory.
Not quite Toast Pro or Tak Sky Patrol territory though.
I'd say not bad.
I never tried to actually measure the PE of SkyTracker, but your assessment seems to be dead on based on my experience. I can do about 45 sec exposures with a 300mm lens, and 90 sec exposures with a 200mm without much trouble. One issue though is that the periodic error is not exactly a smooth sine curve, so I often end up throwing out quite a few subs where star trails show up out of nowhere. Most of the time the subs right before and after are just fine.
Even with this issue, I would say it is really a nice piece of equipment. Comparing it to Sky Memo, Toast Pro, and Sky Patrol would be unfair, because all of these Japanese products cost about 3 times more or higher. AstroTrac and Vixen Polarie are more reasonably priced, but they have their flaws, too. With the PE of 33" p-to-p at less than $400, SkyTracker serves its purpose very well. I wish it had a little more payload though...
Posted 21 December 2013 - 02:48 AM
If that's supposed to be a pinpoint star, pretty bad.
I thought these little trackers might be able to do maybe a minute at best with a lens that long?
And they do. With the Polar scope aligned correctly as per Polar App, easily 1 minute is possible. There is a bit of PE time to time. However nevery tried more than 4 minutes due to light pollution and some of those 4 minutes showed pinpoint stars using a 200mm lens.
Posted 21 December 2013 - 11:17 AM
Periodic error can be reduced by working in the drive nut on the threaded rod with a fine abrasive mixed in oil. (The rod can be given yet more treatment with additional nuts; when chucked in a drill--before bending--makes for fast work.)
Sorry; as a DIY type I can't hold my tongue, figuratively speaking.
Posted 22 December 2013 - 07:07 PM
My SkyTracker had a LOT of rough spots and as I moved the worm wheel around, I could also hear it scraping against something inside. Long story short, I took it apart, got the Dremel out and cleaned all the high points in the casing (and it needed it!). I also adjusted the worm wheel and gear, shimmed both the azimuth and altitude axis (also needed!) so now there is no play. There are still a couple of sticky points in one of the worm wheel bearings, but I'll leave that for now. So far I have only tested it through holes in the clouds but I can already tell the difference. I can't wait to give it a proper go!
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But it has given me time to go over the whole unit again. I primarily wanted to fix 2 things;
#1 Find out where the last bit of "stickiness" came from
Turns out it came from the ball bearings. iOptron said they would replace both but these things look so cheap, I decided to order new ones myself. Still waiting.
#2 The battery compartment issue
Whoever designed this thing never actually tried it with batteries! When you load up the battery holder it wont fit back inside as the walls inside the case are too tight!!! Got the Dremel out again and cut away what I could. Now it fits!
I also glued up the azimuth base as it was pretty much useless (WAY too much play). I now use the Feisol PB-70 base instead.
I think the moral of the story is; unless you want to do a lot of modding and tweaking, get a Vixen Polarie. It works out of the box. And you can now buy an off axis holder so you no longer have to remove the camera to use the polarscope. That was one of the reasons I didn't go with the Polarie.
Posted 24 January 2014 - 10:44 PM
As for the battery issue, yes it is tight. However, I've found that it depends upon the type and brand of battery. I tried to use some rechargeable Sanyo Eneloop batteries and it was VERY difficult to get those back into the unit. However, regular Sony alkaline batteries are relatively easy (but you still have to be careful and follow the installation recommendations that are given in the user manual).
I've had two different units (the first basically stopped working after the first night). The first one (that I had to return) had a wide, white nylon or teflon washer around the azimuth bearing surface. It was fairly solid and secure (on the azimuth), but the second unit lacked that washer and it seems a little less secure (but not, at present, very bad).
The main issue I have with my unit is that it seems to have a pretty large amount of periodic error. I've measured it at over 80 arc seconds peak-to-peak and I suspect that I won't be able to use it with lenses of over 100mm in focal length. Even at 100mm it will be something of a struggle, more likely I'll be limited to lenses of 50mm and below with exposures of one to two minutes (maybe one minute at the very best when using a 50mm lens).
Posted 25 January 2014 - 05:13 PM
Mine had the teflon washer but there was still too much play when tightening down the lock screw.
I agree on the bad PE. Hopefully it will improve a little after all I have done, but I'm not holding my breath.
I have to be honest and say I'm more then a little disappointed with the SkyTracker, especially after reading the glowing S&T review.
Posted 25 January 2014 - 06:27 PM
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An installment loan typically calls for periodic payments, comprised of principal reductions and interest, until the entire loan balance is paid in full. Typical examples are car loans or student loans.
When buying a car you typically make a down payment with money from your savings and finance, or borrow the rest from a bank, credit union or auto finance company. If the car cost $10,000 and you only have $2,000 for a down payment, you will then try to borrow $8,000 from somebody and make equal sized monthly payments until the balance is paid in full, or you sell the car and must pay off the balance at that time to release the lien on the title of the car.
For our purposes as newbies, getting a car loan, without a credit file is difficult. Here is what I want you to try:
A CD or Certificate of Deposit Secured Loan.
Not all banks offer them. My daughter Shannon procrastinated with this suggestion last year and now that she wants to buy a car, her credit file is so new (only the credit card I was able to get her). She was denied for a car loan. Take a chunk of your savings into your bank and ask if they will grant you an installment loan secured with a Certificate of Deposit. Not all banks will do this. When you find a bank that will, be sure to ask them if your loan will be reported to the three major credit reporting agencies. If not, don't bother, move on to another bank. You will pledge your cash as collateral for the loan. If you miss a payment they can collect their money as your CD is held by the bank. If you have to withdraw the money you pledged as security for an emergency, you will pay a penalty and your CD loan must be paid off. Let's hope there are no emergencies during the term of your CD loan.
Example: Take $2000 of your savings and place it in a CD. Ask the bank to grant you a loan of $1000 secured by your CD. You put $2000 in, tied up with the bank for the term of the CD, and take back $1000 in the form of a loan. Put the $1000 in your checking account and use it to make monthly payments as required by your CD loan. This technique will cost you money as you will be paying interest on the loan, but you will also be earning interest on your CD. You'll find that the interest rate you pay will be higher than the interest you are earning. Welcome to the world of banking. That is how they make a profit. Giving you a small amount of interest for your deposit and charging you more interest for your loan. With interest rates as low as they are now, and the small amount of money you are borrowing, your interest costs will be minimal. But this is an important step in establishing a credit file.
You'll see your credit score take a jump up when your loan balance is less than 50% of the original loan amount.
If you followed yesterday's tip and follow with this one as well your file will be on its way. You will have an open account and installment account on your credit report. In six months or less, you'll have an improving credit score, which is the "Keys to the Kingdom". A good credit score and credit history.
Always pay on time. "Your credit is one of your most important assets"
No mistakes and no excuses. If you don't have the discipline to follow these steps, don't do it. You are better off paying cash and never having a credit file, than ever being late with a payment.
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I started riding regularly at the end of March. My speed has been gradually improving since then. Tuesday I went on a ride, and my average speed was 17.5mph, and my average heart rate was 157bpm. I had intended to take it a little easier on Wednesday, but maybe not as easy as I should have. My average speed was 16.8 and my heart rate 150. Today, after 2 days rest, my average speed was 16.4 and my heart rate was 172. This is all over the same section of road. At the end of the ride it felt like I had goose bumps, but it was 80 degrees outside.
I started tracking my calories on Sunday, and at the same time started a calorie deficit. I am not exactly sure what my consumption was previously, but I reduced it to 1600 per day based on the recommendation from myfitnesspal.com. I chose to lose 1 lb per week. So far I have been sticking to it pretty well, and I did go over a couple hundred on the days I exercised. Could my reduced performance today be related to my reduced calorie consumption? For the record, I think I had a protein smoothy for breakfast the first two rides, and a bowl of oatmeal and an energy bar this morning.


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AZAPO (Azanian People's Organization) Youth League President Amukelni Ngobeni on Monday made bold and what some believe to be disrespectful statements about Nelson Mandela. He said that Mandela needs to step up and apologize for "selling out black people's struggle". This statement was based on the fact that Mandela held secret talks with the apartheid government prior to his release from prison in 1993.
In the statement Ngobeni said. "Many of his friends did not get the opportunity to apologise before they died and he must consider himself lucky and use this opportunity for his soul to rest peacefully, before its too late." He bases his opinion on his belief that South Africa is one of the most unequal societies in the world. Despite her vast natural wealth Ngobeni said, "we remain not in charge of all this because Mandela could not wait to be the first black president of the country.
The Azapo Youth League President went on to say that. "What is peace and reconciliation when people are dying of hunger? What is peace and reconciliation when people are jobless without hope? What does peace and reconciliation bring to a country where children learn under trees and without books?"
These remarks do have an element of truth but can they be placed at the feet of the former President who has not been an active participant in the political arena for more than ten years?
At the core of this controversy exists a deep divide between those who yield political power and that young hungry group of intellectuals who stand poised to make their mark in politics. The ANC (African National Congress) has yet to voice an opinion on this matter. As the majority party in the country the ANC has just completed the expulsion process of its controversial youth league president Julius Malema. In a media frenzy he was expelled from the party on grounds that his rhetoric and off the cuff comments brought the party into disrepute.
The political landscape in South Africa is fueled by the racial overtones of a media establishment still connected to the remnants of the apartheid government. The ANC lead government continues to be heavy handed with those who speak out against what some feel to be a corrupt group of leaders who cater to their extravagant lifestyle at the expense of those who are in desperate need. The media continues to manipulate and exploit the situation while the country's coffers are used as a slush fund for the politically connected.
The educational system is in shambles and that has a direct impact on the youth. There are no sustainable efforts to develop a workforce capable of competing in a global economy. In a country with vast reserves of precious metals and various other natural resources there should exist tremendous opportunities for economic growth and development.
In order for this to happen there must be a symbiotic relationship between the fresh and innovative ideas of the youth combined with the mature and wise experience that comes with age. Back and forth political banter only serves to disrupt and stifle ideas that could lead to the development of a system that addresses the needs of society in a holistic manner.