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European Companies Write Off Half A Trillion Dollars Due To "Culture Of Late Payment"
40% of European firms say the severity of late-payment problems were preventing them from hiring as "even when the public sector pays promptly, the money doesn't sloosh down the system promptly because of the culture of late payment." As the FT reports, small and medium-sized enterprises are the hardest hit by late-payment consequences with nearly three-quarters saying nothing has changed in the last few months and in fact nearly half saying the problem is getting worse. "The late payment consequences for businesses pose a real threat to Europe's competitiveness and social wellbeing," warns one analyst, as "companies are deliberately not sticking to the provisions of the EU directive as a way of managing their cash flow." The reason - of course - the unintended consequences of policy-makers centrally planned efforts to ensure nothing bad ever befalls an important firm/nation ever again - "It's a way of borrowing off smaller companies – and they should be held to account."
The debt written off by Europe's companies due to late payment or non-payment of bills has swelled to €360bn despite the pick-up in economic activity in the region.
"The late payment consequences for businesses pose a real threat to Europe's competitiveness and social wellbeing," said Lars Wollung, president of Intrum Justitia, a credit management group. "Hardest hit by the problem . . . are small and medium enterprises."
And it's not getting any better...
Nearly three-quarters of the companies taking part in the research said that there had been no improvement in the late payments problem in the past three months despite the economic pick-up, and 46 per cent believed late and non-payment risks were actually increasing.
"Even when the public sector pays promptly, the money doesn't sloosh down the system promptly because of the culture of late payment,"
Forty per cent of the companies which took part in the EPI research said the severity of late payment problems was preventing them from hiring staff.
Of course, it's the smaller business that suffers as the trickle-down of government intervention suckles large enterprise and they squeeze small business...
Suppliers are often unwilling to go public about late payment problems for fear of jeopardising relationships with their most important customers.
A 2011 EU directive, which has been adopted by 27 out of the 28 member states, sets limits on how long public and private sector companies can keep their suppliers waiting – 30 and 60 days respectively.
Although the directive has been adopted by the UK government, that does not mean large companies stick to its provisions. UK retailer Marks and Spencer, for example, changed its supplier terms last September to extend its window of payment from 60 to 75 days.
"Companies are deliberately not sticking to the provisions of the EU directive as a way of managing their cash flow," said Mr Fisher. "It's a way of borrowing off smaller companies – and they should be held to account."
But then again - so what - there appears no consequences anyway...
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Moral Hazard.
If the public treasury is used to bail out banks and large corporations, what did they expect to happen?
The "trickle down" is people asking themselves why they should pay their bills if banks/insurers/corporations don't?
it's mostly small businesses, mind. and often they are literally...people
They already did this in California when they ran out of money. It won't be long until all of the EU countries, the US and Japan will start paying their debts and promises 'late' as well. Then, just as those EU companies are finding out - the real hope is that you DO get paid late, because the alternative is NOT getting paid at all.
why bother paying at all? just take like the government does. the government will protect you if you do.
Why do I have to make my car payment? Fuck it, I'm joining the FSA. I'm the only dumb fuck at walmart standing in line paying for my groceries with my visa card. Fuck this shit, I ain't paying anymore.
Good point.
The government commandeers your money, why doesn't it just commandeer anything it wants? From each according to his ability, to the government according to its need.
see how EU directives really work? in doubt, members don't follow them
members are, after all, armed sovereigns, like the UK in this one (this does not prevent MPs to pretend otherwise)
yes, this thing about payments of SMEs has tradition, too, last seen big way in the 70's. support for small business. debatable...
When did contractural credit terms go away? Seemed 1%/10 net 30 were pretty standard. Deadbeats were COD.
I was wondering that, too. Ah, laws. We are busy circumventing entire Constitutional Amendments in the US, so what's the big deal shaving the edges off a few insignificant contract laws?
(FYI- Deadbeats were always pay-in-advance with me. COD was normal. Only the good guys got terms.)
From where I sit, the hard core Dead beats wear suit and ties. The collection agencys prey on the low info dead beats cause they panic when they're thretend over the phone and pay up, where as the Suit and Tie dead beats just laugh and blame the other guy.
Bottom line never admit you owe anything, let them prove it, and even when they do call them out as liars. But never I repeat never admit you owe.
Yes, most CC companies, especially if you filled out an online application, cannot prove you agreed to anything. If you stop paying and get sued, there are attorney's who will work for 25% of the balance and almost guarantee you a win. You ask BOA/Discover/Amex to produce a signed agreement, they can't. Even 40-50K is small potatoes to these guys.. They know they will easily spend 20K if they decide to sue, mean while the attorneys that defend you have a form where they change a few items in a word doc and file on your behalf.
Collection agencies buy debt at 5 cents on the dollar, then they send you a discount to pay 1/2 the balance. Always use the language, "I don't recall owing that". Once you start to negioate it is like a defacto admission of the debt. And for Pete's sake, never sign anything they send you in the mail.
Has slowly devolved in most industries to a net 60+ it seems.
And how many of these suppliers are holding up payments due to certain commodities they need that are warehoused by certain entities?
You know, if those small businesses submitted invoices for goods not delivered yet, somebody would probably pay it (late, of course, but they'd pay it). Governments generally have no idea what they owe or to whom.
Especially at Govt. years ends.
I sometimes got paid twice for the same invoice because they demanded I invoice before delivery.
Sometimes I refunded it unasked, others I waited to see if they caught it.
Keep it. Worst they can do is make you give it back.
I did , they only caught about 50% of the over payments.
I was paying over $150k pa(thirty years ago) property taxes
on my factory , so I figured they got it back anyway one way
or another.
WTF?! You mean that after all the hassle and work I had to go thru to get a loan, that I have to pay it back? Bullshit! They should be thankful that I just borrowed the money and kept them in business - ungrateful motherfucking bankers.
You don't even know what a write-off is.
Been saying this for years now, since the bubble bursting in 05, why anyone continues to pay their mortgage, credit cards and so on is beyond logic, all your doing it bailing out the bailed out.
This is exactly what the US needs one massive go fuck yourself on a major scale. Stop paying.
" He gave us a Phone, he's gonna do more "
Bill, you are right, and if it weren't for our conscious, many people would stop paying. Many were brought up you pay your bills. But since WALL ST and BIG BANKS were bailed out at our expense my thinking has changed. The way I figure, hey, they are already getting paid by me, so why pay. I guarantee you, the younger generations will not be paying that student loan debt, and they really don't care. It's gonna hit all at once.. and it gonna be ugly
Getting companies (including the company I work for) to pay on time has in the past year quickly become one of the biggest wastes of my time.
I don't get it. What does all this have to do with prices of stock indexes?
You can almost hear the velocity of money grinding to a halt. Which will trigger the next desperate move. Vicous cycle, bitches.
Good one, thanks.
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Speaking from the UK, my other half's work is going through the same thing. A contractor firm, esb. over 60+years, most of their competitors are pricing jobs at a loss in the hope it'll get better soon. They held back payments for everything between mid-April to start of May simply to make their books look better to get further loans. Even I.T. people would not help with their servers when they had a power cut because they were on stop. The banks see over 400K of outstanding unpaid bills and are reluctant to allow more borrowing. The clients have clauses if they are not happy with the work they can claim to hold back a percentage until it is settled and this makes up most of the outstanding uncollected payments. Not that they have not done the work properly but if someone does not want to pay up it is easier to say there is a problem with the work and delay final payment. They have sold off some plant machiney in order to get running cash. While the wealthy farmer who owns it could probably keep them going, management meetings are an increasingly tricky debate.
The point is, until I saw this topic, I figured it was just their line of work. Some people have been their since dot and don't remember it ever being this bad. Last year they asked some of their long standing employees to leave to save them having redundancys, first time in history of company. I wonder how much of this is mirrored?
The biggest slackers in paying up to companies are government institutions, not the private sector itself.
Rule of law becomes 'rule of late/no payment'. The European economy is recovering to hell.
The run up in food the past year is 2014's answer to 2008's oil run up. We're already seeing demand destruction in my business - guys going hand to mouth knowing next week will be cheaper than this week.
Of course prices will remain sticky for the end user and continue the economic fuckery for the "middle class".
Where I grew up if you borrowed from the lender of last resort and couldn't pay, two guys came to your house and worked out a payment plan. If you failed to make your payments they came back and made an example out of you.
People lived within their means and helped one another.


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International | Small faith-based organizations hope to remain competitive for grants under Rajiv Shah's leadership
After leaving the position unfilled for 10 months, President Barack Obama has finally appointed a head for the United States Agency on International Development: Rajiv Shah, a 36-year-old medical doctor and health economist whose main experience is with large non-governmental organizations and big government agencies.
William Duggan, a Columbia business professor and the co-author of The Aid Trap: Hard Truths About Ending Poverty, promotes businesses instead of government and NGOs as the main catalyst behind development. He believes Shah will not take that same point of view given his experience: "It's very clear that his view seems to be that government agencies and NGOs are the agents of development."
Last February, in reference to a $90 million Gates Foundation grant to help farmers grow cashews and cocoa, Shah praised "creative partnerships" that "bring together the knowledge of locally based NGOs and governments with the technical know-how and market expertise of private-sector firms."
Shah worked seven years for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, beginning in 2001, where he served as director of agricultural development. Since June he has worked with the U.S. Department of Agriculture as under secretary for research, education, and economics and as chief scientist. He also has some political connections, having campaigned for Obama, worked on healthcare policy with the Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign, and helped with the Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell's transition committee on health.
In his previous positions, Shah has managed colossal budgets. At the Gates Foundation, he oversaw the $1.5 billion vaccine fund, and at the USDA, he was responsible for more than 10,000 staff worldwide and a $2.6 billion budget. As USAID director he will manage a requested $36.7 billion budget for fiscal year 2010, an 8 percent increase over the previous year's total.
In the past, small, faith-based NGOs have been competitive when it comes to applying for USAID grants since they are grassroots organizations, use volunteers, and can often complete projects in a cost-effective way. These smaller faith-based groups hope that Shah, given his experience with large NGOs and big government programs, will continue to deal with them as the past administration did. Andrea Kauffman, spokesperson for faith-based NGO World Relief, said that her organization has not seen any dramatic changes in the past year regarding policy toward groups such as hers: "Generally I don't think people are anticipating dramatic changes."
Other NGOs took the opportunity to lobby for more USAID clout. Raymond Offenheiser, president of Oxfam America, welcomed Shah and warned that USAID "has been under-resourced and politically marginalized." Samuel A. Worthington, president and CEO of InterAction, praised Shah's previous work as "highly regarded" but urged him to take a leading role on the 2011 budget, the U.S. State Department's Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review, and development in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Politicians were simply relieved that Obama finally picked someone. The vetting process, according to a frustrated Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in July, was a "nightmare"-one that Shah had already endured in his previous nomination to the USDA. Clinton praised Shah as a leader in the development world and an innovative manager.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman John Kerry, D-Mass., and ranking member Dick Lugar, R-Ind., also welcomed Shah's appointment in a statement but did not promise to support him.
Kerry said he has been "very concerned about the lack of political leadership at USAID" and that he looks forward to "a thorough nomination process." Committee member Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Md., was also not effusive, merely saying that he looked forward to meeting Shah and discussing "his vision of how USAID can regain its position as the primary development agency of the U.S. government."

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Typing Software Programs (Free & Pro Version)
- What are the typing software available?
- List of free typing software which available to download and use.
- What are the top software package among many other?
- What is the most favorite and best one for other people?
Any Good Typing Software? Free? Paid? For Mac Users? Windows Users?
Are you a typist? Or are you a student? Are you looking for a good typing software program to help you learn how to type or improve your typing speed? Or you simply want to learn how to touch type? There are many typing software for Windows users, but few typing software are also available for Mac users (such as Mavis Beacon Teaches, Typing Instructor Platinum). This page will provide solution for users who are looking for a good typing software application. I am not only talking about paid version, but also about free typing software. You can find the right solution for yourself, your workers, or your kids, whether it is free or paid edition. I encourage you to read the following quick overview to get some ideas for choosing the right solution:
Highlight Features of Good Typing Software:
There are many companies that offering typing software; from one to another package there are differences regarding to feature set and price. Here are some highlight features that you can found in good typing software program:
- Has Virtual Keyboard to show how to put fingers.
- Cover the whole keyboard – including special marks, numeric keypad – and help user to accelerate their typing speed.
- Have many challenging typing games to make typing fun.
- Supports multi-users and each user has their own profiles.
- Comes progress tracking and detailed statistics for user to improve their performance based on their mistakes.
- Supports many keyboard layouts, for example: English US, English UK, English International, US Dvorak, US Dvorak Right hand, US Dvorak Left hand, Belgian, Canadian Multilingual, Danish, Dutch, English British, Finnish, French, French Canadian, Swiss French, German, Swiss German, Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Latin American, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish-F, Turkish-Q. Croatian, Hungarian, Arabic 101, Arabic 102.
- User can customize their lessons plan or testing texts with importing text function.
- Comes with clean user-interface.
Paid Edition
There are several amazing typing programs available on the market today including Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Platinum, Typing Instructor Platinum, Typing Pal and more (see in the table below). The programs provide solution from beginner to professional typists. The price of the product ranges from less than twenty to nearly hundred dollars. Most of the programs are designed to make it easy to use even for kids.
You can learn how to put fingers right on the keyboard, learn to type the whole keyboard, special mark and numeric keys, learn to touch type and improve your typing speed as well as reduce typing mistake and by increasing your typing accuracy. Most programs design with simple interface and you can learn how to type in few seconds. In short, the software will teach you how to type, touch type and improve your typing skill.
Free Edition
There are few free typing software programs available on the internet today. These free editions come with good features, too. But there is some limits comparing to the professional version product. It is designed for personal users with the need of learning how to type. It has less games and less features. Let me provides you some highlight:
TypeFaster Typing Tutor is a free software (open source project licensed under the GPL version 2) that will teach user how to touch-type. This software supports French, German, Portuguese, US-Dvorak, US-English, Hebrew, Numeric-keypad and more. It has accessible version for blind users and full Spanish version also. It comes with a 3d game and teacher class support.
Rapid Typing Tutor helps user to improve their typing skills through a series of easy lessons, learn how to type properly without looking at the keyboard. It also makes keyboard training fun and entertaining.
After reading the quick overview, I hope you get some ideas about typing tools. Now let find out what are the solution available for you to choose. You can see ratings and voting; read reviews and share your experience in the following section:
Typing Software Ratings (Paid Version)
I also encourage everyone (including you) who ever have experience of using typing software before, please share your experience and make it useful, helpful for other by doing the following rating.
Please Note: to make this rating more useful and helpful information, please rate only the software you ever experience, for the typing program which you never use please do not rate it.
|Software Name
|User Rating
|Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Platinum
|Typing Instructor Platinum
|Typing Pal
|TypingMaster Pro
|Typing Tutor
|21st Century Typing
Voting for Your Most Favorite Typing Software Program
These are the top typing software programs available on the market today. And as an experienced user, what is your favorite typing software? You can tell the world through the following poll. The reasons I design this voting is to solve the problem which many other users have in choosing the software by finding out which is the most popular and the best one. To achieve this goal, user involvement and participation (including you) is very important, necessary and need. I encourage the users which have experience with the software to vote the following poll:
Please Note:
- You can only vote for one time.
- After voting, you will see the result of what you have voted and other people voting immediately. (You also can see result without voting by just click on View Result link below Vote button)
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Free Typing Software Ratings
There are few free typing programs available for you to download and use for free. Let find out in the following table:
|Software Name
|User Rating
|TypeFaster Typing Tutor
|Rapid Typing Tutor
Read Reviews and Share Your Experience
You can read reviews on typing software as well as sharing your experiences with each program you have ever used in following:
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Platinum
(Windows, Mac)
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Platinum is one of the most popular one on the internet. Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Platinum is a product of Encore Software Inc. The software helps the user to improve their typing skill, increase typing speed, improve typing accuracy, use 10-key skill, and most of all, make typing fun with various typing games.
Typing Instructor Platinum
(Windows, Mac)
Typing Instructor Platinum is one of the leading software which uses the latest technology to provide an educational, entertaining, and motivating experience for beginners and intermediate and even advanced typists. Typing Instructor Platinum is a product of Individual Software Inc. The software provides solutions for young children, teens and adult to learn typing, and help in improving their keyboarding/typing skills.
Typing Pal
Typing Pal is a simple and user-friendly typing software for beginners and old hands alike. Typing Pal is a product of De Marque, Inc. The software will teach user to learn typing, improve typing skills with over one hundred typing lessons.
TypingMaster Pro
TypingMaster Pro provides customized exercises and helpful feedback to guide user step by step to professional keyboarding. TypingMaster Pro is a product of TypingMaster, Inc. This software will double user's typing speed, let user focus on their text and ideas, get rid of typos, improve ergonomics, save valuable work time, be confident with computers and much more.
GS Typing Tutor
GS Typing Tutor is a rich features software and. GS Typing Tutor is a product of GrassSoftware. It is designed for kids ages 9 to adult for learning to type and developing typing speed.
21st Century Typing
21st Century Typing comes with structured lessons, tests, practice sessions, and typing games. 21st Century Typing is a product of 21st Software Corp. It is designed for kids and adults to learn typing and improve typing skills.
Free Editions
TypeFaster Typing Tutor
TypeFaster Typing Tutor is an open source project licensed under the GPL version 2 that will teach user how to touch-type. TypeFaster Typing Tutor was created by David le Roux. This software supports French, German, Portuguese, US-Dvorak, US-English, Hebrew, Numeric-keypad and more. It has accessible version for blind users and full Spanish version also. It comes with a 3d game and teacher class support.
Rapid Typing Tutor
Rapid Typing Tutor will teach user the touch typing. Rapid Typing Tutor is a product of Typing Tutor Labs. It helps user to improve their typing skills through a series of easy lessons, learn how to type properly without looking at the keyboard. It also makes keyboard training fun and entertaining.
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California bloggin'
The conventional wisdom has Gray Davis doomed as governor of California, but blogging has grown contra-conventionally. Kevin Thurman (raise-your-hands.org) broke ranks with lefty bloggers who despite their political allegiances think that Mr. Davis will soon be history. Mr. Thurman predicted a double victory on the Oct. 7 ballot, with both Mr. Davis and Cruz Bustamante winning their halves of the ballot. Mr. Thurman thinks that Mr. Davis's union support will translate to dollars, and dollars to turnout: "This election will hinge on turnout, and no one thinks otherwise, why do you think Arnold is the GOP candidate?"
Yet another sign that blogging is here to stay: Mr. Davis's wife, Sharon, has started a blog in defense of her husband. The Sharon Davis Blog (no-recall.com/sharondavis.asp) defends the governor's integrity by offering observations like, "While newspaper profiles have suggested that my husband and I have few friends, they inevitably come to this conclusion by interviewing people we rarely see socially," and "Like most guys, my husband loves sports.... He watches a lot more ESPN than CNN, FOX, or MSNBC." Meanwhile, Sacramento Bee columnist Daniel Weintraub revealed some problems unique to the Arnold campaign: "The Schwarzenegger campaign kept the details about this event under wraps until early this morning to keep down the size of the crowd. A political campaign trying to keep down a crowd?" As fellow blogger Mickey Kaus (kausfiles.com) wrote sardonically, "This is not a problem even as charismatic a figure as Cruz Bustamante faces." c
Stone strategy
Predictably, suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore came under sharp attack in the blogosphere. Iranian blogger HamMihan (hammihanirani .blogspot.com), based on the exaggerated reports he received, wrote that "Moore should move to Iran, and join the Ayatollahs." But Christian bloggers also offered criticism, with Josh Claybourn (joshclaybourn.com), who moderates blogs4god.com, fearing "the rallies, fighting, and protests will likely turn off more people than they will convince."
For Vision Forum's Doug Phillips, (visionforum.com) the opinions of unbelievers are irrelevant. He's been stalwart in his defense of Justice Moore, and in his "Doug's Blog," Mr. Phillips refers to the Alabama jurist as "a Moses to the children of these United States."
Mr. Phillips, a constitutional lawyer and confidant of Justice Moore, predicted on his blog a month ago the crisis that stands today. "Because the Chief Justice will not obey this order, he may well be found in contempt and the stage will be set for one of the greatest constitutional crises in American history (second perhaps only to the crisis between Andrew Jackson and the Supreme Court over the establishment of an unconstitutional monetary system, and the crisis precipitated by the Lincoln Administration when it raised troops against Virginia)." c
Face off
North Korea continues to loom in the background of U.S. foreign policy, and occasionally some new analysis pops up in the blogosphere. This week, the honor belonged to Stephen Green (vodka pundit.com), who wrote that the United States and its "partners" in negotiation, China and Russia, have vastly different goals in the forthcoming multilateral talks. Mr. Green wrote that "we'd like nothing better than a peaceful devolution of the North, followed by a not-too-expensive anschluss with Seoul.... We won't get that, obviously, but it doesn't change the fact that our ultimate position is for North Korea to go the way of East Germany." But Mr. Green argued that Russia and China would "lose face" if North Korea faded away, and that's "the next worst thing to losing a war. So their desire is to come up with some complicated compromise which preserves the North in perpetuity, while somehow restraining Kim from doing something so stupid as to cause them to lose face, anyway."
Meanwhile, terrorism was in the foreground. Hawkish David Adesnik (oxblog.blogspot.com) wrote, "The senseless destruction of UN headquarters in Baghdad demonstrates just how desperate the Ba'athist underground has become," while dovish Jonathon Gradowski (gradowski.blogspot.com) countered: "The source of Ba'athist power was never moral or democratic legitimacy, but fear. And after seeing that CBS video, I am certain that whoever was responsible for this bombing, succeeded in that respect."


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So they want to get rid of the wing and replace it with a spoiler at all tracks, and in the process making the cars much more difficult to drive.
Whilst i commend that at most tracks, these PRACTICE sessions alone have shown that to be misguided. Seems like a really good idea to remove all their downforce when the practices have been marred by wreck after wreck after wreck. The final 50 laps on Sunday will be a wreckfest, i guarantee. But then that makes good publicity for NASCAR apparently, so they wont care!


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FOX47 NEWS - Post Christmas Shopping
Jeff Angileri
Christmas may be over, but at the West Towne Mall... It sure didn't look like it..
But among the ornaments and decorations were signs informing shoppers of major sales.
Jan Imhoff played the role of the ultimate last minute holiday shopper.
I still have to get some Christmas gifts for friends I still haven't seen and everyone needs a calendar and its a great deal at 50% off, Imhoff says.
Others spent the day exchanging gifts that were either too small or just not their style.
I got these pants at Banana Republic that are a little too small. Too much turkey, says shopper Kevin Huls.
We returned a winter coat. This is her new one, we bought a creme color coat and she didn't like it so we took it back, said Theresa Olson who was at the mall with her daughter Amanda.
A lot of people were taking advantage of all the slashed prices picking up various merchanise.
And many were paying with gift cards.
Whitney Dawe-Crahen calls herself a very picky person. So instead of giving her something she would most likely return, her parents gave her a gift card to pick out her own present.
It's been nice to get stuff I actually need and colors I actually like versus ugly colors that we get sometimes. I really don't like yellow and it's nice not to get something yellow, Dawe-Crahen says.
Now that the holidays are over.. many say it's nice to get something for themselves again.
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Choose your ride
With all the conflicting information available it is likely that in the past you have either purchased the wrong bike or spent over your budget. Now you regret your new purchase or at least know someone who has had this experience.
Having been in the cycling industry for over 20 years, firstly as an elite athlete and now working in the wholesale and retail sections of the industry, I have seen and heard all kinds of horror stories from women and men buying their first bike or upgrading to the next best thing.
We are living in an age where access to information is almost infinite, which can be a great help but can also be a hindrance. How do you sort through it all and find what's best for you? Your riding buddies might know a lot about cycling but they are not necessarily experts and will not always know what's best for you. Most of the time the staff at your local bicycle shop will be in a better position to determine what best suits your needs, although this is not always the case. Apologies to my fellow bicycle salespeople, but there are shops out there that are just trying to sell you a bike – it doesn't matter if it's the right bike for you, they just want to sell it and get you out the door.
Something as simple as purchasing your first bike can turn out to be a difficult experience, so here are a few things to remember as you search for your perfect ride.
Find A Reputable Bike Shop
A good place to start is to find a store that is familiar with triathlon, or at least has a staff member who knows what it involves. Not everyone understands the process of riding 180km and then having to get off and run a marathon! Having someone who understands this will mean you receive better information and suggestions specific to your needs. There are triathlon specific or "triathlon friendly" stores in every state that can help with your purchase.
As a sales assistant I have a few standard questions I ask anyone who comes in to purchase a bike:
1. What sort of riding are you going to be doing?
2. How often are you planning on riding each week?
3. What is the maximum amount you are willing to spend?
The answers to these questions give me a place to start. I can then show cyclists bikes that are specific to their needs, the amount of time they'll be spending in the saddle, and the big one – how much it costs.
Choosing a frame
The most important part of buying a bike is making sure it is the right size for you. Most bicycle shops have at least one capable staff member who can properly fit you to your bike. There are also many different bike fit systems available on the market that will help you get a scientific or measured fit to your bike. This can be expensive, but the money you save on getting the correct fit could save you minutes off your overall bike time and make it easier to run off the bike, especially in longer distance events.
Carbon or Alloy?
There are benefits to both options. Carbon fibre is lightweight, strong and extremely nice to ride, but it can be expensive. A major benefit to the carbon frame is its absorption factor. Carbon fibre is like having suspension on your bike! The vibration that comes up through the bike when you are out riding can leave your body tired and sore after a long ride, especially on bad roads, but the great thing about carbon fibre is it absorbs these vibrations so less actually make it through to your body which means that your body will be less fatigued at the end of a long day out on the road and you will have had a much more comfortable ride.
Alloy is also light, strong and nice to ride. Most aluminium frames will come with a Carbon Fibre Fork which helps lower the overall weight but also gives the bike that absorption effect – you will certainly feel the difference in your upper body at the end of a long ride. Aluminium frames are great for first bikes and can allow you to get into the sport without costing you an arm and a leg.
You should look for the best component kit that your budget allows. High level components will offer you better value for money than buying an expensive carbon frame with lower level components on it. Higher level components feel nice to ride, are generally lighter in weight and tend to last longer. This level of bike will also more than likely have a better quality wheelset, which is one of the most important parts of your bike. A higher quality wheelset has better bearings which will make the wheel roll easier, which means a little less effort on your part. To make a bike faster we upgrade the wheels first, so try to get the best wheels your budget can afford.
Time Trial Bikes
Finally, when should you buy a Time Trial (TT) specific bike? The answer may be never. TT bikes may be aerodynamically faster for some people, but not for everyone. TT bikes are generally much lower in the front of the bike, meaning you need to be more flexible to be comfortable in the aero position. A traditional road bike set up in an aero position that is comfortable and has been fitted specifically for you will be much faster on race day than a TT bike that is uncomfortable and doesn't suit you. This takes us back to the importance of bike fit mentioned earlier in this article – your bike specialist will be able to tell you if you're suited to a specific TT frame or not.
Here are some terms you may come across:
Drive Train – Refers to your gears (chain, cassette and cranks)
Components – The mechanical parts of the bike, i.e. brakes, gears, etc. The main component brands are Shimano, Campagnolo and Sram
Aero Bars – Handlebar extensions for achieving a more comfortable and aerodynamic position
Bar End Shifters – Shift levers located at the end of your aero bars, these allow you to change gears in the aero position
Tri Shoes – Triathlon specific shoes for quicker transitions
Don't be afraid to ask questions of the staff at your local bike shop. This is something we girls excel at – we want to know how and why, not just be told what. Happy Shopping!


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Vision Planning with the Fair Board
The Clackamas CountyEvent Center, often referred to as the County Fairgrounds, has provided serviceto the community for a wide range of events for over 100 years. While it continues many proud traditions, theneed for reinvestment is apparent in its facilities. Developing a vision for the Center will helpguide future investments to better support the Center in its fulfillment of itsmission.
The Fair Board isrequesting your participation in it's visioning process. As they develop the first phase of a futurevision, they are hosting two community meetings to share some initial ideas andlisten and learn from the community.
A short presentationwill be made at the beginning of each hour during the meetings. Fair Board members will be on hand to listenand speak with you. Information aboutthe facility will be displayed. As thisis a listening style workshop each participant will be given a dialogue form toprovide input. Please stop by any timeduring the meeting times and help us all learn more together.
Dialogue with the Fair Board members, Dan Sandberg(President), Darrell Ricksger (Vice President), Ron Oberg, Rhonda Dimick, andRaeline Kammeyer; as well as the Event Center Director, Laurie Bothwell. The Board is appointed by the ClackamasCounty Board of County Commissioners.
The meetings are Wednesday,November 20, 2013 from 2pm-4pm and Thursday, November 21 from 6:30pm-8:30pm atthe Clackamas County Event Center, 694 NE 4th Avenue, Canby in the4-H Exhibit Hall.
Come and help usdevelop the vision that will enable the Clackamas County Event Center tocontinue to provide valued services to the community.
If you have anyquestions, please call Laurie Bothwell, Event Center Director at 503-266-1136.


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an interview with Nick-e
Canadian artist Nick-e aka Nicole Pratt demonstrated her diverse musical sound on the recently released mini album Mosaic which takes listeners from soul to jazz to urban/R&B to electro. The good news is that she's already working on a full length album which will include a healthy dose of organic and electronic sounds and textures as she mentiones in her jazz-not-jazz interview.
So continue reading to learn more about the story behind her song Muse, Nick-e's influences and the Canadian black music scene amongst others.
Q: Please tell me something about yourself. When did you start singing and writing songs?
Nick-e: I began singing close to the age that I began talking. Probably around 3 years old. I used to sing with my cousins and perform for our parents on holidays. As I got older, I joined school choirs and pretty much stuck with it all the way through high school and then went on to get my diploma in music production in college. Growing up I wrote a lot of poetry and short stories and as I heard music in my head I would turn some of my poetry into songs. The more I did it the more comfortable I became with the idea of song writing and I just continue to try to improve with every new song I write.
Q: Who has influenced you and how would you describe your music? Where do you see your niche in today's market?
Nick-e: I was surrounded by a lot of music growing up. My brother was a DJ which exposed me to a lot of new music along the way such as R&B, Hip hop & Reggae and being close with my cousins, my uncle would listen to a lot of music like motown, The Stylistics, Al Green, Prince, & Anita Baker. I was influenced by these artists and also gained other musical tastes like Sade, U2, Janet Jackson, Ella Fitzgerald, Donny Hathaway. I think because of this exposure, I've learned to appreciate a lot of different types of music and incorporate those diverse musical styles into my own music. Kind of like a Soul/Jazz/Pop fusion. It may not be deemed the most popular style of music in relation to today's current market, but I find that the market today is very fickle. I've never tried to mold myself into what the industry wants me to be. Today's gem is tomorrow's trash. I've always just tried to be more concerned with being honest and loving the music I create for me first and then hoping that others can appreciate it as well.


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The CBI has asked the Income Tax authorities to conduct a probe against Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadavs wife, Sadhna, and younger son, Prateek.
In its communication to the Income Tax department, the CBI said Sadhna and Prateek bought properties valued at beyond their declared income. According to CBI, the properties in their names include a bungalow on MG Road in the cantonment area of Lucknow, two plots in Kamta Village of Lucknow that were reportedly bought for Rs 18 lakh and sold for Rs 2.5 crore, and a plot worth Rs 18 lakh in the Gomti Nagar area of Lucknow. These properties were reportedly acquired between 1998 and 2003.
Last month, the CBI had filed a closure report in the disproportionate assets case against Mulayam, saying there is no evidence against him.


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Victor® The Ultimate Flea Trap - 3 Pack
The Ultimate Flea Trap detects and controls indoor flea problems with a 93% catch rate as well as lures fleas out of upholstery and carpeting from up to 30ft away. The Victor® Ultimate Flea Trap 3 Pack monitors and controls flea infestations. The patented design produces a high efficiency trap allowing you to eliminate your flea problem without spraying synthetic chemicals or having to put chemicals on your pet.
Victor® The Ultimate Flea Trap 3 Pack
The Ultimate Flea Trap detects and controls indoor flea problems with a 93% catch rate as well as lures fleas out of upholstery and carpeting from up to 30ft away.
The Victor® Ultimate Flea Trap 3 Pack monitors and controls flea infestations. The patented design produces a high efficiency trap allowing you to eliminate your flea problem without spraying synthetic chemicals or having to put chemicals on your pet.
By simulating a warm-blooded host, the Victor Ultimate Flea Trap attracts fleas from where they live and hide. Lured in by the trap's color, the heat and light from the trap's light bulb, fleas don't stand a chance.
The non-poisonous and odorless flea killer trap enables safe placement around children and pets and comes fully assembled and ready to use. Save money and reuse your trap - refills for Ultimate Flea Traps are available here.
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Rethinking South Valley Stream
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She added that the big surge during Hurricane Sandy, followed by quickly receding water, only sped up that erosion. The living shoreline, she said, was the best option to both combat flooding and retain the natural beauty of the neighborhood. "It's not just throw up a wall to block the water," she said.
This $1.7 million project, which would include the planting of trees and other vegetation, can only be done along public shorelines because of stipulations with New York Rising money. Mangaru said she hopes residents with waterfront property would do similar work. She lives along the creek herself.
Niek Veraart, an environmental planner who has been working with the committee, agreed that a living shoreline is a good way to go. "You have to work with the land and work with the water," he said.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is offering another $50 million in New York Rising money, which is expected to be awarded in January. Mangaru said they want to be in contention for that. "We want a slice," she said. "There's a lot more to be done."
McAllister said that the money would likely be awarded to communities that have shown substantial progress toward getting projects started. He said the state is requiring that each project take 24 months from start to finish, or funding could be in jeopardy. Also, he said, local committees must start spending their allocations by 2017, and must use it up by 2019.
To help get these projects under way, a grant manager will be hired to help local CRP committees file applications and other required paperwork for their projects. McAllister said either the Town of Hempstead or Nassau County would be responsible for soliciting bids from contractors and overseeing the work.
Other projects on tap for South Valley Stream would include repairing the bulkheads and Brook Road Park, at a cost of $2 million, and informing local residents on how to manage storm water on their own properties, such as by creating a rain garden. At the park, Veraart said the plan is to create a natural berm that would slow down the rush of water from a storm surge while also creating access to the stream for locals.
All projects need to be approved by the Governor's Office of Storm Recovery.
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'It was a wonderful experience': How to find a bobcat in MT
The process of choosing a cover photo can be a long one.
We receive hundreds of photos for each issue from an impressive group of professional photographers that help tell the stories we feature across Montana. As we go through the photos, dozens of photos pop out as potential covers.
We test a couple. We print them out. We try them with different headline and logo color schemes. Until it's just right. For the Jan/Feb issue, the photo of the snowy bobcat made by Jaime and Lisa Johnson jumped out at us immediately and beat out several others to earn the top spot.
But how do you find a bobcat in Montana so you can share it with MT magazine readers? As the Johnson's told me, they can be very shy and spook easily. But luckly for us, the our cover star (which our Facebook fans voted to name Bob) was very friendly.
Here's what they had to say about their experience finding Bob:


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How Obamacare is hurting its supposed beneficiaries in Utah
One of the many bitter ironies relating to the creation and implementation of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, is how it is hurting many of the people it was supposed to help.
A new illustration from data analysis and visualization specialist Bob Rudis shows this quite succinctly. His mashup of data from Investors.com and Gallup collects in one chart the heartbreaking human impact of the Obamacare debacle.
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i wonder if anyone else has run into this issue. I just got the magicshine 900 today from geoman. I charged the battery for 4 hours until the light turned green on the charger.
I mounted the light on the bike and tried it out. I tried running it through the modes. It was on for 30 seconds at a time and on my 2nd or 3rd test it just stopped lighting.
i have a multimeter and i tested the charger. It's putting out 8 volts. the battery is putting out about 4.8 volts. Anyone have a working unit and feel like measuring the output? on the charger/battery ?
what;s odd is when i first plug it in, the light blinks but that's it. Any thoughts? I ride early in the morning and was very much looking forward to the magicshine. Anyone know how reliable they are long term? I'm a bit concerened.
I did contact geoman, but it was about 4:45 Colorado time; a bit close to closing time. I'm sure they'll contact me tomorrow.


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Garmin-Barracuda wins Giro's stage 4 TTT, Navarauskas grabs pink from Phinney
- By VeloNews.com
- Published May. 9, 2012
- Updated Oct. 30, 2014 at 10:09 AM EDT
- Team Garmin wins stage four of the 2012 Giro d'Italia. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com
- Garmin-Barracuda celebrates the win on the podium. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com
- Ramunas Navarduskas after stage four of the 2012 Giro d'Italia. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com
Pre-race favorite Garmin-Barracuda made good on most experts' predictions, winning today's stage 4 team time trial at the Giro d'Italia. They covered the 33.2km in 37:04 and stripped Taylor Phinney of his pink jersey.
A surprising Katusha finished in second on the day, in 37:09, with Astana in third, 22 seconds back.
The new race leader is Garmin's Ramunas Navardauskas, now 13 seconds ahead of Phinney who dropped to fifth place overall.
The team now holds the top four positions on GC with Tyler Farrar in second overall now, 10 seconds back, and their top man for GC, Canadian Ryder Hesjedal, now in fourth place only 11 seconds out of pink. Sprinter Robbie Hunter sits in third.
Farrar was thrilled at the day's outcome, and is looking forward to the next couple weeks.
"Having Ramunas in the pink jersey is perfect. No one deserves it more than him. I am so happy for him I am almost crying," said Farrar. "He's always working so hard for everyone else. He's a great teammate. I hope we can keep it for a few more days and maybe pass it on to someone like Christian or Ryder."
Phinney's BMC squad finished 31 seconds down on Garmin. They would have probably fared better, but in Phinney's third mishap in the last three stages, he veered off the road into some weeds before the second time check. He managed to stay on the bike, but it cost the team valuable seconds.
It was also a great result for Katusha team leader Joaquím Rodriguez, who is not a particularly strong time trialist, but has his sights firmly set on the GC. He now sits in 10th overall, 30 seconds back. His team had the time to beat much of the day, starting ninth, but Garmin-Barracuda finally eclipsed it as the next to last team on the road.
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I was asked how I made the coloring on my map in this other thread ( http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=6054 ). So I've thrown together this short tutorial.
Of course, I developed this technique, while trying to emulate Ascension's Antique-style maps in Photoshop, so props definitely goes to him.
Now for the tutorial:
1: First you gotta have a landmass. I this case, I made a fractal shape using CC3.
2: Then we paint it black, or any other color, as long as it is a single color with a sharp edge. We'll keep this one around as our definition between what is land and what is sea. Name the layer "Land/Sea Solid".
3: Next we create a new layer. This is where we will define our country borders. Call it "Countries Solid" and make sure its above the Land/Sea Solid layer. Then we paint our country borders in different colors in this layer. Use the pencil, we don't want blur at the edges. And no need to worry about coastlines. Just make sure that you don't use the same color at two neighboring countries.
4. Now go back to the"Land/Sea Solid layer, and select the sea with the Fuzzy Select Tool. Choose the Countries Solid layer without removing the selection. And press delete. Voila, your borders now fits the coastlines.


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Sept. 28, 2004
Visiting Butler mounted a late rally, but couldn't overcome a two-goal deficit at Dayton Tuesday night. Senior Rachel Pivarnik's goal off a penalty kick with just under eight minutes to play gave the Bulldogs hope, but Dayton was able to turn away several late scoring chances and hold on for the 2-1 win. With the win, Dayton improves to 8-1, while the Bulldogs fall to 2-4-2.
"We proved tonight that we can play with one of the best teams in the region," said coach Woody Sherwood, referring to Dayton, which has appeared in three straight NCAA Tournaments and finished the 2003 season ranked No. 22 in the nation. "Unfortunately, once again we were on the wrong side of a one-goal decision. We created a couple of good chances in the last few minutes, but couldn't find one to tie it up. This is the kind of match that will prepare us for conference play."
Sophomore Caitlin Gill's inspired play early in the match sparked the Bulldogs. The forward hit the post with a shot in the ninth minute and then forced Flyers goalie Stacy DeLuca to make an impressive save in the 17th minute, punching away Gill's attempt at a top-shelf goal. Gill joined teammates Marcie Stucky and Kate Lord with two shots apiece.
Courtney Sirmans scored the first of her two goals with less than five minutes remaining in the first half. The six-foot forward headed in a corner kick from Stacy Palumbo. Early in the second half, Sirmans collected a Butler turnover and launched a shot from 25 yards out that ricocheted off the left post and into the net. That goal would prove to be a very valuable insurance goal.
With just under eight minutes to play, junior Meredith Buemi was fouled by a Dayton defender attempting a run at the top of the box. Pivarnik would send home the ensuing penalty kick for her second goal on the season--both on penalty kicks--to pull the Bulldogs within one. However, Dayton was able to fend out several runs from Butler to seal the win.
Dayton out-shot the Bulldogs, 17-9, but Butler's defense would bend but not break for most of the game, as a steady drizzle fell for much of the second half. Freshman Annalise Larkin got the start in goal before senior Katie Sanders subbed in for her at the beginning of the second half. It was Sanders' first action of the season after a series of ailments kept her out of the first seven matches. Sophomore Megan Cappa played the last 20 minutes of the match. The trio combined for four saves on the night.
The Bulldogs, playing their first of six matches in a 14-day span, have an important weekend ahead. Butler hosts defending league tournament champion Loyola Friday at Varsity Field before traveling to Detroit for a league match against the Titans Sunday. Friday's match begins at 3:30 p.m.


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Bethesda Softworks and Zenimax Online have released a sneak peek at the process each player will take when creating characters in Elder Scrolls Online.
Intricacy is key in creating MMO characters, and the same goes for Elder Scrolls, so combining the two certainly requires a level of detail and customization greater than anything else out there. From the way it looks according to the featured video, the amount of detail will be the least of the player's problems; generating the perfect character is a problem that every MMO player wants to struggle through.
Take a look for yourself, and let us know your thoughts on ESO's character creation.


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Archetypes, the latest work from New York Times best-selling author Caroline Myss, offers listeners an engaging and illuminating way to better understand themselves and those closest to them. Whether we're aware of it or not, each of us identifies with certain universal myths and symbols, otherwise known as Archetypes. In this new work, Myss covers 10 primary archetypes: Caregiver, Artist, Fashionista, Intellectual, Rebel, Queen/Executive, Advocate, Visionary, Athlete, and Spiritual Seeker. She helps us to determine which archetypes best define us as individuals, laying out each archetype's unique path, hidden strengths, and potential weaknesses.
By identifying our personal archetypes, we can gain the knowledge necessary to consciously define and live an authentic life that reflects who we really are. Myss also includes suggestions for embracing one's archetype to the fullest, providing tools for avoiding common pitfalls and daily practices for enhancing the positive qualities of each archetype. In addition to the 10 archetypes above, there's a glossary covering more than 20 sub-archetypes.
Much like highly popular books on the enneagram, Myers and Briggs, and astrology, which also allow people to type themselves, Archetypes is destined to become a classic. Its publication is set to coincide with the launch of a major new social platform, www.ArchetypeMe.com, where users can take a quiz to discover their archetype and find an individualized experience around content and community.
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"Not one of Caroline Myss's most teachable moments"
Listening to Caroline Myss's previous series on this subject entitled "Sacred Contracts" awakened my soul. I earnestly studied most of her works. I can't help but notice, however, that she has become increasingly cynical and condescending of human nature. I feel that I spend more time listening to her lecture those of us willing to learn and seeking growth about how little we know or can accomplish because of our inadequate courage. I realize that in all of her years as an intuitive and teacher she has encountered many individuals unwilling to act on the information she's offered, but I wish that she would have rather focused her energy on those ready and willing to learn and follow through. Although she still possesses the ability to stir her compassion and surprise us with insightful gems of her expansively wide perspective, far too often she pairs that surprise with a handful of cynical, rigid, and harsh opinions. I love her dearly as a fellow spirit and wish her well, but I think I'm done following her new work.
Taking a step back from the fire of her own experiences and resting a bit longer in the lovely compassion that has guided her work since her earliest days in intuitive energy would have allowed the message to come across with love rather than superiority and anger.
I wholeheartedly recommend her earlier recordings on archetypes. In this work, Caroline Myss contradicts many of her own earlier stated conclusions, but this time she offers no anecdotal or observed reasoning behind the complete contradictions. In "Sacred Contracts," for instance, she discussed archetypes existing in cycles of time and being replaced by new groups of archetypes. In this workshop, however she directly states that once you identify an archetype no effort or circumstance will alter the experience of that archetype for the duration of your lifetime. Whereas she previously offered a plethora of information to explain how she arrived at her theories on "Sacred Contacts," I'm inclined to believe she is frequently venting her anger and frustration at unfulfilled potential among many who've followed her work; or, more realistically, I believe she is railing against her frustration at her own unfulfilled desires.I can not state emphatically enough how much I adore and recommend the breadth of Ms. Myss's work. Since I first heard her in 1998, I've been blessed and pleasantly surprised by the turns she takes in translating her findings into living actions. The applications of her ideas and thoughts on using our energy creatively have literally transformed my life. For that reason, I can not recommend this seminar. I wouldn't want someone to expect this heavy-handed approach to sum up her talent, although she has always been notorious for her snarky style of wit. Please don't let the sentiment that pervades this seminar color your impression of her work as a whole.
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This book is just a rehash of Caroline's older work in archetypes. It's nice, but there's nothing new in this book and it's not even that detailed. If you really want to delve into all the archetypes you should get the Language of Archetypes. It's much more detailed in its descriptions and it covers all the bases. And if you're interested in how to use archetypes to help you find your path in life, you should go for Sacred Contracts rather than this book.
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I honestly was inspired by the this book. I feel like i found myself and I'm ready to start my journeys
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I've just started listening to Caroline Myss' books. . It's wonderful to hear all of what she says (for me). It all resonates and when I'm all done listening I know I'll be back to hear it again & again. The author's way of speaking, her descriptions and portrayals of the archetypes is rich and easy to understand. I don't know much about archetypes (this was all new to me) so feel lucky she wrote an entire book on it. Fascinating.
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fantastic intriguing work from Caroline makes so much sense. Has lead me to book an archetype reading.
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WHEELING — A man was allegedly high on bath salts when police found him naked and bleeding this morning behind an apartment building in Elm Grove, and while he was in a "drug-induced mania," he......
EVeryone once in a while you start to read the comments and you find a story like this one and then you see someone who is adamant that the police department created some conspiracy to accuse a bleeding naked guy laying on a creek bank of wrongdoing. Or that somehow they did this for money. Was this guy a "throwdown" druggie like police in the big cities do with guns? They planted this guy there? Just every once in a while you wonder what goes on in people's heads or if its time to change the gerbil.
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They should be able to tell the signs of bath salts. Very distinct behavior. However, they can report whatever they want to keep the grant money coming in to the area.
Money and ego always motivator for those who are not motivated by doing the right thing.
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Wwu, so what are you alleging, exactly? That the crimes did not occur, or that smith was not high? What reason would the police have to lie or make this up?
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WWU, you say DON'T TAKE ANYONE'S WORD ON ANYTHING IN WEST VIRGINIA. Let's start with not taking your word for anything.
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They likely know it was bath salts because the body gets so hot that people take clothing off and are extremely thirsty/dehydrated and agitated. Tend to destroy stuff, or people. Very dangerous. Cant understand what people get out of this. Why chained to a bed and not on psych unit at hillcrest?
WVU-the little gold gettaway car-where did that criminal go? has he been apprehended yet?
That gas station is the site for a utube video of wpd doing mock robbery. Google -officer ald er man of wpd. A friend copied her fb page yrs back. Drunkity drunk got promotion. No indication of salts though
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I wonder if he's related to "Gold finger" Tribett
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How did the police determine the individual was high on bath salts? Was he bubbling or did he smell good or what? If the building was unacessable how do they know there are crawly creatures about? This is pee poor reporting.
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Bath Salts? or is it "gene pool chlorine"?
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Playing with these Bath Salts is not a good idea by any stretch of the imagination. I would imagine this individual has a prior record to include drug use.
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As previously mentioned in Loaded Gun, casting directors from executive producer Ryan Seacrest's camp were cruising Boston's Ned Devine's at Quincy Market in Faneuil Hall searching for some fresh meat for Brody Jenner's new MTV project "Bromance."
Luke Verge, a self-described "designated party animal" and 24-year-old substitute elementary school teacher originally from Medford currently living in Las Vegas made the cut. So did 24-year-old Mattapoisett resident Gary Vaughn (pictured above).
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In 1824 President Monroe announced that he would maintain the tradition set by Washington of two terms and out. The presidential campaign thus opened with speculation of a ticket made up of Secretary of State John Quincy Adams and General Andrew Jackson, hero of the Battle of New Orleans: "John Quincy Adams,/Who can write,/And Andrew Jackson,/ Who can fight."
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For four years Jackson fumed as John Quincy Adams pushed government growth. In December 1825, Adams asked Congress to set up a national system of highways and canals, a national university, a department of the interior, and so on. Adams tried to make his case by looking to Europe and contending that since countries there were making "gigantic strides ... in public improvements," American legislators should follow foreign examples and "not be palsied by the will of our constituents." Many advocates in recent decades have banged Americans over the head with "progressive" European examples, but in the 1820s this approach was novel and, to Jackson, disgusting. Imitate Europe, from which Americans had become independent?
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Last night's American Idol Top 6 performances changed things up a bit with something we haven't seen before: Two solo songs from each contestant, one rock and one country. And we didn't realize it until the show was over, but it was actually the perfect way to reveal the flaws in everyone's talent — or, in some cases, the fact that there are no flaws at all.
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You might call it the luck of the Irish, but The Chieftains know it takes a workman's discipline and a tradesman's skill to make great music and stage a spectacular show for more than 40 years. And lucky you, this legendary Irish folk band is bringing their Grammy-winning hits and their troupe of musical friends to the NSO Pops just in time for St. Patrick's Day! With a strong Celtic heritage and a pinch of good cheer, The Chieftains are here to paint the town green. Please Note: The NSO does not perform in the first part of the program.
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