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Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Buying a house for $10? Where's the catch?
I did some searching on the web and found an interesting article on people who are supposedly cashing in on foreclosures on CNN's website. What was particularly interesting to me though, was a calculation about a couple who bought a house in 1998 for just $10. Currently the house was appraised at $250,000. This sounds like a big return on investment, doesn't it?
Actually there's always a catch with such "extraordinary deals". When Mary Krawiec and Mark Peabody scooped up a nine-unit Victorian in Troy, N.Y, they had to do 9 renovations. At the time of the publication they had renovated 4 of the unit and had 5 more to go. They had to pay $2000 for a water bill including previous owner's debts, replace the cracked rubber roof for $3,500, install new carpets, patch and paint wll and ceilings. They also had to renovate bathrooms; kitchens put new boilers and install special order thermal pane windows. The total expenses to data plus all the projected expenses totaled slightly over $71,000. CNN calculated the profit (rents minus taxes, insurance, utilities) at $52,000, which represented an annualized 27% return on investment, which definitely beats the stock market over the same period.
Forecloses have been on the rise across USA for over a year now. One might be able to scoop up properties at what might seem as bargain prices, but there's always a catch – there is a very high possibility that the previous inhabitants of the house are behind on utilities, property taxes. In addition they might not leave the house in a perfect condition but in a very bad one because of their desperation. As usual, my advice is always to do your own due diligence before investing any money in anything.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Can money grow on trees?
I was researching alternative assets classes that not only could perform as well as the stock market but also provide good diversification opportunities as well as passive income possibility. One asset class which seems a little overlooked is timber.
According to several websites that I found, investing in timber has beaten the stock market by 4 percentage points from 1973-2003.
There are several advantages of investing in timber:
- Timber is uncorrelated to stocks
- The price of timber has consistently beaten inflation by 3.3% over the past decades
- Unlike other commodities, trees grow every year by 4% - 10% and as they age their wood becomes more valuable
- Even if prices decline, you can decide not to cut your trees in a given period. Your trees would be growing no matter what you decide to do with them.
- You get certain tax breaks – your profit is taxed as a capital gain. On top of that, as timber is cut, another tax break called a depletion allowance kicks in.
- You could invest in timber REIT's, like PCL and RYN, which are publicly traded on NYSE
- The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations forecasts that world demand for wood will nearly double by the middle of this century.
- The USDA-Forest Service projects that demand for U.S. forest products will reach 25 billion cubic feet annually by 2050, up from nearly 18 billion in the 1990s.
There are several disadvantages of investing in timber as well though
- Most direct timber investment is limited to wealthy individuals who can chip in at least $1,000,000 to $5,000,000.
- Timber Investment Management Organizations typically require a ten year lock up period to their investors
- Timber Investment Management Organizations typically charge hedge fund like fees of 1% on all the assets invested plus 20% of the annual profits. It seems like you do need some managing of your forests in order to maintain them.
- Trees could be subject to fires. 0.5% of all trees suffer from this
- Trees could suffer from disease's, so one should spread their timberland holdings across the globe
- Timber investments have soared form 1 billion in 1989 to more than 20 billion by 2005. Seems like the market is getting crowded.
- Even though timber investments have provided investors with 22% annual returns on average form 1987-1996, the returns have dropped to 8 % over the past decade
- Demand for timber is subject to cyclical swings in the economy. If housing starts plummet or manufacturers need less cardboard, then prices could plummet.
You could find more information about investing in timber under the following links below:
Investment University , Financial Planning , MSNBC, Tropical Hardwoods( I am not sure if this last link is the real deal or not, so please use with caution)
My financial resources are still less than 1 to 5 million in order to invest directly in timber. For diversification purposes though, I am considering investing in RYN or PCL. Stay tuned for my analysis of these two companies.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Alternative Streams of Income
I am always looking for ways to increase my income. I have a good paying job, which required me to work hard at school and spend several years of my life learning to juggle multiple activities successfully. I like my job but I think that I could always do better money wise. There's always the possibility that I could be laid off because the company is not doing ok, or because I do a lousy job and thus my main source of income would be cut off. In order to avoid this, I think that I should have multiple income streams that would make me relatively independent in the extreme case that one of them dries up. I was brainstorming and I came up with several alternatives. They are not ranked by importance, and the ranking is not representative of their relative importance.
1 .Prosper/Lending Club lending and referrals
I have already started experimenting with peer to peer lending on Prosper and Lending Club. I am looking to lend money to people with the best credit ratings possible, who are homeowners, and have a low debt to income ratio and who have a full-time job. In addition to that I would only lend to people who have a credible reason for getting credit. I would not lend to someone who says that they want to re-invest in prosper or a triple A borrower who wants to consolidate credit cards by applying for a 20% loan. Since I am looking for the safest, highest rated borrowers possible, I think that my returns would be somewhere close to 8-10% annually. I am aiming to refer more people to Prosper or Lending Club; I would receive a $25 dollar sign-up bonus for every lender or borrower that I refer. In addition, once the lenders that I refer bid on loans, they would automatically receive a $25 dollar bonus as well. If you have never signed up for those and you are exploring the opportunity for higher returns on your money than a bank deposit, there is a link to the right for applying at Prosper as a lender. If you need a referral for lending club, e-mail me at email@example.com
2. Credit Card Arbitrage
Another way of creating passive income is by applying for no interest, no balance transfer fees credit cards, getting a check against your available balance and then putting it in a CD or high-yield savings account. This was a nice way to generate some extra income when the interest rates were going up. As the interest rates are dropping across the board, this strategy is losing its appeal. The main drawbacks were that in order to make $1000 with a 5% CD or savings account, you had to have a credit card balance of about $20,000. Credit card companies do not offer high credit limits like that on newly minted credit card holders. But if you open several credit cards at once, you might be able to pull this through. Another negative from this strategy is that your credit score would be negatively affected because you have high credit card utilization ratio.
3. Interest on CD's, savings,
Putting your money in a CD or a high-yield checking account is the safest way possible to generate passive income. The money that you deposited is FDIC insured up to $100,000 for taxable accounts and up to $200,000 for IRA's. You could buy CD's with varying maturities ranging form 7 days do 20 years. Your interest rate is fixed and you could choose to compound the payments back into the CD or simply spend it. The only drawback is that during a high-inflationary environment your long-term fixed income instruments would lose purchasing value very fast. You could also buy bonds, which are not FDIC insured and which carry a higher risk, but also a higher yield. Fixed income is taxed as ordinary income; if you are in the 35% tax bracket, even a 5% yield means that you effectively make only a 3.25% after tax return. Check out the Best CD Rates from BloggingBanls.
4. Stock dividends
This is (or will be) my bread and butter passive income source. I am projecting to earn about $900 - $1000 from dividends this year. My passive income from dividends should reach easily about $ 8000 annually by 2014. I could argue that stocks that have a history of paying regular dividends offer the best real return on investment possibilities out there. I am focusing this blog mainly on stocks that tend to increase their dividend payments every year which is a good inflation hedge for ones dividend income. Even if the company doesn't increase the dividend every year, but never cuts it and can achieve average dividend growth over time I would still consider it a good source of passive income. Basically once you buy a dividend aristocrat, you get paid four times a year. In addition to that you are rewarded for your smart investment with a raise year after year. Your income has a preferential tax treatment. You can reinvest your profits back into company stock, thus taking advantage of the power of compounding and the power of dollar cost averaging. You could do even better by spreading your risk across different sectors or even buying one of the many dividend etf's out there. Stocks typically outperform most other instruments over the long run. They provide good long-term returns and are the best hedge against inflation. Dividend aristocrats have outperformed most stocks over the past 18 years. So basically you are getting the best of both worlds. Even if stock prices stay low for years, dividend investors still get paid in the form of dividends. They can choose to buy more stock at depressed levels or spend the money. I believe dividend stocks to be the perfect source of truly passive income. Once you set up your portfolio of 20-30 dividend achievers and make sure that dividends are automatically reinvested, you can go live in a desert island for 20-30-40 years. Come back and you will be positively surprised by the amount of money you have.
5 .Employer stock participation plan and 401K matching contributions.
Most people are not aware of it, but many companies offer their employee's employer stock purchase plans. Workers have a certain percentage of their paycheck deducted and invested into company stock. The best part is that company stock is purchased at a discount, which typically ranges around 10-15% of current market prices without paying any commissions. Some plans have minimum holding periods although most don't have any. If it doesn't one could simply invest the maximum portion of their paycheck into company stock, and then sell it on the open market, thus realizing a risk-free gain.
Another way to get free money or a passive income stream is if your employer provides matching 401k contributions. Typically employers match 100% of the first 3%-6% of employee's contribution into their retirement accounts. If you make $50,000 per year and you contribute 5% of your pre-tax pay that is matched at 100% from your employer, you are not only getting $2,500 in free money from your employer, but you are also saving a ton of taxes.
6. Signing up for bank bonuses through opening checking/savings accounts
I have signed up for several bank accounts over the past year, making some easy dollars. This strategy would not make you a ton of money, but it is also relatively risk free. One could make anything from 25 to 200 dollars for opening a checking/savings account. You should always read the fine print though, because you don't want your bonus being eaten from commissions, charges and other things like that. Unless the new account offers you something much better than the checking/savings account that you have been previously used for years, I would close it after six months to a year.
7. Income from blogging.
My e-mail is constantly bombarded with advertisements guaranteeing $100 dollar per day income from ad sense systems. I am not going to lie – I think that blogging is a nice way to make a couple of bucks per day and there are people who can do it full-time and make thousands per month. But your income form blogging should be diversified as well into different advertising venues like ad sense, bidvertiser and many other programs out there. Since the inception of this site, I have averaged 80 visitors per day, making around $1 daily from advertising.
8. Filling online surveys
This is yet another way of making money online. You look for surveys which you qualify for, and earn money. Just like any other form of making money online, you earn most money through referring others. If you are interested in filing online surveys, you can register for inboxdollars.
9.Rental Properties
Another form of passive income could be obtained from renting out properties to tenants. Lots of people rent because they are unsure about their lives in the short-term, can't afford to buy a house or for any other reason. Some landlords hire a manager to manage the day to day operations of the properties. But if your property company is on a scale that cannot support hiring a property manager, then you most probably have another full time job on your hands. One can make money from rental properties but there are a lot of things that will need to be fixed or replaced. It all depends on what your tenants are and what type of people they are. If the cash inflow from your rental property (rent payments, tax breaks, depreciation tax breaks) meets or exceeds the cash outflows to the rental property (mortgage payments, fixing stuff, property taxes, manager salary) you will have achieved alternative source of income. Another nice part about owning real estate is that you can put no money down, and borrow the entire amount to buy your rental properties from the bank, assuming that you can afford it even if you don't find tenants at all.
10. Investing in Timber
I have recently stumbled upon several websites which discuss investing in timber as an alternative investment class. I have no idea how to invest in trees, and do not know how credible these sources are. However I do know that some major college endowment funds have been invested in "hard assets" such as timber. You might want to check it for yourself, but planting a tree, not doing any significant work and harvesting it in 20-25 years for a 12% annualized gain sounds like a nice long-term investment to me. I would try to make an analysis of investments in timber over the next couple of weeks. in order to determine the pros and cons of this strategy as well as find out the best way to implement it.
11.Have a part-time consulting job with flexible hours
One could always trade their free time after work for a part-time job with flexible hours. Since I am an accountant by education, I could easily file people's taxes during busy season. I would interact with others, try to outsmart the taxman by looking for any deductions that my client is eligible for and most importantly see how much money my clients are making.
Those are the /alternative passive income streams for which I have thought of about implementing/ or implemented. They are in no way representative of all the possible income streams out there. If done improperly though, I am sure that they can become alternative sources of outflows. So always do your own risk assessment before dedicating your time to any business activity.
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- Dividend Aristocrats List for 2009
- Dividend Aristocrats
- Best Dividends Stocks for the Long Run
- Best High Yield Dividend Stocks for 2009
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Gilbert Highland had a strong showing Saturday afternoon against Anthem Boulder Creek, winning 4-1 in a Division I girls soccer quarterfinal.
Highland's strong group of seniors led the way, with captains Ashley Hatch and Jaden DeGracie at the forefront. Hatch had a goal and an assist while DeGracie had one assist and opened the door for other chances off her long throw-ins.
"The seniors really knew how to step it up," Highland coach John Berzins said. "We have 13 seniors that have been unbelievable this year."
Senior midfielder Paige Morris got the game's scoring under way, heading in an inbounds toss from DeGracie with just less than 12 minutes left in the first half. Though that was the only goal in the first 40 minutes, the second half was filled with action.
Highland got its second goal five minutes into the second half following a beautiful cross by senior Brena Jarvis that found Hatch in the box.
Boulder Creek sophomore Natalie Stephens answered with a header of her own 15 minutes later to bring the score to 2-1.
Just one minute after Boulder Creek's goal, mayhem ensued following a Highland corner kick that, after bouncing off several players, was called a goal, despite Boulder Creek keeper Meghan Strang's insistence the ball never crossed the line.
Strang, a junior, was shown a red card for her protest much to the dismay of the Boulder Creek sideline. Down a player, Boulder Creek couldn't muster much of a comeback and Highland added one more score with six minutes remaining to reach the final score of 4-1.
Though Boulder Creek's season is over, coach Natalie Schmidtke remained positive after the team's successful season as it finished 18-2-2 on the year.
"I think we have a phenomenal squad," Schmidtke said. "We're very young, and we're going to come back next year and we're going to come out swinging."
Highland moves on to face Phoenix Desert Vista on Wednesday, a rematch DeGracie has been looking forward to.
"This is what the extra sprints and workouts — the blood and the sweat — this is what it's about," DeGracie said.

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Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite.
In the meantime: Is this a movie you'd want to see? Tell us in the comments.
Tweetable Logline: Renowned contemporary artist Gary Baseman uncovers the heroic stories of his parents' and others' during the dark time of the Holocaust.
Elevator Pitch: By traveling to current-day Ukraine, Gary hopes to educate future generations about the Holocaust through his art and dream-reality. The documentary will follow Gary as he travels from his hometown in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles deep into the forests of current-day Ukraine, where he will collaborate with local artists in his father's hometown and create an installation that will pay tribute to the memories of all those who endured the Holocaust. This project is supported by the the Sundance Institute and the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust.
Production Team:
David Charles - Director
Lanette Philips - Producer
Michael Pierce - Co-Producer
Francis Pollara - Co-Producer
Jon Kean - Co-Executive Producer / Lead Research
Vasco Nunes - Cinematographer
Scott Hackwith - Composer
Jonathan Sudbury - Trailer Editor
About the film: After traveling to his parent's hometown in Ukraine in 2012, Gary discovered a secret that would forever change his life and art. A yizkor book from the village of Berezne describing the heroic actions of Gary's father who escaped the invasion by Nazi soldiers. Ben Baseman fought as a partisan for the next four years in the woods of Poland, now Ukraine. Gary realized how little he knew of the stories his family protected him from and finds himself now the keeper of these stories. Through dynamic and poetic storytelling, he wishes to share their tale of resilience and love.
Current Status: Fundraising.
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I've been thinking a lot about what commenters sam and Skada said in the comments thread on my post 90 Minutes I'll Never Get Back. Skada remarked: There is soooo much pressure to accommodate men instead of voicing our own opinions. I really wish, ten years ago, I would've had more exposure to posts like this that show a confident, assertive woman turning down a guy.
To me, this is one of the biggest everyday problems facing hetero women when we date. We're supposed to make guys like us, and think there's something wrong with us if we don't. We're taught that turning down male attention—even unwanted attention!—is picky, rude or bitchy. I wrote a post about this years ago called A Very Disturbing Conversation, in which I described this phenomenon in its worst possible manifestation: a good friend was damn near sexually assaulted by a grope-happy date, but felt she couldn't tell him to take his hands hands off her because "I didn't want him to think I was a bitch." That conversation made me SO angry—clearly this very successful 40 year old woman had been brainwashed into thinking that incurring a man's disapproval was worse than being sexually assaulted. It's why I started writing posts with the Be A Bitch tag; there are times when being assertive or standing up for yourself will get you called a bitch, but those are usually EXACTLY the times when you most need to do it!
That is probably the single most important part of my feminist practice: fighting back against the way society tells me that I'm bitchy or slutty or "have an attitude" for doing the things men take for granted: standing up for myself, enjoying my sexuality, saying no to whatever makes me uncomfortable or unhappy. I refuse to give in to pressure to be passive and pleasing and say yes when I really want to say no simply because society conditions me to do so and threatens me with disapproval if I don't toe the line.
Which brings us to my aspirational spirit animal, the African honey badger. As Randall tells us, they're pretty badass. They eats what they want. They're fearless. They kills poisonous snakes. They gets stung by bees and don't give a shit. That's what I want for all women. To go through life not giving a shit, chasing down our natural enemies and occasionally biting the head off the snake of harassment and chauvinism (SUCH a bad metaphor, I know!).
I've told plenty of stories here about how I try to live out a honey badger-like feminism. I'd like to hear yours and I think other commenters do, too. So whether they're stories about dating and relationships or family, work, activism or any other aspect of your life—tell us! Leave them in the comments. Or if they're on the longer side, e-mail them to me at firstname.lastname@example.com and we'll feature them in a guest post.
If you need to be re-inspired (or missed the meme the first time around) here's Randall narrating the story of our mascot:


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[This guest post comes from Margaret Barton-Ross, a volunteer cook at Camp Ten Trees in the Pacific Northwest. Please make her feel welcome and spread the word about this great camp for LGBT families.]
It had never been my lifelong dream to cook in a summer camp, but after my daughter spent several summers volunteering her time to cook for the two week program known as Camp Ten Trees, I began to think it would be an interesting thing to do. And it had been a long time dream of mine to "drive" an industrial size Hobart mixer.
Camp Ten Trees has that very mixer in its kitchen. In August of 2008, I realized my dream of driving the mixer and was part of the kitchen staff at Camp Ten Trees.
I have long been a supporter of this non profit camp located in northwestern Washington. Camps tend to be special places to those who attend them. Camp Ten Trees has become much more than that for many of the campers who return year after year. The camp strives to develop "a camp community that honors creativity, individual choice, and community living."
This camp exists to provide a safe environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LBTGQ) youth and their allies and for children of LBTGQ families. Camp Ten Trees has become home for these children and youth. Many of them say they spend fifty one weeks a year in the world, waiting for one week in the summer when they get to come home. For them, camp is home because they are safe and, after all, isn't that what a home should be?


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Mood: sweet, playful
Palette: bright white and cheerful pastels
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Top row from left: glassine and confetti save-the-date by Lisa Rupp for Creature Comforts, photo of room full of balloons by Brittany Esther via Green Wedding Shoes, multi-colored poppy bouquet from Wedding Style Guide
Row 2: cake table with balloons by Amy Atlas, mixed cakes by Jordan Ferney for Project Wedding, "Elope" dress by Sarah Seven
Row 3: DIY party hats by Oh Happy Day, plastic toy lion with party hat from You Are My Fave, ice cream cones from Ici Ice Cream
It's been THREE YEARS since I last posted a series of budget-friendly inspiration boards – how did that happen?! Needless to say, I thought it was high time to bring them back!
When I was imagining this cake and ice cream inspiration board, I couldn't help but think of my friend Jordan over at Oh Happy Day, who is always creating and posting the most cheerful and charming parties and ideas – lots of the ideas for this board came directly from her posts, hence the name of this cake-and-ice-cream wedding board! Also, my birthday was yesterday, so I have cake and ice cream on the brain.
The Idea: It might seem odd to take inspiration from a child's birthday party for a wedding, but in my mind, nothing says happy like cake and balloons (ice cream cones and party hats don't hurt either)! One of the biggest expenses in any wedding budget is food, so this twist on the traditional cake and punch reception is a great way to save.
The Paper: Get your guests in the mood to celebrate with a confetti save-the-date. Print information directly on a translucent vellum envelope ($15 for 100 here), and fill it with multi-colored paper circles in various shapes (punches available at Paper Source and Michael's).
The Fashion: It's a party, so naturally you'll want to wear a sassy party dress! A short dress is likely to cost less than longer bridal options – this polka dotted number by Sarah Seven is $770 – and since they don't scream bridal, you might even be able to wear it again.
The Decor: Fill the entire room with balloons to create a big impact for low cost. To keep the look sweet, but not cheesy, stick with one pale color, or even all white. En masse, something as simple as balloons can look sophisticated or even expensive, like in this Martha Stewart Weddings story.
The Flowers: Bridal and bridesmaid bouquets do double duty when placed in vases on the cake table. Here I've imagined cheerful poppies, but any flowers in the appropriate color scheme will be lovely and allow you to save on floral decorations.
The Food: Save money by skipping a full meal, like Ashley and Dusty did. Hold the reception at a time of day that allows guests to eat beforehand or in between the ceremony and reception. You can offer savory snacks, too, if you like, but it's perfectly okay to serve just cake, ice cream, and soft drinks as long as it's clear on your invitations – you don't want guests to arrive expecting to eat lunch or dinner. Worried it won't seem special enough? Set up a pretty display table for the cake or cakes, and find out if your local ice cream shop has a cute catering cart available to rent.
Other Details: How adorable is this little plastic lion with the party hat? (Yet another cute idea seen on Oh Happy Day.) You can spray paint the animals so they're all one color, or leave them as they are, then tape tiny party hats on them. As with the balloons, a simple item that's elevated to something special and unexpected when used en masse. And of course if the toy animals have party hats, shouldn't the guests have them too? Decorate simple party hats with tissue paper flowers and fringe like Jordan did in this DIY project (you can make the hats yourself, or buy them for pretty cheap from party supply stores).
Would you have a cake and ice cream wedding reception with balloons and party hats? I say why not! See all of my previous budget-friendly inspiration boards right here, and check back in all week and next for more budget friendly ideas.
If you like this budget-friendly inspiration board, you might also like:
Board #188: Cake & Punch
Board #274: Playful!
Board #283: Tea Party
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omg, that photo of the couple with all the balloons is adorable!
Kelly Oshiro /
love the playful vibe!!!
Maggie @ Best Wedding Destinations /
Love the picture of the cakes! It's fun and festive. Must agree though the couple with the balloons… Beautiful!
Shana /
Beautiful and fun!
Tim Duncan /
Love love love this board!
Rhianna A /
Thanks for sharing this, super cute and gives me inspiration for my wedding :) I'm on a super tight budget and plan on crafting most of the things myself. I going with a winter wonderland themed wedding and found these awesome Stardream envelopes http://www.jampaper.com/Envelopes/StardreamMetallicEnvelopesPaper what do you think,? I didn't want to have translucent because of the information we are sending in the mail. I felt like you would be able to see through it too much.
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The Centre, The Rolla Chamber of Commerce and Brewer Science Host Rolla Area Volunteer Fair
Sep 19, 2005
The Centre was the site for the second Rolla Area Volunteer Fair held on August 25, 2005, from 2 PM to 6 PM. During that time those interested in local volunteer opportunities were able to visit with nearly forty local participating volunteer groups and organizations. Representatives from the volunteer organizations were available to answer questions regarding each organization and its needs. Approximately 300 visitors used the opportunity to view exhibits and to learn about the various volunteer needs in our community. Fraternities and sororities from the University of Missouri-Rolla campus also took advantage of the event to help determine future projects.
The Red Cross, The Rolla Area Chamber of Commerce, The Centre and Brewer Science donated attendance prizes for the event. Brewer Science and The Centre provided refreshments during the fair. This event is one example of business and the community working together to provide information and create awareness.
Brewer Science, The Centre and The Rolla Area Chamber of Commerce would like to thank the community for its strong support of this event. We are pleased and grateful because many of the participating organizations immediately acquired new volunteers.


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Hey guys, as some of you may know, the Philippines doesn't use the K12 standard that is used in most of the world… Until now. Until now Filipino kids have only attended 10 years of basic education instead of 12. But, the Philippines is improving it's educational system. Of course I'm not affected by it, since next year school year is my Senior year (finally). At my school they are already starting construction of an expansion building for the extra year levels it will bring.
It's been said for months that the Philippines would have a K12 education, and now it's great that they finally have progress on that, even though the new buildings might take some time (Our school also has a lot of other projects like a new swimming pool, so it may take longer than expected), I think that the Philippines is taking a step in the good direction with implementing K12 because it can help in the progress that the Philippines is trying to be a better country.
There are, of course, problems with this. My first concern, which is not really related, is that at our school, the road where they are making the buildings is very small, and by adding buildings, more vehicles will go through it, so it will be more congested, so hopefully they will improve traffic flow, and put more parking spaces (the reason why it is congested now is because people always park at the side of the road). Another is that since the buildings are separated from the rest, I would think that classes would have to go to the main campus, and therefore cross the street, in order to go to, say, the audio visual rooms, or I.T. labs, so hopefully they have something up their sleeves to fix this problem (maybe they would build more in the new buildings). Another small problem is that by separating these students, they don't really socialize with the rest of the school, so that's a bit of a problem. Also another problem would be that it would be confusing for parents to know where to go, whether it's in this building or that, or for parents to know where to pay the fees they need to pay if they are in the new building (considering they don't make a new cashier in the new buildings). But even though it has some problems, it is still good that they are implementing K12, nonetheless.
Hopefully when they planned the buildings, they thought of the problems first, but only time will tell on that. And if they somehow don't think of these problems, well the students of the new grades might have a harder time than the other students.
I am really glad to hear that the Philippines is improving with each day that passes. Implementing K12 is just another way to improve the country, so that future generations will be more responsible, and intelligent, and then they (or I should probably say we) would be the leaders that in-turn improve our country.
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"I want to know why Cal had glowing brakes and Dovi didn't?"
Dovi did, it's the camera angle that didn't show them at their hottest. The disc dim in less than a second so by the time we get a good look at Dovi's bike his discs have cooled. Sometime about half distance you can see them as bright as Cals.


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There's a member got a nice set of Deep V's in the Marketplace, hand built by Peter White. Just passing it along where it might do the most good.
Let's try to keep this thread going, by the way. As you find a CLydeworthy deal, feel free to post it. Don't post your own stuff, though. Thanks.


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Cranky's thread about his family ride reminded me that I haven't done a breakfast ride in quite a long time. This morning Mrs. Grouch had a conflicting activity so I decided to do one by myself.
I left at about 7:15 and rode roughly 18 miles, mostly on the KATY Trail. No photo, just imagine a long tunnel through trees arching over your head. If you look up "serene" in the dictionary, it might have a photo of the KATY trail that was taken at about 7:30 on a sunny morning.
I don't know the actual name of the breakfast place. The locals refer to it as "the biker bar". By the time that I left there were 6 Harleys parked out front. I didn't know Harley riders could get up that early. Breakfast was typical small town cafe fare - eggs; bacon, ham or sausage; hash browns or cottage fried potatoes; and toast. Nothing to write home about, nothing to complain about unless you're a grits eater. No grits - Defiance, Missouri is north of the grits line.
Back home before 11:00. All-in-all a good experience. Mrs. Grouch says she wants to go with me next week.


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Profits may not be rising at a particularly fast clip but operating cash flows for a clutch of Indias top companies have seen a robust pick-up over the last couple of years, reports Nitin Shrivastava in Mumbai. For a sample of 251 companies, these rose by a third last year helped by efficient operations and a drop in working capital. Heavyweights Reliance Industries, Tata Motors, Bharti Airtel, TCS, Coal India and Tata Steel contributed nearly 60% to the jump.
Consequently, aggregate free cash flows too increased by 81% y-o-y to probably a six-year high despite spends on capex at a strong R2.88 lakh crore. The rise in net cash flows from operations which indicates a companys ability to generate sufficient funds to grow the business and rely less on borrowings was supported by a sharp reduction in working capital for some of the oil and gas firms and auto makers apart from a good performance by telcos and export-oriented firms.
A sterling show by overseas subsidiary JLR helped Tata Motors improve cash flows by nearly R14,000 crore to R36,151 crore while Tata Steel too reported a nearly 200bps improvement in operating margins helping it to report R13,145 crore of net operating cash flows. Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular too turned in better numbers reporting net cash flows of R26,025 crore and R8,219 crore, respectively.


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Mango Season in Hawaii
There is nothing like mangoes when they are in season in Hawaii. When the trees are loaded with mangoes, it's a great time to start asking your friends if you can pick some or find some of the wild trees in secret spots that give the juiciest mangoes all for the taking.
Surprisingly mangoes in East Hawaii are not as successfully grown compared to the west side of the island which has perfect sunny weather unlike the wetter side of the island. The dry west side fosters larger, delicious fruit and better volumes for sale at various markets. Mango season usually starts seeing fruits at the farmers markets or local fruit stand from June until October timeframe with the peak occurring towards the earlier part of the season.
Some interesting mango trivia for you to ponder:
From its first flowering to maturity it takes over four to five months to full maturity and only one percent of the fruit ever make it to full maturity.
The mango is known as the 'king' of fruit and its name came from the Tamil word 'mangkay' which the Portuguese traders then adopted to the word 'manga'
Did you know that fresh mangoes are eaten every day all around the world than any other fruit?
The mango is a member of the Anachardiaceae family which include plant relatives including the cashew, pistachio, Jamaica plum, and the very toxic poison ivy and poison oak. The sap from mangoes create different irritating to toxic reactions to many people.
Mangoes are bursting with protective nutrients. The vitamin content depends upon the variety and maturity of the fruit, when the mango is green the amount of vitamin C is higher, as it ripens the amount of beta carotene (vitamin A) increases.
- Mango season in Hawaii
Mango Festival in Hawaii
In Hawaii, over 60 varieties of mangoes grow well on all the islands. During the height of mango madness in Hawaii, we celebrate the mango fruit with different festivals throughout the islands to usher in the season. On Hawaii Island the biggest festival occurs in West Hawaii at the Sheraton hotel this Saturday July 20th.There are a variety of mango presentations, samples and amateur mango competitions with recipes available on the winning entries. It's fun to see how mangoes will be presented into sweet or savory dishes for the competition. Mark your calendars for this fun family event, it will be a delicious day with fresh mangoes in season so go out there and enjoy some mangoes.
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Partners get cash for migrating SME accounts
Verio Restarts Incentive PlanVerio last week reactivated an incentive plan designed to give certain partners in its viaVerio channel program cash incentives to streamline their accounts.
PartnerWorld Buzz: New IGS incentives, ISV programs tie into IBM's vision
On-Demand EraIBM is stepping up its on-demand drumbeat at PartnerWorld this week with a host of announcements including a big boost in financial incentives to resell IBM Global Services managed hosting and a major new ISV initiative.
Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services Poised For The EnterpriseMicrosoft has taken reporting to a new level with the new SQL Server 2000 Reporting Services. It is a true enterprise reporting server since it integrates with SQL Server 2000 Enterprise and supports Web farm configurations and multiple CPU processing.
Logitech Premium Desktop OpticalSold in bulk exclusively through the channel, Logitech's Premium Desktop Optical is well suited for the security-minded enterprise. While the wireless mouse provides ergonomic freedom of motion, the wired keyboard prevents interception of passwords and other sensitive data that would be transmitted by a wireless alternative. It also prevents the less-likely keyboard spoofing to break into sensitive systems.
Windows XP Reloaded May Debut Before LonghornMicrosoft plans to release significant enhancements to Windows XP after Service Pack 2 and before Longhorn as part of a project known as Windows XP Reloaded.
Patient Safety Drives Health-care IT SpendingReducing medical errors will be the key driver of IT spending during the next two years, according to CIOs of the nation's largest health-care providers.
Why Newt Gingrich Believes National Health Records Are Coming SoonAs lawmakers in Washington, D.C., deliberate reforms to the United States health-care system, the outcomes of the political debate will clearly impact IT spending from the largest hospitals to local physicians.
IBM's Channel ChallengeWhen more than 3,000 IBM loyalists descend on Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino for IBM's PartnerWorld, which began on Feb. 29, they'll have a lot of decisions to make. The issue resonating loudest in their heads will be IBM's claim that e-business on demand will rock their worlds and pay for their retirements. You read in our previous story that IBM chairman Sam Palmisano calls "on demand" nothing less than an "industry shift." Many partners will be wondering whether or not that's true.
Making IBM a Gentler Giant
Interview With IBM Chairman and CEO, Sam Palmisano, Part TwoSmall in services? Didn't IBM Global Services produced some $42.6 billion in sales last year?
IBM Faces Birth-Defect Lawsuit After Decisive Win In Cancer CaseBolstered by a decisive victory over two employees who claimed IBM's workplace toxins caused cancer, attorneys for Big Blue expressed confidence in their defense of the technology giant against upcoming legal attacks, including a $100 million birth-defect lawsuit.
Famous Dropout Drops In At HarvardWhen Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard University in 1977, his computer science professors were none too pleased that he was using the university's computers for his own commercial gain.
Gates Is Still World's RichestMicrosoft chairman and co-founder Bill Gates remains atop Forbes magazine's annual list of the world's richest people, and the founders of the Google search engine joined him on this year's list of billionaires.
Oracle Vows To Fight DOJ PeopleSoft DecisionOracle vowed to vigorously challenge the Justice Department's lawsuit to block its hostile bid to take over PeopleSoft.
TechWatch: Pocomail; Clipdrive; MigoWelcome to our roundup of portable products, tailored for those on the go who need to take their data with them but don't want to lug their laptops. Got other tiny ideas? Send them my way at email@example.com.
The Webalizer is feature-rich
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Here's what you need to get the job done
How To Build a Better Web ServerWhat should you focus on when building a Web server? In one word: uptime. Nothing turns visitors off to your clients' Web sites more than downtime. Focus on top-quality parts (within your budget, of course), resiliency and redundancy where it will do the most good. Here's what you'll need.
An open-management style proves to be a powerful motivator
How to Win Employee MindshareThe way Tim Ancona tells it, there were two pivotal moments for his solution-provider company. The first came in 2000 when Ancona founded Rockford, Ill.-based Ticomix--and that itself almost didn't happen.
Playing the GameHere are a few tips from The Great Game of Business, Jack Stack's resonant 1992 book, which shows how to improve a business' bottom line and make it a more enjoyable and functional environment.
Both parties have plenty to gain from the deal
Sprint Goes the Distance With Big BlueWhile IBM scored last month when it bagged Sprint as a customer for a multibillion-dollar IT and business-process reengineering engagement, there is more to this deal than meets the eye. If the five-year partnership succeeds, it could have broad implications for both companies on several fronts. Sprint's track record in customer service is spotty, while IBM is staking its future on helping companies transform themselves through "business-transformation outsourcing" (BTO).


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Overcoming the stigma of being too hardcore and too sympathetic to financial world assholes, "The Wolf Of Wall Street" still wound up with five Oscar nominations in major categories (Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director and Best Picture). Of course, it went home empty handed, but now that we're a few months away from the hype, here's a fun way to revisit the flick.
Screen Junkies has unleashed yet another Honest Trailer, this time pointing the zingers at Martin Scorsese's flick. And mostly, the spot points out the ridiculous excess of the movie, the array of Scorsese trademarks the film includes in its lengthy 3-hour runtime, the numerous cameos by directors, and the fact that despite a lot of yelling, Leonardo DiCaprio is still without an Oscar. And oh yeah, the movie makes quaaludes look really, really fun. Whether you like the movie or are a bit more ambivalent, this is a good bit of fun, so watch below.


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SEC announces schedule for Civil bodies
March 10, 2014 - Hyderabad
Speaking to media on Monday, SEO Ramakanth Reddy released the schedule for ZPTC, MPTC elections.
Ramakanath Reddy alleged that there was a pressure on the district administration for conduct of all elections at nearer time due to the wrong decision of the previous governments.
Had they given the reservation process earlier, the burden should have been avoided. He expressed his dissatisfaction over the delay. He said that the SEC has time and again asked the government to conduct the elections. He said that the elections will be conducted on party symbols.
Important Dates
- March 17 to 20 - Notification will be accepted
- March 21 - Withdrawal of nominations if any
- March 24 - Withdrawal of nominations
- April 6 - Polling
- April 7 - Re-poll if necessary
- April 8 - Counting would be taken place
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Becoming fiction
Movies | Jane Austen flick makes fans want more of . . . her novels
Anne Hathaway is a nice Catholic girl from Brooklyn, not an austere English beauty, and Becoming Jane is a careful travestying of Pride and Prejudice, not an accurate biopic.
Director Julian Jarrold cut his demure period drama from the same cloth, possibly with the same pair of scissors, as 2005's big-screen adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and 1996's Emma. The film's conceit, which it disguises as fact, is that Jane Austen could have culled her books from the events of her life. I walked away ashamed that I knew so little about Austen, and resolved to find out more.
Let the record show the pedant triumphant: I did not know about these events because they did not, in fact, happen. She did not plan to elope with a young Bingleyish man named Tom Lefroy (James McAvoy); she did not have a suitor who lived under the thumb of his evil dowager mother; and she did not use a fountain pen.
The best parts of the movie come when Jane and Tom are off in the woods together and there is some chemistry allowed between the two actors. Hathaway plays Jane with authority, but she has a flirtatious quality that she can't quite manage to tamp into Regency-era bossiness or boring good sense. She seems genuinely charmed by McAvoy, who was only a journeyman seducer when we saw him as Tumnus the faun in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
One of the joys of period drama, at least if it's Victorian or earlier, is that the unmarried characters usually don't have sex, forcing all the welcome excruciations of forbidden love on the actors and the audience. Will Jane and Tom see one another again? Will they be alone? Will it be for long?
The story's resolution makes me want to do nothing so much as recommend other movies (Ang Lee's Sense and Sensibility, Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence), but the two leads save the film from becoming a chore to watch. The rating is a mild PG (there are two scenes of Tom bare-knuckle boxing, and we see Jane's parents in bed briefly), but there's nothing really offensive here.


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text: So my SA 1911A Champion was shooting high, having feed ramp issues, and having some extractor issues. I called Customer Service and spoke with Deb. I told her about my issue, and she quickly emailed me a shipping label/instructions, and I sent it out the next day which was Wednesday 5/24 and I received it back today 6/29. Springfield refit the slide and frame, replaced the extractor, replaced the barrel, replaced the front and rear tritium night sights (to shoot point of aim), and refinished the slide. I was SOOO happy to hear that they had done all these things to rectify my issues and under warranty at no charge to me. Except for two "problems". Well... At least one problem and one thing I may just be being anal about. 1.) The barrel they replaced is longer than the original. If I were to guess, i would say about a a quarter of an inch longer. I wasn't fond of it at first, but I was starting to get over it, and it is actually starting to grow on me. BUT I would have preferred the original "flushness" of the other barrel... 2.) The front Trijicon sight they installed is dim. So dim in fact, that my camera couldn't even pick up the little glimmer of light it put out in complete darkness. I am going to call them tomorrow morning to see what they say. I would hate to go without it again for another two weeks as it is my daily carry, but also don't want to pay $65 dollars for the local shop to do it (That's what they quoted me) if Springfield sends me a new one. If I do end up sending it in, I would like for them to flush the barrel, but my wife said that I am not dropping another dime on anything gun related for a while... so it would only happen if they covered it. What are my options here guys? Thoughts? BTW. I've included pics of said "issues" DOES THIS NEW BARREL LOOK RIGHT TO YOU? IF YOU RECEIVED THIS, WOULD YOU BE CONTENT? UPDATE: So I sent my 1911 back on Friday 6/10/11 and received a call from Megan at SA today saying my 1911 was "ready" and I will be receiving it Thursday. She told me the front sight was replaced however, the replacement barrels that SA uses are longer than the stock bull barrels. She noted that the new "longer" barrels are of higher quality and of improved performance, and pretty much saying there was nothing they could do. Maybe they were having issues with there 4" bull barrels and made modifications to address those issues. I Guess I will have to live with the new one. At this point, I just really want my 1911 back. I miss it sooooo much. I feel naked without it! I am SOMEWHAT disappointed, but glad the sight got fixed and that it will soon be on my hip again. Any thoughts/comments from you folks on their response?


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Nevermind grammar, capitalization, etc.
grandma got runover by a debt deal
walking home from our house christmas eve
you could say there's no such thing as SATAN
but as for me and grandpa
we can see
she'd been drinking too much fox news
and we begged her not to not to watch the shows
and she couldn't afford her medication
and she staggered out the door
into the snow
when we found her the Christmas morning
at the scene of the attack
she had Ayn Rand in her forehead
and Road to Serfdom books in her fanny pack
now we're all so proud of grandpa
he's been taking this so well
see him in there watching Harball
drinking beer and playing cards with cousin Nell
Public ed is on the table
and the food stamps for the poor
Shared sacrifice goes back to Aztecs
But the gods of austerity always want more
I've warned all our friends and neighbors
better watch out for yourselves
they should never give a license
to a man who bails out the banks embracing hell.


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Announcing release of Rational Rhapsody 8.0, Rhapsody Design Manager 4.0, and IBM Rational Engineering Lifecycle Manager
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Check out these four new Rational articles on developerWorks:Cut complexity in software and systems with Collaborative Design Management - New Collaborative Design Management (CDM) features that extend modeling capabilities in IBM Rational Software Architect and Rational Rhapsody help you clarify complex concepts and increase collaboration. Involve stakeholders in the design ... [ + Read more ]


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Funeral Services Set for I-55 Crash Victims
Three people killed in a crash on I-55 are being laid to rest this week.
Alea Shannon and her two young sons died after a van hit their car from behind near Litchfield on October 25. Police say the driver of the car was drunk and had either come to a complete stop or slowed down drastically in the roadway.
Shannon and her children will be remembered during a 10:00 a.m. visitation at New Life Community Church in East St. Louis this Friday. The funeral will follow at Noon.


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Top bourbon maker Beam dips into white whiskey
CLERMONT, Ky. The world's largest bourbon producer is dipping into moonshining's colorful past to create its own batches of white whiskey.
Beam Inc.'s newest spirit is called Jacob's Ghost in honor of Jacob Beam, founding distiller of its flagship Jim Beam brand. Jacob's Ghost resembles the potent concoction that flowed from the pioneering whiskey-maker's still in the 1790s or from a moonshiner's still today.
But this is no run-of-the-mill hooch brewed in the backwoods.
"We have perfected the whiskey recipe that Jacob created," said Jim Beam master distiller Fred Noe, a descendant of Jacob Beam. "Jacob's Ghost is not a moonshine."
Jacob's Ghost, made at Beam's distillery in Clermont, Ky., is an 80-proof whiskey aged at least one year in a charred, white oak barrel. Moonshine and other white whiskeys generally go right from the still and into the bottle.
Beam says the aging adds flavors from the wood that are missing in unaged whiskies and moonshines. The process also gives the product a faint yellow hue. Bourbon matures in the same type of barrels but for much longer, resulting in its caramel color and smooth, distinctive taste.
Beam, based in Deerfield, Ill., is tapping into a white whiskey category that amounts to a drop in the bucket compared with Kentucky bourbon sales. But white whiskey has started to carve out a niche, thanks to regional craft distillers producing clear whiskey.
And it could lead to some friendly arguments over who churns out the best white whiskey.
Spencer Balentine, who makes a white whiskey at Silver Trail Distillery in far western Kentucky, has sipped Jacob's Ghost.
"It's good," he said. "But it's not as good as my brand."
Beam competitor Heaven Hill Distilleries Inc., maker of Evan Williams bourbon, has had its own line of white whiskeys since 2011.
Heaven Hill spokesman Larry Kass said sales have met and in some cases surpassed expectations, but compared with its other brands, white whiskey sales have been modest. Its clear whiskeys are unaged bourbons, rye whiskey and corn whiskey.
Beam started shipping its white whiskey recently, and the product will reach liquor stores and bars nationwide in coming weeks. Beam won't reveal production levels or sales expectations, but company senior executive Rob Mason said the product has great potential.
"We believe this is going to create significant growth in the white whiskey category," he said.
Trey Earnhardt, a sales representative for a spirits distributor, said he likes the taste and versatility of Beam's white whiskey.
"It's going like crazy out in the market," he said while visiting the Beam distillery in Clermont on Friday.
Beam plans to back up the introduction with print and digital advertising, Mason said.
Beam's other bourbon brands include Maker's Mark and Knob Creek. Its broad portfolio also includes Sauza Tequila, Pinnacle Vodka, Canadian Club Whisky and Teacher's Scotch Whisky.
The rollout of Jacob's Ghost is part of an industrywide trend, as spirits-makers introduce new flavors while sparring for shelf space in bars and liquor stores.
"Unique and premium innovations are helping to drive the spirits category," said Kevin George, Beam's global chief marketing officer. "One of the growing trends we've seen is an interest in white whiskey."
White whiskey also gives Beam a new twist in the cocktails competition, a key driver of spirits sales amid a resurgence in the popularity of mixable drinks. Beam said its white whiskey is as versatile and mixable as vodka.
White whiskies long operated on the fringes of the spirits world. Last year, white whiskey sales in the U.S. surpassed $7.5 million, up more than 300 percent from the prior year, according to industry figures supplied by Beam.


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WMBD/WYZZY-TV - PEORIA, Ill. - Marcellus Sommerville is back in the 309 area code but it may not be for long.
Sommerville is in his home town helping with Shaun Livingston's "Pride of Peoria" basketball clinic at Peoria High School However, he's on the lookout for a contract that would send him overseas for a ninth consecutive year.
"It's been a great experience," said Sommerville, a former Bradley University star. "We've seen the beautiful countries, Rome, Paris -- we actually lived there. We've been to Istanbul, lived in Israel last year for a half-season. It's been quite the joyous experience."
Sommerville played in Germany this past season.
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April 30, 2011
ML Game 26
Moppert 11
Patriot 1
Moppert broke open what had been a 1-1 game, scoring three runs in the bottom of the third, four in the fourth and three more in the fifth. Ryan Colella and Michael Chang combined to strike out 8 in five innings, while only allowing four hits. Chang had three hits, while Justin Heidig, Sam Freedman, Colella and Aaron Brown each had two. Colella hit his sixth HR of the season in the first.
Max Daughtery pitched well for Patriot,
had a hit and scored a run.
Pitch Counts
Colella 48
Chang 31
Daugherty 78
B. Dunn 16
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Make Chi-Chi's At Home: Seafood Nachos and Seafood Enchiladas
Posted By melissa On 08/08/2012 @ 2:13 pm In Frugal Living | 9 Comments
Before the lowly green onion led to a Hepatitis A outbreak [3] that eventually led Chi-Chi's to file for bankruptcy in 2004, Chi-Chi's was my favorite Mexican restaurant. I ate there at least once a week and always ordered one of two dishes: Seafood Nachos or Seafood Enchiladas.
When they filed bankruptcy and closed their doors, I went through serious Chi-Chi's withdrawl. However, over the next few years, I altered some recipes to come up with my own version of these two dishes at home. They tasted just as good as the meals served at Chi-Chi's, and best of all, I could feed my entire family of 5 the mock meal for the same price I had paid for one entree at Chi-Chi's.
Whether or not you visited Chi-Chi's before, these are two recipes you will most likely enjoy. The Seafood Nachos are an especially good appetizer for parties and potlucks.
Serves 6.
Serves 4.
(This recipe was modified from a recipe I found in Light and Tasty Magazine.)
I often save even more money by buying imitation crab meat when it is on sale and freezing the extra. Let it thaw in the refrigerator, and use in one of these recipes. I noticed no difference in taste.
Did you previously dine at Chi-Chi's? If so, what were some of your favorite meals?
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Valencia striker Roberto Soldado is confident that his side can upset the football betting odds by finishing in the Champions League places despite their current league position.
Los Che struggled throughout the early stages of the campaign and with them still languishing in mid-table during December, the board decided to sack club legend Mauricio Pellegrino after just a few months in charge.
Former Villarreal and Espanyol boss Ernesto Valverde was brought in to save their season and has done a good job so far, strengthening their defence and giving them more consistency throughout the whole side.
With seven games left, they now sit sixth in the standings, four points off the final Champions League place which is currently occupied by Philippe Montanier's exciting young Real Sociedad team.
Valencia will have the perfect chance to take points off the Basque outfit when they travel to San Sebastian at the end of the month, but before that they have an equally important clash against fifth placed Malaga on Saturday.
Soldado knows his side face a tough task to finish in the top four, but remains upbeat about their chances and is confident that they can qualify for the Champions League.
"In my head I can see Valencia in the Champions League," the striker told a Press conference. "I think we'll be in the top four.
"The team is playing well and we're working really hard. I'm sure we'll achieve our goal.
"Over the next two weeks we play two teams fighting for the same position of us. They are big games, so we can't relax. Malaga and Real Sociedad are not going to be easy matches for us – we just have to go into the games believing we can win," he added.


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Escondido council won't intervene in chief's paid leave
Escondido City Council members say it would be inappropriate for them to take a more active role in an ongoing investigation that prompted city officials to place Police Chief Jim Maher on paid leave Sept. 12.
Supporters of Maher, who held a second large rally for the chief Wednesday afternoon, have urged council members to intervene. They have speculated that the investigation is a ruse and that City Manager Clay Phillips is looking for ways to fire the chief.
But in interviews this week, council members said getting involved with the investigation would be inappropriate meddling that could affect the outcome.
"We can't try to influence the investigation or bend it in any direction," Councilman Ed Gallo said. "There are two sides to every story and it's the investigator's job to sort it out. She'll talk to everyone and figure out who's telling the truth and who's embellishing."
Councilwoman Marie Waldron agreed. "Talking to the parties involved would get us involved as council members and distort things," she said. "There is a process and we need to let the investigation happen."
Mayor Sam Abed and Councilman Mike Morasco said another reason for the council to stay on the sidelines was that Escondido has a council/manager form of government.
Under that style of government, which most cities in California use, the council only hires, fires and evaluates two employees: the city manager and the city attorney. All other employees, including the police chief, are hired, fired and evaluated by either the city manager or city attorney.
"It is the city manager's responsibility to deal with this issue," Abed said.
Morasco said he understands people are frustrated that privacy policies regarding personnel matters prevent city officials from releasing details about Maher's leave.
But he said people need to be patient, and he criticized those who have posted speculation and rumors in the online comments sections of newspaper stories and on the Facebook page "We Support Chief Jim Maher."
People have made a wide range of unsubstantiated suggestions in those places, including that Phillips became angry when Maher refused to accept a pay raise last winter, and that Maher might have had an inappropriate relationship with a female employee.
Maher has declined to discuss any possible falling out with Phillips, but his wife said during a Sept. 19 rally at City Hall that Maher's refusal to accept the pay raise created friction between the two men. Maher has denied having any inappropriate relationships with female workers.
On the Facebook page devoted to Maher, people have also complained that Phillips prohibited all police employees from showing any support for Maher.
Phillips denied those claims in a phone interview Tuesday, saying that he simply urged officers to act "professionally" during a sensitive time.
Maher agreed Tuesday that those claims were unfair. He said they probably refer to a Sept. 24 email in which police employees were told not to discuss any department business with Maher, and that they should refer Maher to the city manager's office if the chief tried to contact them.
Maher said he thought that email was appropriate.
On Tuesday, Phillips confirmed that the investigation was launched after Maher alerted Phillips that two employees in the Police Department might have engaged in improper conduct.
"The chief brought me an issue that needed to be investigated," Phillips said, adding that the investigator's work was still ongoing and that more interviews must be conducted.
Phillips declined to comment on speculation that there had been friction between him and the chief, but said there was information he couldn't share.
"There's obviously a significant other side of this issue, but I can't talk about it," Phillips said.


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Teeing up the NRA
As the city of St. Louis rubs its collective hands together preparing to welcome what one local barkeep calls "red-blooded Americans with good American money," TTAG's gearing up to carpet bomb the NRA Annual Meeting with the kind of coverage the Armed Intelligentsia has come to know and expect. And if you can't stroll the aisles yourself, it's probably just as well. With 70,000 gun lovers in town combined with the Cardinals' season-opening series with the the small bears of the north and a couple of hockey playoff games, hotel rooms, cabs and toasted ravioli will be at a premium. But your faithful correspondents are undaunted, ready to bring you news of the industry's latest and greatest right along with the face-palmingly stupid and inane. Not to mention booth babes. Don't forget the booth babes. [ED: Nick will have other responsibilities.]15


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On Saturday, October 2, 2010, the Cumberland Wesleyan Church and Cumberland Christian School will have a booth at the Allardt Pumpkin Festival. The church will be handing out bottles of water, free of charge, and flyers. The school will be giving out balloons for the children, with the school name, and flyers.
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RLF Gets Glam for the ICRCM Gala
On Feb. 13, the International Civil Rights Center & Museum held its 50th annual Gala and Banquet at the Joseph S. Koury Convention Center in Greensboro, N.C. Two weeks after a winter storm forced the event to be postponed from its original date of Jan. 30, members of the RLF family, along with nearly 2,000 guests, gathered to honor the Greensboro Four, as well as community leaders, organizations and individuals for their civil and human rights achievements.
The gala followed on the heels of the Museum's grand opening, which took place on Feb. 1. Needless to say, this year's event was the largest in the gala's 15-year history.
The Museum recognized Julian Bond as the 2010 recipient of the Alston-Jones International Civil and Human Rights Award; radio host Tom Joyner received the Trailblazer Award. Other awards that were presented during the evening included the Unsung Hero Award, the Sit-In Heroes Award and the Community Leadership Award. Past recipients of the Alston-Jones Award were inducted into the Museum's Hall of Fame.
Guests were treated to musical selections by the Sweet Dreams Trio and recording artist David Wilson. Among the various speakers for the evening, noted Civil Rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. delivered an inspiring message personally thanking members of the Greensboro Four for their courage, character, and wisdom. He reminded each person in attendance of the work that has yet to take place in our nation and that "our struggle never stops."
All in all, the event turned out to be quite nice and RLF, like many others that evening, stepped out in style. It was impressive to see so many people come dressed in the ultimate of formal attire; the gala resembled something quite similar to a red carpet affair.
2010 has already proven to be quite the year for the International Civil Rights Center & Museum. If next year's gala is anything like this one, then I'm already looking forward to being there, dressed and ready to have a good time: Hollywood style.


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Under The Skin Goes To Craigslist For Uniquely Tempting Viral Campaign
By Nick Venable 2 years ago comments
The marketing campaign behind A24s Under the Skin has had a hard time of it, only able to rely on a subdued mix of Scarlett Johanssons sexuality and atmospheric visual oddities, as its storyline and approach dont lend themselves well to hooking huge audiences all at once. Their latest effort crosses mediums from computers to mobile phones, thanks to the clever ad above seen on Craigslist, hinting at a very peculiar kind of connection that will be made if you respond to the ad.
Under the Skin is basically about Johansson as an extraterrestrial roaming the Scottish countryside and giving men her own brand of lovemaking that they dont get to walk away from. All you have to do to follow the path to her heart (or whatever) is dial the phone number inserted into the "when is the last time you touched someone" message. Instead of some involved back-and-forth between you and a recording, this just features her dispassioned voice telling callers to "Come to me." Talk about starting a catch phase phenomenon.
The call then disconnects and a text message is sent with the website T0uch-Me.com, which has a bunch of particle pixels that all come together to form ScarJos character in her black bra. But you can manipulate the picture with the mouse pointer, and its a nice way to spend 15 seconds, though it doesnt necessarily make me any more interested in the movie than I was before.
Additionally, a slew of posters have come out over the past few days, with the following three seductive images courtesy of via IndieWire.
Another group of posters, all of which you can find at our sister site Giant Freakin Robot, also heavily promote the hashtagged "#UnderTheSkin" for social media purposes. The images are beautiful enough to serve as posters on their own, so the tag is kind of annoying, but I can deal with it.
Hitting theaters on April 4, Under the Skin has been getting extremely positive early reviews for director Jonathan Glazers unique vision and trippy take on what might not otherwise be an incoherent story. Its one of my more anticipated features of the year, and not just because ScarJo is fully in the buff for it. But thats certainly not a drawback. You can hear her talking about that aspect of the filming below.
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Is anyone else in a work environment where everyone in the office is freaking out about losing their jobs?
I guess I've lucky to be employed for the last 10 years at a place that lays off very few workers but everyone around me is all doom and gloom.
We had a TON of cutbacks and cost saving measures in our company to hopefully prevent any kinds of layoffs so everyone is pretty comfortable I think.
Originally Posted by IcSyU
We had a TON of cutbacks and cost saving measures in our company to hopefully prevent any kinds of layoffs so everyone is pretty comfortable I think.
We did too but I think people are now feeling like there is nothing else to cut but employees/
We have already had them this year :(
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin 1775
Was laid off at the beginning of October with about 10 others at my former company. Wasn't fun...but...
Came out way ahead both with the severance and new job. Just gotta know where to look for these things.
I think in the current conditions, it's natural to be nervous. It doesn't help when you're constantly hearing/reading about it either in the news or someone telling you they (or someone they know) just lost their job.
feel it here.
I had to lay off a portion of the staff in the fall.
Last edited by Palmer; 12-03-2008 at 04:30 PM.
Carrying the banner for ISU.
Nobody would dare lay me off. I am to valuable to everyone. This company would go under without me. So the other 20,000 employees better feel thankful for me.
At least that is the attitude I use to make me feel better.
Have not heard anyone mention worrying about it. Of the 400ish people in my area I only talk to about 20 so I may have a limited pool though.
TwoNine Brand
We laid off a few the other day and people here are walking on eggshells every day...
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We've had 22 people let go since September, 12 of them yesterday. Not a fun time at all.
Physical therapy is still greatly in demand. I get a job offer in the mail every other day.
I worked in an office environment of a large company that was bought by its competitor. It was a miserable experience for a full year as the integration process took place. There were "farewell" parties and drinks after work every week as people streamed out of the place. I then worked in a place that was so arbitrary and random; no one knew where they stood. I now work from home, and while I know the stress and uncertainty of the economy is certainly there, the rumors, and paranoid environment is non-existent. I can do my job without the craziness.
"Explode and tear this whole town apart
Take a knife and cut this pain from my heartFind somebody itching for something to start"
"The Promised Land" Bruce Springsteen
Originally Posted by ajk4st8
Physical therapy is still greatly in demand. I get a job offer in the mail every other day.
Heh, yeah. At long as people are walking, working and thinking they can "be like Mike", your job is safe.
So far no layoffs. The Ag industry seems to be holding on longer than others but about three weeks ago orders started to dwindle. Since I am the only salesman I will shoulder most of the blame but damn will I be a hero when the recovery hits.(if i'm still there)
The ultimate downer is when you own and operate your own company, it is losing tons of money, and you are personally liable for the company's debts.
I've been there and done that.
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The Shadow in the Darkness Jun 10 2015
Meet Joe Bollard. Joe lost his eyesight at the age of 2. In this video, he talks about his experience of being blind and the great difference having a guide dog has made in his life.
(thx, kevin)
Meet Joe Bollard. Joe lost his eyesight at the age of 2. In this video, he talks about his experience of being blind and the great difference having a guide dog has made in his life.
(thx, kevin)
Tommy Edison shows how he uses Instagram on the iPhone.
So we'll just take a picture of the crew. Why I'm holding the thing up to my face like I can look through the thing is beyond me, but here we go.
His Instagram feed is available here. (via ★precipice)
The Atlas of the United States Printed for the Use of the Blind, published in 1837 before Braille was widely used, used embossed printing of lines, words, and symbols to be finger-readable.
Without a drop of ink in the book, the text and maps in this extraordinary atlas were embossed heavy paper with letters, lines, and symbols. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first atlas produced for the blind to read without the assistance of a sighted person. Braille was invented by 1825, but was not widely used until later. It represented letters well, but could not represent shapes and cartographic features.
(via @ftrain)
Austin Seraphin, who you may remember from his review of the iPhone, recently learned how to use echolocation to navigate his physical environment in a new way.
We started out in the hallway outside of my condo. They turned an old school into lofts, so the hallways and stairwells look and sound like a school. He had me walk down the hallway without touching the walls by using echolocation. Just to make it clear: echolocation does not normally replace the use of a cane, but for this exercise I did not use a cane. I could hear the hard surfaces, and gradually the walls came into focus. I could actually do it. The walls provided the shoreline, and I could actually see them on either side and keep in the center.
I began to understand that this required a whole new way of thinking. Justin gave constant instruction to help me learn. "Scan left. Scan right. Now scan straight ahead. You have to start thinking like a sighted person." In deed, the muscles in the back of my neck would start to hurt because I did not need to move my head as much before. Now the direction of my gaze actually meant something.
We then journeyed to the stairwell. Now I would really begin to understand what thinking like a sighted person really meant. I scanned left, and saw a set of stairs going up like I had in my loft. I scanned right, and saw a set of stairs going down, which made sense. I scanned up, and saw something extend above and going back. What the hell? It took a minute to realize with Justin's help that I saw the set of steps above me on another stairway. I had never experienced that kind of vivid three dimensional emersion before. My brain flipped.
See also Daniel Kish and Ben Underwood. (via waxy)
Clinical trials are about to begin where embryonic stem cells will be injected into the eyes of people with Stargardt's macular degeneration.
Robert Lanza, the company's chief scientific officer, said that the first patient could receive the stem cell transplants early in the new year and although the trial is designed primarily to assess safety, the first signs of visual improvement may be apparent within weeks. "Talking to the clinicians, we could see something in six weeks, that's when we think we may see some improvements. It really depends on individual patients but that's a reasonable time frame when something may start to happen," Dr Lanza said.
A blind man buys an iPhone and it changes his life.
The other night, however, a very amazing thing happened. I downloaded an app called Color ID. It uses the iPhone's camera, and speaks names of colors. It must use a table, because each color has an identifier made up of 6 hexadecimal digits. This puts the total at 16777216 colors, and I believe it. Some of them have very surreal names, such as Atomic Orange, Cosmic, Hippie Green, Opium, and Black-White. These names in combination with what feels like a rise in serotonin levels makes for a very psychedelic experience.
I have never experienced this before in my life. I can see some light and color, but just in blurs, and objects don't really have a color, just light sources. When I first tried it at three o'clock in the morning, I couldn't figure out why it just reported black. After realizing that the screen curtain also disables the camera, I turned it off, but it still have very dark colors. Then I remembered that you actually need light to see, and it probably couldn't see much at night. I thought about light sources, and my interview I did for Get Lamp. First, I saw one of my beautiful salt lamps in its various shades of orange, another with its pink and rose colors, and the third kind in glowing pink and red.. I felt stunned.
(thx, david)
News flash! 17-yo kid obliterates opponents at video games. Ok, here's the kicker: he's blind.
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