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McDonald's, Subway and Wendy's were big winners in this year's Zagat's National Fast Food Restaurant Survey, released today.
Wendy's was named the top overall mega chain, based on food, facilities and service. McDonald's topped numerous categories, including drive-thru and value. And Subway was listed as the healthiest option and the best service model.
The survey covered 103 chains broken into four categories – large chains (up to 5,000 U.S. outlets); mega chains (over 5,000); quick-refreshment (focusing on beverages, ice cream, etc.); and full-service (with table service).
There were more than 6,000 diners polled for this year's results. They averaged a trip to a quick-service establishment at least once a week.
Each chain was rated on the quality of its food, facilities and service based on Zagat's signature 30-point scale.
This year's top overall mega chains, based on food, facilities and service ratings, include:
Food: Wendy's beat out Subway, followed by KFC, Pizza Hut and Burger King.
Facilities: McDonald's earned No. 1, followed by Wendy's, Subway, Burger King and Pizza Hut.
Service: Subway topped the poll, followed by Wendy's, McDonald's, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.
In the large chains category, the top brands, in order, include Chick-fil-A, In-N-Out Burger, Papa Murphy's, Panera Bread and Chipotle Mexican Grill.
Food: In-N-Out Burger was No. 1, followed by Chick-fil-A, Papa Murphy's, Five Guys and Chipotle Mexican Grill.
Facilities: Panera Bread topped the survey, followed by Chick-fil-A, Pei Wei Asian Diner, McAlister's Deli and In-N-Out Burger.
Service: Chick-fil-A was No. 1, followed by In-N-Out Burger, Papa Murphy's, Jimmy John's and Panera Bread.
The quick-refreshment list, in order, includes Pinkberry, Red Mango, Peet's Coffee & Tea, Culver's and Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf.
Most popular chains
It's notable that the top three mega chains (Wendy's, Subway and McDonald's) are also among the Top 3 Most Popular.
The top 5 list of most popular mega chains includes:
For large chains, Five Guys earned the most popular spot, followed by Panera Bread, Chipotle, Chick-fil-A and In-N-Out Burger.
And for quick-refreshment chains, Starbucks topped the popularity list, followed by Dunkin' Donuts, Culver's, Ben & Jerry's and Cold Stone Creamery.
P.F. Chang's China Bistro is the most popular full-service chain, followed by the Cheesecake Factory, Bonefish Grill, California Pizza Kitchen and Maggiano's Little Italy.
Specific food categories
Zagat surveyors also shared their opinions on the best food items in a variety of categories, including:
Burger: Five Guys, followed by In-N-Out Burger, Wendy's, Burger King, McDonald's.
Fried Chicken: KFC, followed by Popeye's, Church's Chicken, Bojangles' and Culver's.
Grilled Chicken: Chick-fil-A, followed by El Pollo Loco, Panera Bread, Wendy's, McDonald's.
Fish: Long John Silver's, followed by McDonald's, Captain D's Seafood, Culver's, Burger King.
French Fries: McDonald's, followed by Five Guys, Wendy's, In-N-Out Burger, Chick-fil-A.
Coffee: Starbucks, followed by Dunkin' Donuts, McDonald's, Peet's Coffee & Tea, Caribou Coffee.
Milkshakes: Dairy Queen, followed by Cold Stone Creamery, Sonic Drive-In, Chick-fil-A, Ben & Jerry's and McDonald's (tied).
Ice Cream/Custard: Ben & Jerry's, followed by Bruster's Real Ice Cream, Haagen-Dazs; Rita's, Carvel.
Smoothies/Frozen Yogurt: Red Mango, followed by Pinkberry, Jamba Juice, Smoothie King, TCBY.
Breakfast Sandwiches: McDonald's, followed by Panera Bread, Chick-fil-A, Einstein Bros., Dunkin' Donuts.
Salads: Panera Bread, followed by Wendy's, Jason's Deli, Cosi, Corner Bakery Café.
Wings: Buffalo Wild Wings, followed by Wingstop, KFC, Zaxby's, Pizza Hut. The "Best Wings" category, with Buffalo Wild Wings on top, is new to the survey this year.
Other survey results
In addition to earning the Best French Fries and Best Breakfast Sandwiches honors, consumers polled are lovin' McDonald's for the chain's value menu, overall value, child-friendly options and drive-thru.
Also according to the survey, 69 percent of diners favor calorie count displays, and 55 percent report that their dining behavior has been influenced by such calorie counts.
"For better or for worse, fast food is a major part of American culture, with our average surveyor eating at chain restaurants nearly 11 times per month. It's worth noting that the majority of surveyors are taking their health seriously and are demanding transparency from the industry. It's also encouraging to see chain restaurants stepping up and offering healthier options," said Tim Zagat, CEO of Zagat Survey.
The full list of results is available online.
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The Alabama soccer team opened the spring season with a convincing, 5-0, victory over the University of Montevallo on a chilly night at the Alabama Soccer Stadium Friday night.
Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year, Merel Van Dongen opened up the scoring in the fifth minute. Van Dongen received a cross from early enrollee Auburn Mercer in the box and beat the keeper in the lower right corner.
In the 14th minute, Mercer continued to make an immediate impact making a blazing run onto a through ball from Freshman All-SEC forward Katie Bourgeois . As she reached the 18-yard box, she was brought down from behind and the Tide was awarded a penalty kick. Van Dongen stepped up and buried the PK to make it 2-0.
Alabama took the lead into the half and reopened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Spring addition Danielle Herubin made the most of her first collegiate action by getting on the end of another cross from Bourgeois to make the score 3-0. The All-SEC Dutch tandem connected in the 56th minute as Pia Rijsdijk finished a through ball from van Dongen.
Rijsdijk finished off the scoring for the night in the 72nd minute, finishing a cross from Janea Simpson to make the score 5-0. Simpson, the Tuscaloosa native, made her return to the pitch after being sidelined with a torn ACL last season. Freshman goalkeeper Emily Rusk, Sophomore Laura Lee Smith and early enrollee Jordan Meier played the full 90 minutes to help preserve the shutout for the Tide.
Alabama returns to action Saturday, March 9 against Memphis at the Alabama Soccer Stadium. Kickoff is at 11am.

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Three Bobcat players posted double-doubles Tuesday night as Montana State picked up a win in their first exhibition game of the year, 97-63 over the University of Great Falls.
Senior Ashley Brumwell led all scorers with 23 points. Junior Kalli Durham posted 14 points along with 12 rebounds and sophomore Jasmine Hommes added fourteen points and grabbed 10 rebounds.
The Bobcats got off to a hot start, going up 11-0 in the first few minutes of the game and all nine players posted at least 6 points on Tuesday.
MSU carried their momentum into halftime as Kalli Durham hit a three with less than 30 seconds to go in the half to send the Bobcats into the locker room with a 51-21 lead. The Bobcats shot 41 percent from the field and went 17-21 at the free throw line.
The lady Bobcats will play in their final exhibition game of the season Saturday when they host the University of Montana Western. Tip off for that game set for 2 p.m.


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For background:
- I disliked the word "nanobot" the first time I heard it.
- I like it less now.
- I don't know what it means.
Once, "robot" meant a machine that resembled a human being. In fiction, robots usually were intelligent and capable of plot-advancing independent action.
Later, "robot" also meant a machine with an arm that could do certain kinds of industrial work like a human being. Industrial robots are programmable, but most aren't even responsive, much less intelligent.
Today it seems that a "robot" is any machine that has a moving part and is considered cool for one reason or another. An elevator mechanism is called a robot, provided that it's for a space elevator, or a model of one.
By this standard, I suppose anything that is both "nano" and "a machine" can be called a robot, and a tiny robot is widely viewed as a magical thing, likely to be intelligent, fertile, hungry, and grouchy (or something). Never mind that researchers haven't gotten large robots — real, mobile devices with sensors and grippers and stuff — to exhibit any impressive degree of intelligence, and never mind that making machines smaller doesn't tend to make them smarter. Cool machines are robots, nanomachines are cool, "nanobot" sounds twice as cool, and there you are: a source of endless and destructive confusion.
It was once alleged (by a senior scientist who should have known better) that manufacturing systems that process molecular building blocks must inevitably be tiny, swarming, intelligent, socializing, conniving things that would be very, very bad if they weren't impossible.
Real concepts for nanoscale manufacturing systems (of the advanced sort, very different from the accessible and attractive near-term objectives) have much in common with conventional automated manufacturing systems.
In recent posts, I've discussed how automated, high-throughput manufacturing system works today, and it doesn't use robots to make and assemble small parts. Each post includes videos that show where common things in our lives come from, and the several show simple machines that make and assemble things with blurring speed:
- High-Throughput Nanomanufacturing: Small Parts
- High-Throughput Nanomanufacturing: Assembly
- High-Throughput Nanomanufacturing: Assembling larger products
And finally, if you haven't seen it already, you might enjoy the nanofactory animation video.


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what type of facts are you looking for?
What type of title to start with?
property/house title
Do you believe this has been done? If so, why do you think that?
Yes because my name was on the title in the beginning along with of children name and then i now learn that my name was taken off without any money or knowledge about it.
one of my children name i meant
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No one, other than a court, can remove your property interest without your knowledge or consent.
So even if they changed the deed, it isn't an effective change unless you signed off on it.
How did you learn about this?
Well i was deceived into signing the paper thinking it was a refinancing paper.
I learn after the death of my child
If you signed it then it is going to require a lawsuit to change it, and a difficult lawsuit.
difficult as in time consuming or money or both?
You have to be able to convince a judge that even though you signed it, you didn't know what you were signing or what it did. That's always hard.
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Position: DB
Height: 6-0 Weight: 182 lbs.
Born: July 28, 1978 in Phoenix, AZ
High School: Foothill
College: UNLV (school history) (Thomas college stats)
Drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 6th round (176th overall) of the 2002 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 5 (9377th overall since 1950)
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My application has pages of two basic types: forms and tables.
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Arrival of Missionaries.- Rev Wm Richards, Missionary at the Sandwich
Islands, has arrived in this country, with Mrs Richards and six of their children.
He expects to return to his field of labor as soon as possible.
In the Phoenix, at New-London, from the Sandwich Islands, Rev Samuel Parker,
of Ithaca N.Y. Missionary of the A. B. C. F. M. who crossed the Rocky Mountains
on exploring expedition among the various tribes of Indians, and returned by
the way of the Sandwich Islands and Cape Horn, after travelling 27,000 miles.
Also two sons of Levi Chamberlin, of the Sandwich Islands Mission, to be educated
in the United States.
Rev David Abeel and R. J. Blair, have arrived at New-York from St. Thomas.
Installed, June 2d, over the Salem-st. Church and Society in Boston,
Rev Joseph H. Towne.
The late 1820s and 1830s saw a Protestant religious revival called the Second Great Awakening which had a strong impact on American religion and reform. In New England evangelical enthusiasm led to the formation of missionary societies that sent clergy to foreign lands to bring bibles and religion to non-Christians. This is the report of some missionaries who had returned home from the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) for a visit. The Greenfield Gazette and Franklin Herald was the newspaper in Greenfield, Massachusetts, from June 26, 1827 to June 27, 1837. It changed its name to the Gazette & Mercury.
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This review was updated on 25th May 2016 and all the information is correct as of that date
This is my review of the British Airways American Express Premium Plus credit card.
It is part of my series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are worth applying for. These articles will be linked to the relevant sections of the 'Credit Cards Update' page. My other UK airline and hotel credit card reviews can be found here.
If you want to check your credit record before applying for a new card, click here for a free 30-day trial of Equifax's online credit report service. Note that a monthly fee of £14.95 will be charged if you do not cancel during the 30-day free trial period.
Key links: British Airways American Express Premium Plus application form
Key facts: £195 annual fee
The representative APR is 76.0% variable, including the £195 fee, based on a notional £1,200 credit limit. The interest rate on purchases is 22.9% variable.
About the card
The British Airways American Express Premium Plus card is issued directly by American Express. This analysis is focussed on the paid version of the card – I wrote about the free BA Amex card in a separate article.
The general American Express rule is that you can hold two charge cards and two credit cards at the same time. Platinum and Gold are the two widely-held charge card, whilst the credit cards include the Starwood SPG, Nectar, Costco and Harrods Amex cards.
Any American Express you may have which are issued by Lloyds, TSB, Barclays or MBNA will not directly impact on whether you are accepted for this card.
What is the sign-up bonus?
25,000 Avios when you spend £3,000 within three months. This is a special offer which runs until 15th June at which point it will drop back to 18,000 Avios.
A larger bonus of 26,000 Avios is available if you are referred by an existing cardholder. Please e-mail me at raffles [at] headforpoints.co.uk if you would like a referral link emailing to you.
Any other benefits?
When you spend £10,000, you receive a voucher entitling you to book two Avios redemption flights for the miles of one. This voucher is valid for two years.
This voucher is the most valuable perk available in the UK airline and hotel credit card sector in my view. I attempted to calculate the value of the British Airways American Express companion voucher in this post.
What is the annual fee?
The BA American Express Premium Plus card has an annual fee of £195.
You will receive a pro-rata refund of your annual fee if you cancel. American Express is the only UK card issuer to offer this.
What do I earn per £1 spent on the card?
You receive 1.5 Avios per £1 spent on the card. You receive double Avios (3 per £1) when booking flights or holidays directly with British Airways.
What is an Avios point worth?
How long is a piece of string!
This article is my best attempt to calculate the value of an Avios.
Other points to note
You will not receive a sign-up bonus if you have previously held a BA Amex (free or paid) in the previous six months. You will not have a problem if you have any other American Express card, including Amex Gold.
For clarity, you WILL receive the sign-up bonus if you currently hold, or have held, the Lloyds Avios Rewards cards – this is not a problem.
If you have the card, you can downgrade to the free version at any time. You may want to do this if you have triggered your 2-4-1 voucher but not yet redeemed it, and do not want to continue paying the annual fee.
American Express no longer has a minimum income requirement for any of its cards.
How else can you earn Avios points from a credit card?
The obvious options are the two Lloyds Bank-issued Avios cards and the two TSB-issued cards.
Don't forget these less-obvious options though:
The American Express Preferred Rewards Gold charge card offers 20,000 Membership Rewards points for signing up and is free for the first year. These convert to 20,000 Avios points.
The American Express Platinum charge card offers 30,000 Membership Rewards points for signing up. These convert to 30,000 Avios points. It has a £450 fee, refunded pro-rata if you cancel.
The Starwood Preferred Guest American Express credit card offers 10,000 Starwood Preferred Guest points for signing up. These convert to 10,000 Avios points. It has a £75 fee, refunded pro-rata if you cancel.
The sign-up bonus of 25,000 Avios (26,000 if I refer you) is a very good offer especially as the card fee is refundable pro-rata if you choose to cancel during the year. This offer ends on 15th June at which point the bonus will drop back to 18,000 Avios.
In terms of on-going earning, 1.5 Avios points and the 2-4-1 voucher when you spend £10,000 make the most valuable package on the market for your long-term spending as long as you are confident of hitting the £10,000 target. If you won't spend £10,000 on the card each year then the value of the Avios earned will not cover the annual fee.
The application form for the British Airways American Express Premium Plus card can be found here.
Disclaimer: Head for Points is a journalistic website. Nothing here should be construed as financial advice, and it is your own responsibility to ensure that any product is right for your circumstances. Recommendations are based primarily on the ability to earn miles and points and do not consider interest rates, service levels or any impact on your credit history. By recommending credit cards on this site, I am – technically – acting as a credit broker. Robert Burgess, trading as Head for Points, is regulated and authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a credit broker.


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text: 3/30/2009 - The Federal Trade Commission issued a press release about its 2008 "sweeps," undercover shopping trips to see if mortuaries are complying with the Funeral Rule. The Rule, in place since 1984, requires funeral homes to give consumers printed, itemized price lists and disclosures at the very beginning of any funeral arrangments discussion. Sounds pretty simple, right? So then why did 26 of the 104 funeral homes secret-shopped last year not do it?


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I may have mentioned before that I'm a bit of a recovering perfectionist. Some of that comes from my dad. He is all about the prep work. You don't start a project without a sketch — or two, or three (always in a tiny notebook with a no. 2 pencil). You get all your supplies in advance. You make sure you know what you are doing. At least that is how I saw him as he tackled a kajillion home improvement projects when I was a kid. Now my dad had an advantage — he worked in construction. He'd spent decades as a tradesman and picked up tons of practical skills and tricks on the job from other tradesman. We were a big family in a little house, that over our lifetimes my dad completely reinvented. So I've got some high standards when it comes to working on our home.
The problem is, I don't have a lot of opportunity. My husband's work schedule is, at best, erratic in nature. Planning a several day DIY project that means counting on him, either for labor or childcare, just doesn't always work out. Add in any other variable, like say the need for good weather, and many projects are doomed before I even get out that no. 2 pencil. In our first house, a fixer, at least I had only one child … and television. Now I have three with their own crazy schedules. So making this new house a home gets pretty complicated. Something had to give. And it was my perfectionism, and it went down fast and hard.
Spring arrived early here, so I hired the lawn guys to remove a huge patch of sod for our new flower bed. Then I bought shrubs. Then it rained. And rained. Grass grew where the sod had been removed. But I moved on and ordered mulch, 6 cubic yards of it. All last week I planted and spread mulch, without pulling out all the new grass. The fridge got empty. We ate a lot of sandwiches. The kids complained. The scattered dog hair grew into gigantic tumbleweeds that devoured the tracked in mulch and dirt. I kept telling myself we'd be done soon, and I would shop and clean and finally send my kids to school in clean underwear (I'm kidding … I think).
But then another surprise — my husband's 4 day work trip was unexpectedly canceled, and he had already scheduled the time off. These 4 days backed right into the 3 day Memorial Day weekend. YES! The wheels began spinning. I craved a no. 2 pencil and a tiny notebook of lined paper. I plotted paint colors. I got out power tools. I cruised DIY blogs. Oh man, I was going to do it all. A photo gallery wall, shelves, painting our bedroom, installing a garden arbor.
I said to my husband, "We NEED to get planning for this time off!" He said, "Yeah, how 'bout I take J to a baseball game in a city 3 hours away? " and "Why don't we go to an amusement park with the kids?"
{I'll pause now, so you can picture my apoplectic face. Ready now? We'll return to the story}
After some deep, cleansing breaths, I said, "Okay, maybe we should do some of that stuff."
I did order the garden arbor, but I know it may not get installed this week. We bought paint, and I'm almost finished painting our bedroom. But I skipped spackling and caulking (please don't let Dad read this Mom). I didn't even bother to wipe down the walls, although I did vacuum up the dog hair-dust bunnies. I know the new curtain rod probably still won't get hung in that newly painted bedroom (okay, I've had this curtain rod for more than 6 months, so I guess I can't call it new any longer). The floor of my entire house is still filthy, we are still eating easy dinners, and I'm just barely keeping us all in clean clothes.
But it is spring. To heck with clean. Opportunity came knocking, so I've got projects to do. And I'll just keep tackling them as best I can, whenever I can.
And when I think back to watching my dad work, I finally seem to remember some sudden trips to the hardware store, or over to my uncle's house for an unexpected supply. When I take off those childhood, rose-colored glasses, I recall the door he never finished trimming out or the paint job that never got touched up. Maybe he wasn't such a perfectionist after all. I suppose we both are just pleased by a job well-done. Or at least almost-done.


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Kim Kardashian Looking Forward To Getting Back In To Shape
July 26, 2013 09:41 AM by Lisa Princ
It's been nearly six weeks since Kim Kardashian gave birth to her daughter, North West, and fans are anxiously waiting to see how the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star is doing as a new mommy. And in case you were wondering about all that weight she gained while pregnant, Kardashian is currently working hard at dropping the baby weight and getting back in to shape!
It's no secret that Kim Kardashian packed on a lot of extra weight during her pregnancy, but just how is the Keeping Up With The Kardashians doing now that the baby is nearly 6 weeks old? One insider recently told People Magazine that though she hasn't dropped all of the weight yet, Kim has lost a lot of it, and: "She's feeling great and looking forward to getting back in shape."
Kim is reportedly eating healthy in an attempt to get the weight off, but the source went on to add: "She's happy with the way she looks, but she knows she still has a way to go to get her pre-baby body totally back." Meanwhile, rumor has it that Kim will be debuting her weight loss on an episode of her mother's talk show, Kris. Since baby North's birth back in June, Kim has not shared any photos of herself or her daughter.
Losing weight is hard enough as it is, so we couldn't imagine the pressure Kim is under to drop the weight, especially since she appeared to gain more than the average pregnant woman.
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Poppy Jones Says:
July 26th, 2013 at 10:17 am
Yes let's have it! Still I wait to get a glimpse of that baby even more than Kim's weight loss. What's the hold up?
Belinda Says:
July 26th, 2013 at 10:50 am
I think it's all a strategic move on their part. They have let the obsession over awaiting Kate Middleton to give birth, her giving birth, her debuting her baby, and her naming her baby blow over so now the only thing left is for people to wonder about Kim's baby.
Margaret Perez Says:
July 26th, 2013 at 11:47 am
That's all that matters in today's society. Body perfection. Celebrities only embrace the baby bump but when it comes down to walking out after the birth, no no they don't want to be seen looking like A NORMAL HUMAN BEING WHO JUST FINISHED RELEASING A CHILD. Nope. They gotta have the abs back first.


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This sermon, preached by Rev. John Taylor (1762-1840) in Deerfield, Massachusetts, was supposed to remind local people of the French and Indian raid of one hundred years before. Taylor discusses how no town in the colony suffered "from the depredations of the natives equally with Deerfield." Taylor was the first to use the word "massacre" to describe the 1704 attack.
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Jean-Georges Vongerichten's Latin offshoot of ABC Kitchen evokes a grand, crumbling hacienda. ABC Cocina is romantic and sexy, akin to when the space housed its former tenant, a Spanish restaurant called Pipa. Executive chef Dan Kluger shares duties with chef de cuisine Ian Coogan, turning out a thrilling roster of tapas-like gooey spicy ham and cheese fritters, mezcal-cured salmon and spring pea empanadas. Beef tenderloin burnt ends with chimichurri sauce is an enticing mash-up of barbecue and Buenos Aires, while crispy fish tacos whisk you away to Baja. Just like ABC Kitchen, there is a strong dedication to eco-technology, boutique producers and seasonal ingredients. Those without reservations might luck out with seats at the bar or communal table.


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A former Onslow County teacher and high school soccer coach accused of soliciting sex from a 13 year old is out on bond.
John Tobias Sweeney, 36, of Sioux Drive was charged Thursday by Onslow County Sheriff�s Office with solicitation of a child by a computer or electronic device to commit an unlawful sex act.
Sweeney is accused of soliciting a 13 year old to engage in sexual activity via Meetme.com and text messages, according to warrants. Bond was set at $10,000.
Sweeney resigned from his position at Southwest High School Thursday, according to Onslow County Schools.
Sweeney, who made his first court appearance Thursday, will hire private counsel. His preliminary hearing is set for Jan. 9.
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The chief executive of Radian Group Inc. RDN 0.50 % warned that lenders and insurers need to work closely with the U.S. government to prevent further housing-market "shocks" in the wake of the takeover of a rival mortgage insurer by Arizona regulators last week.
The Arizona Department of Insurance last week seized control of PMI Group Inc., ordering the mortgage insurer to pay just 50% on any future claims, with the rest to be deferred.
Mortgage insurers pay lenders on a portion of their losses if homeowners default on their loans. The regulator's order means mortgage investors such as Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Wells Fargo & Co. WFC -0.10 % will likely be footing more of the bill than they expected on defaulted loans insured by PMI.
"The housing industry is in a very fragile situation," said Radian CEO S.A. Ibrahim in an interview Sunday. "We all need to work very collaboratively to do everything we can to make sure the housing industry doesn't suffer any more shocks," he said.
The warning comes as regulators and legislators are working to overhaul the mortgage market on several fronts, with the aims of reducing the government's role and avoiding a repetition of the conditions that resulted in record foreclosures when the most-recent housing bubble burst.
"I hope PMI's announcement doesn't cause further psychological harm to the homeowners' market," Mr. Ibrahim said.
But Mr. Ibrahim said the remaining mortgage insurers are healthier than PMI, and should be allowed to continue selling new coverage. Mortgage insurers tightened their underwriting standards after the housing bubble burst and insist the coverage they are selling now will be highly profitable.
"There's a huge advantage to all of us to being allowed to continue to write new business," Mr. Ibrahim said. "As long as the remaining players continue to write business, the industry model will be scarred but whole. Should any more players be forced to stop writing business, it starts to cost the taxpayers even more money" because a shuttered company wouldn't be able to use profits on more-recent policies to pay off claims on the older ones.
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WALNUT CREEK - Cal sophomore placekicker Giorgio Tavecchio was named the Pac-10 Special Teams Player of the Week on Monday, winning the honor for the first time in his career. Tavecchio is the fifth Cal player to be honored with a Pac-10 Player of the Week selection this season, following the Offensive Player of the Week picks of Kevin Riley (Sept. 5) and Jahvid Best (Sept. 19), the Special Teams Player of the Week choice of Bryan Anger (Oct. 17) and the Defensive Player of the Week naming of Mike Mohamed (Oct. 31).
Tavecchio made a career-high four of five field goal attempts in a 24-16 victory over Arizona last Saturday, becoming the first Cal player to make four field goals in a game since Tom Schneider also made four of his five attempts in the Big Game against Stanford on Dec. 2, 2006. Two of Tavecchio's makes were from 46 yards out (tied for the second-longest in his career), while another was a 22-yarder with 4:46 to go in the game that erased a one-point Arizona lead.
Cal TB Shane Vereen was also nominated for Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Week honors, while Mohamed was nominated for the conference's Defensive Player of the Week. Stanford's Toby Gerhart (Offensive) and UCLA's Akeem Ayers (Defense) captured those honors.
Vereen rushed 30 times for 159 yards (both career highs) and one touchdown against Arizona last Saturday starting in place of injured TB Jahvid Best. On the season, Vereen has rushed for 545 yards and seven touchdowns on 105 carries.
Mohamed recorded a team-high and game-high-tying nine tackles and one pass breakup against Arizona, and continues to lead the Pac-10 with 90 tackles (9.0 stops per game).
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Pope Benedict XVI gestures during his weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010. The pope named 24 new cardinals Wednesday, putting his mark on the body that will elect his successor and giving a boost to Italian hopes to regain the papacy. Among the new cardinals are two Americans and prelates from key posts in Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa.
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In the course of researching my family, I have found Google Books and Internet Archive to be great sources of history. Initially, Google Books seemed to have more resources but Internet Archive has grown and also is a valuable source.
What You Will Find
Both of these websites scan out-of-print and hard-to-find books and make them available for free viewing and downloading. For family history sources you will find local town and county histories as well as more broad based state or regional texts. These types of books are typically found only on the shelves of a library in their county or region so being able to search for information within them is virtually impossible unless you live in that area. This is where Google Books and Internet Archive are performing a great service because now these texts are available on-line. The stories in these books can be real jewels in your family research because they often tell personal stories about an ancestor. Census records and other data-bases are great sources of information but often the data they provide is limited to statistical facts and figures (birth, marriage, death, burial, enlistment, etc.). While we all need this information, it is a bit dry . . . the real great finds are actual stories about an individual . . . often about an ancestor long dead where there would be no other way of finding out about them.
Personal Histories Come Alive
The great thing about finding a personal story about and individual ancestor or family is that it brings history alive. I will give you an example. I have a 3rd great grandfather named Apollas Holcombe. I know of him, when he lived, where he lived and died, his parents and children, etc. I also know that he served in the war of 1812. The war service was a great piece of information and I found it from New York State records. What I have just told you, however, is a bunch of statistical facts. The real good stuff came when I stumbled across a book called the "History of Macomb County Michigan" published in 1882. This is typical of a text published in the late 1800's that documents the history of a county and includes biographies of some local citizens. Here is were it gets interesting; Apollas did not live in Michigan, he died in New York but his son Ira did. Ira, as it happens, is not my ancestry but the brother of my 2nd great grandfather, Reuben. Ira gets a couple of paragraphs in the section of the book on the Town of Washington. But Ira was a farmer and his life wasn't that interesting so the author writes more about his father and father-in-law then Ira, himself. This is where I hit pay dirt!
Here is what I find out about Apollas: "born in 1791; was a soldier of 1812, and wounded at the burning of Buffalo by the British in 1814; a bullet struck his uplifted arm and sped to the shoulder; the "knuckle" of the elbow joint was cut off and came out of the wound, which was in a state of suppuration two years, occasionally capping over; one day, he remarked to his son (Ira) that he believed the bullet had returned to the place of entry, and, taking his knife, probed the cavity and took out the bullet, which, with the fragment of bone, is in the possession of Mr. Holcomb (Ira)."
WOW!, What a great piece of information, and as a bonus, Apollas' father, Micha is also mentioned along with his Revolutionary War service.
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Over the course of the last few years, I have found information, like the example above, on a number of my ancestors. The quality of the information does vary, however. Sometimes it is just a sentence or two and other times it could be a whole page. Either way, the information adds to the story and often provides collaborating information about an ancestor. It may also give a clue that sends you searching for additional information somewhere else. How to find the information? There are basically two ways to find the information you are looking for. The first is what I call the "accidental find." You may find a source, when random googling but I have found that names in Google Books and Internet Archive documents do not always show-up in web searches. However, if the source has been copied to another site, such as a local genealogy site, then a name may be search-able. The second way is to go right to Google Books or Internet Archive and search within those sites. This is hit or miss and takes some time but the rewards can be great. It helps if you already know where your ancestor was living. For example, my 1st great and 2nd great grandfathers both lived in Green County, Wisconsin in the 1800's. So I went to Google Books and Internet Archive and searched for the "History of Green County Wisconsin." This yielded a few texts and sure enough, biographies existed about both of them (in two different books). Finding this stuff is great but keep in mind that unless your ancestors are famous, most will probably not be found, even in these local texts. But when you do find one, its a great feeling and provides information that would otherwise be lost in time.


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In case you're unfamiliar, FATCA stands for Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act. Or, in other words, your current nightmare if you happen to lead a financial services organization. The whole financial services sector is affected by this new regulation as U.S. tax authorities extend the requirements of reporting and due diligence globally. If you're a financial ... [ + Read more ]


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Thanks Heidi. I have my fingers crossed for this series, which is so close to my heart.
So pretty!
Beautiful Mary
Thank you Talins. It was a beautiful evening.
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It can be very peaceful - we made a few trips outside the GGBridge to the Farallon Islands - and when the wind dies down and you just coast along, and the bird life there is amazing ; )
We also had a 10" El Toro for the local lakes in Oakland and Daly City -
Thanks Irina very much.
Michael, I think I conjured up some good old memories for you today. Enjoy :)
Michael, I think I conjured up some good old memories for you today. Enjoy :)
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A newly created bitmap seems to have a (white) background by default. At least, a query on the Pixels property confirms. But why is that background color not used as the transparent color when
Transparent is set true?
Consider this simple test code:
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
Bmp: TBitmap;
Bmp := TBitmap.Create;
Bmp.Width := 100;
Bmp.Height := 100;
Bmp.Transparent := True;
Canvas.Draw(0, 0, Bmp); // A white block is drawn
Bmp.Canvas.Brush.Color := Bmp.Canvas.Pixels[0, 99]; // = 'clWhite'
Bmp.Canvas.FillRect(Rect(0, 0, 100, 100));
Canvas.Draw(0, 100, Bmp); // "Nothing" is drawn
For some reason, the entire bitmap surface has to be painted before it can appear transparent, which sounds kind of odd.
The following variations are tried to eliminate the call to
FillRect, all with the same outcome (no transparancy):
- Only setting
Brush.Handle := CreateSolidBrush(clWhite),
PixelFormat := pf32Bit,
IgnorePalette := True,
TransparantColor := clWhite,
TransparantMode := tmFixed,
Canvas.Pixels[0, 99] := clWhitewhich makes only thát pixel transparent,
Modified := True.
So, the wish is to paint only a portion of a newly created bitmap and get the remaining surface transparent.
Using: Delphi 7, Win 7/64.


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McCain to New Hampshire
March 12: Former presidential candidate Sen. John McCain will return to New Hampshire for two days of stumping and fundraising for Senate candidate Kelly Ayotte, who is vying to replace the retiring Sen. Judd Gregg. But while McCain is in the Granite State, he may still be thinking of his own race in Arizona where he faces a potentially difficult primary challenge from former congressman and talk-radio host J.D. Hayworth.
French go to the polls
March 14: Part one of France's two-part, regional elections begins March 14. The regional elections could provide a venue for French socialists to deal a blow to center-right President Nicolas Sarkozy. Socialists already hold power in 20 of France's 22 mainland regions-and a sweep of regional elections could set the stage for a serious challenge to Sarkozy in 2012. The second round of French voting will come on March 21.
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March 15: Swedish disco group ABBA and the Phil Collins--fronted Genesis will headline the 2010 induction ceremony at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Other inductees include British Invasion group The Hollies, punk rock pioneers The Stooges, and Jimmy Cliff, who helped take Jamaican music mainstream.
Dot-com turns 25
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March Madness commences
March 18: Not counting the March 16 play-in game, March Madness begins in earnest today. Around this time, newspapers and magazines will likely report that office pools cost U.S. businesses nearly $4 billion in lost productivity. But Slate.com columnist Jeff Merron argues those figures are highly inflated, saying they exaggerate the number of people who actually care whether Butler can pull off an upset. Another Merron argument: Those five minutes you took to check your alma-mater's score didn't subtract from your actual working hours, but from the time you usually spend checking your Facebook at the office.
Anniversary of the Iraq invasion
March 20: Despite now costing more in inflation-adjusted dollars than the Vietnam War, the United States' involvement in Iraq shows promise at the beginning of its seventh year. Citizens of the conflict-weary nation were scheduled to go to the polls on March 7 for a parliamentary election. And though President Barack Obama promised to withdraw U.S. combat troops from Iraq by August, Pentagon officials are already making contingency plans to stay past the deadline.


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It'll be a few years for U.S. models, according to every source I've heard. I truly hope they don't try to sell this 7/8 scale sportster here: The U.S. DOES NOT need another cruiser looking bike, IMHO. Please, RE, don't ruin our 'vintage' bikes! I hope they just add the improved engines into the existing styling.
I have seen a bike that they plan on releasing perhaps in 2009 that is better looking than the current classic.
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judging from the recent thread, there are some in the cycling education and advocacy community that would have cyclists believe that they are prohibited from travelling away from the edge absent a legal excuse.
Well, this ec effective curbhug is marginal and potentially unsafe road positioning advice and does not recognize cyclists in most states are free, absent other faster traffic present at the time, to operate on the right hand side of the road, then pull safely right, as far right as is practicable when faster traffic is overtaking.
this is the case in about two thirds of the states: there are only about a dozen, like ohio, that legally require cyclists to stay safely right, presumably in anticipation of faster traffic overtaking. most other states have no such constrainment, and cyclists are free to
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cyclists, cycling educators, or cycling authors that try to advise cyclists are constrained to curbhug as a default position unless there is an excuse, under their personal misinterpretation of cyclists rights, are doing cyclists a grave disfavor when they marginalize cyclists rights.
do not listen to overly simplistic constrainments to operate at the edge of the road using an EC, effective curbhugging method. it is unwise and it is potentially unsafe riding with a marginalized and false sense of where to position oneself on the road.
check your state traffic codes. In california, cyclists are clearly and explicitly required to operate FRAP only when there is faster traffic present. the law only requires frap when there is faster traffic present at the time, otherwise simply riding on the right side of the middle of the road (generally) meets the legal demands of cyclists in California and a preponderate majority of other states.
riding an effective curbhug is NOT the law in most states. Do not listen to those that marginalize with their misleading effective curbhugging advice.
I live in washington state, another state that requires cyclists operate frap when other traffic is present. I am legally allowed to operate well away from the far right side of the road unless there is faster traffic present.
This allows me on my daily rides to maximize my sightlines and visibility to oncoming, overtaking and cross traffic when there is no other faster traffic needing to overtake. I am allowed to position myself in the middle of unstriped neighborhood roads and collector streets without a middle line, and can legally position myself a foot from the center dividing line on striped, laned roads unless there is faster traffic present at the time.
This style of vehicular cycling has been characterized by John Franklin as using primary/secondary road positioning - operating in a primary road & lane position absent overtaking traffic, and only moving to a secondary ,as far right as practicable position to allow faster traffic to pass. This reflects the laws in most states, the standards in the UVC as well as unwritten fair duties sharing roads with faster traffic.
This primary/secondary positioning is legally allowed by bicyclists in both california and washington state - states that some bicycling educators would have cyclists believe are 'constrained to the edge' of roads unless a legal excuse is demonstrated.
the 'legally constrained to the edge absent an excuse' EC curbhug is an inaccurate misrepresentation of cyclists rights in most states.


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Members of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders' front office have said they are intent on giving the franchise back to the community.
They will take another step toward doing so today.
The RailRiders will host an open house at PNC Field from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, a free-of-charge event to showcase the progress and changes being made at the ballpark during the $43 million renovation project that began last year.
Fans can purchase RailRiders merchandise at the park, and anyone interested in purchasing season- or group-ticket packages will have the chance to do so. Not only that, they'll be able to view the seats they can sit in during the 2013 season.
Criticized in recent years for what many fans complained was a disconnect with the community that festered after the New York Yankees moved their top minor league affiliate to the area in 2007, the RailRiders organization has engaged in a whirlwind effort to re-engage its fan base. Fans were asked to submit potential team names in the Name The Team contest, and they voted the RailRiders the winner in the fall. They also announced the winning team name at a free party for the public in November that packed Genetti Manor in Dickson City.
Fans have responded in kind to the changes.
More recently, the franchise's new Community Organization of the Night Program, which was announced last week, filled to its capacity in just 6½ business days. Team president and general manager Rob Crain said that nonprofit groups from around the area responded to the announcement of the program, and as the team hoped, one will be honored before and during all 72 home games this season.
The groups chosen will receive four free field reserve seats, will be given the opportunity to throw out the ceremonial first pitch, can be interviewed on the field before the game and will be given a table on the concourse to pass out information on the organization and its cause.
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Documentary hails children with disabilities; article discusses yoga injury
'Disability' isn't in their dictionary "I Can't Do This but I Can Do That" (HBO)
This 30-minute documentary focuses on children with learning differences and shows how they cope. As the title suggests, the theme is that although these kids may struggle in some areas, they excel in others. Joey is a 12-year-old with an auditory processing disorder, which makes it hard for him to think and hear at the same time. But he can paint stunning wall murals of knights and dragons. Almost all of the stories end positively, with the child switching into programs for learning differences. (The upbeat film doesn't call them "disabilities.") Check www.hbo.com for air times.
The downside of upside down Yoga Journal, November issue
Yoga teacher Patricia Sullivan shares a cautionary tale about an injury she sustained practicing "the king of the asanas [poses]": headstand. Numbness in her right hand turned to chronic pain, which a doctor confirmed was from her regimen of standing on her head for 10 minutes at a time. "My longing to excel . . . had led me to ignore my body's signals and cries for relief," she writes. Multiple sidebars to the article show safer ways to invert the body, such as lying with one's legs up the wall.
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Tulane senior Anna Monhartova started off her 2000-01 season with a big victory.
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MOBILE, Ala.-- Tulane's Anna Monhartova, a senior from Plzen, Czech Republic, won the Country Club of Mobile Collegiate Invitational Tennis Championship Monday with a 6-2, 1-2 (ret) upset victory over Viktoria Stoklasova. Stoklasova, a freshman at the University of South Alabama, came into the tournament unseeded but is expected to be one of the top freshmen in the NCAA this year.
Monhartova had advanced to the final with a 0-6, 6-4, 6-3 upset win over Stoklasova's teammate and the tournament's No. 2 seed, Martina Ondrejkova, in the semifinals.
The Green Wave's No. 1 player as a junior last season, Monhartova led Tulane to a 14-9 overall record and a third-place finish at the 2000 Conference USA Championships.
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New Android apps worth downloading: SwatchMatic, eBay update, Prince of Persia Classic
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Here are three great Android apps to take us into the weekend. SwatchMatic is a clever app that recognizes colors in the real world and then creates helpful robotic swatches of them. eBay's official app got a much-needed overhaul and added some useful extra functionality to boot. We've also got the lowdown on Prince of Persia Classic for all you old-school gamers out there.
SwatchMatic (Free)
What's it about? SwatchMatic uses your camera to view the world around you. It matches colors to its palette thus inspiring designers everywhere!
What's cool? Just point your smartphone's camera at a color you like and it tells you the color's name and all the values you need to recreate it. It also gives you five other colors that nicely match it. You can save the palette as an image of a loveable robot all dressed up in the aforementioned colors, or as text so they're easy to share in a design app or printing service.
Who is it for? Graphic designers looking for color inspiration will find SwatchMatic a perfect companion. Frankly, the app is just plain fun for anyone to use, say if you're looking for a new color to paint your bathroom.
What's it like? I don't think I've ever seen an Android app do what SwatchMatic does. There are various color-inspiration apps, like Adobe Kuler, and numerous Augmented Reality apps, but SwatchMatic combines the two in a unique way.
eBay update (Free)
What's it about? Version 2.0 of the official eBay app has finally arrived and it brings a nice design refresh as well as some useful additional features.
What's cool? There's a new user-interface more in tune with Android's Holo design standards so everything looks a bit crisper and cleaner. If you're in the U.S., the app now offers access to eBay Motors so it's easier to shop for vehicles, parts and accessories. There is also better list access, sellers can add up to 12 photos when listing an item, and it's simple to view an item's bidding history.
Who is it for? For avid eBay addicts, the refreshed design will be welcome, as will the addition of access to eBay Motors. eBay now allows users in Spain and Italy to add listings via the app, plus there's payment support for shoppers in Malaysia and Singapore.
What's it like? eBay is pretty much the boss when it comes to auctions online. The company also has its local classifieds app offering, as well as its eBay Widgets so you can track what you're buying or selling on your home screen.
Prince of Persia Classic ($2.99)
What's it about? Ubisoft just released this refreshed version of the classic adventure game. It features all the action from the original with an updated look and feel.
What's cool? As the Prince of Persia, you're on a daring rescue mission to save your Princess. You'll performing death-defying stunts as you head from the dark dungeons to the beautiful palace tower. There are plenty of fiendish traps to overcome and multiple game modes to enjoy.
Who is it for? Fans of the original game will no doubt get a kick of this update mobile version which still retains much of the original's challenge. The multiple game modes might also help recruit new players: there's normal mode, a time attack mode and a survival mode where you must complete the game in 60 minutes without dying once. Yikes.
What's it like? Other adventure platformers include The Adventures of Tintin, Lara Croft: Guardian of Light and Illusia 2 which mixes in RPG elements.


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May 24, 2016
Three college students accused of setting a string of church fires in Alabama will not be getting out of jail, despite a federal judge's ruling Thursday.
The judge ruled the trio could be released on $50,000 bond each, but they will remain in custody because of new arrest warrants issued Thursday by the state.
The warrants charged the trio with arson in Bibb County, where five of the nine fires happened in February.
Alabama officials say keeping them behind bars is a high priority.
"The severity is quite high. We look at it very seriously. Many in the community are upset with what happened in our county," said Sheriff Johnny Isaac of Greene County.
Benjamin Moseley, Russell Debusk, Jr., and Matthew Cloyd are charged federally with starting nine fires in all, including two in Sumter County.
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I've learned something great. It occurred to me a lot of our "strongest men" have a keg looking body, despite it being a big slab of muscle. And with the advances in Pilates, more and more women are developing "banana" body shapes.
It wasn't long ago when women targeted a "hour glass" figure, and men's most defining stick out features were their very broad shoulders and bulging biceps.
A lot of people with a tummy that sticks out, even after loosing the weight, seem to do lots of crunches in hopes to slim the potbelly appearance. But there's a muscle a lot of people overlook that is very easy to train. that is the Transverse Abdominis.This muscle is what holds the organs inwards, and with the increase in day to day stress, and a tendency to take more, smaller breathes this muscle gets slack. Childbearing will also loosen this muscle.
The exercise I've done is simple; take a deep breath, and quickly release it as you pull your belly button quickly towards your spine, as far as it will go, and hold it. You should feel some tension around your diaphragm if you've pulled it in far enough
Do this a few times every time you remember, as many times as you like. Hold it for as long as you can before relaxing and restarting.
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Holiday shopping battle starts to get pitched
Against this background, the holiday deals have come in rapid-fire succession. In the past 24 hours, Best Buy Co. announced it's discounting a number of its electronics items this Friday and Saturday. For example, it has a 40-inch LCD HDTV for $399.99.
Retailer Kmart said it's letting customers who buy items online pick up purchases on the same day at more than 600 locations. The retailer, owned by Sears Holdings Corp., also announced customers can now buy items through the Kmart2go mobile web site or smart phone applications and select in-store pickup. The apps also can be used in-store for product information.
But many are also not waiting to give shoppers a sneak preview of what type of come-ons they'll find the day after Thanksgiving:
- Target will offer discounts both online and in stores. It's offering a Thanksgiving Day sale online with deals including discounts of up to 50 percent off on electronics such as cameras, TVs, a Blu-ray player and video game console. In stores, Target will have 25 early morning Black Friday bargains, 11 more than last year.
- Staples is offering deals from 6 a.m. to noon including a $499.98 HP Laptop with an Intel Celeron 900 Processor marked down to $299.98.
- The Disney Store plans to offer 20 percent off most items until 10 a.m. It also plans to open 110 locations at midnight.
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What's the best K/D ratio you've managed in a match? (Not overall.) Mine is 66/0 in a deathmatch and I must say I was quite pleased and also suprised I managed it;
It was a 30 minute match at the prison, with all weapons. There were 10 players (one of whom was a laggy bastard.) I just camped in the southernmost tower where the sniper and MP5 spawn, I picked up a couple of clips of M4 ammo beforehand and it lasted me the entire match. Also I didn't grab one health/armour pickup, although I took a few shots I finished the match with a third of my health intact. You just have to watch the radar for people approaching and also people in the other towers where snipers spawn. As the last seconds counted down I could feel my pulse rising, I hid from the gunfire, scared i'd take a stray shot and be killed, silly really, I keep telling myself not to take it so seriously.


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I love pictures. There's a hidden world behind them that never stops to intrigue me. Images are like riddles, like little containers of story, atmosphere, confusion maybe. My visual language is about that hidden layer. By making conscious decisions in my selecting process, i hope to filter a little bit of mysterie involved in both imagemaking and the simple fact of being at a given moment in time at this particular place, using my camera as a catcher. In the end, once the images mature, the spirit they keep becomes more obvious. Only in hindsight do we really understand our choices; to me that's what imagemaking is about.
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Oil hangs near $94 on U.S. jobs report, Iran talks
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Oil hangs at $94 a barrel
The price of oil remained near $94 a barrel Friday as markets digested a possible loosening of sanctions against Iran and hopeful U.S. employment data.
By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for December delivery was up 6 cents at $94.26 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell 60 cents on Thursday.
Negotiations in Geneva between major world powers and Iran on the Islamic Republic's nuclear program were seen as heading toward a deal. U.S.-led sanctions have crippled Iran's oil exports and their resumption would come at a time of already abundant supplies.
Meanwhile, the Labor Department said U.S. employers added 204,000 jobs in October, a surprisingly high figure considering the federal government was partially shut for 16 days last month. At the same time, unemployment rose to 7.3 percent from 7.2 percent in September, likely because furloughed workers were counted as unemployed.


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May 21st Doomsday: Unhappy Birthday?Monica Bielanko
I don't put much stock in all this end of the world chatter, although I will say I find it highly suspicious that Oprah is ending her 25 year run the same week as the end of the world.
In my humble opinion, May 21st 2011 will come and go with nary an apocalypse and then I can tell you I told you so.
But what if your little one decides to make a "doomsday" entrance?
I've read a lot about kids born on 9/11 who aren't exactly thrilled with the birth date. But that was an actual bad thing that happened. This May 21st doomsday malarkey is just that; malarkey. So I actually think being born on what was predicted to be the last day of the world would be awesome.
So exactly how will the end of the world go down? According to beliefs, "God will destroy the world through an earthquake, which will start in New Zealand at 6am on May 21 and from there the earthquake will follow the Sun and go from nation to nation."
Yikes. Tough time to be in labor, no?
While most people believe the world will not end on May 21st 2011 or October 21st 2011 or December 21st, 2012, there are still many people who believe this will happen. Are you one of those people? Are you pregnant? I'm curious, does anyone out there actually have an estimated due date of May 21st? How're you feeling about that? Are you superstitious or do you think it'd be as cool as I do?


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I am wondering if anyone else has had this experience. Since becoming a mother my skin is a lot dryer, to the point where sometimes I feel I'm wearing a mask. I looked at a close up photo of myself recently and was astonished by all the new wrinkles. I think this has two causes, 1)less sleep, and 2) we use the heater more at night to keep the baby warm and its drying my skin out. Who knows, it may be a post-natal hormone thing too.
I have a great moisturizing cleanser and a face cream (clarins) I use during the day but I have now been told that I need to use a night cream. I am loath to walk up to a dept store make up counter and buy something expensive when I don't know how effective it will be.
So here's my question...does anyone use a night cream that they really like? Or have any other tricks to keep their skin hydrated. Also, I have read the recommendations in the archive on estheticans but if anyone has a good up to date recommendation of a skin care specialist in the East bay who could help me I would appreciate that too.
Here are my inexpensive suggestions for combating post childbirth skin and hair problems:
Drink lots of water and horsetail tea (avoid caffeine as much as possible for a while, as it is dehydrating)
Change hair & skin products (to replenish lost nutrients that might be deficient in your current line if you have been using it for a long time, or alternate days with different products---helpful to reduce possibility of developing allergy to a long-used product)
Use warm (not overly hot) water in your shower
Rub Olive oil on your body after shower, or add to your bath--I keep a bottle in my bathroom.
Exercise if you can, to work up a sweat (sweating is good for the skin)
Use an exfoliator once in a while, like a wet washcloth, or a loofah pad on the face
It is really (really) expensive, but I absolutely love the AnneMarie Borlind line of cleanser/day/night creams. They are the eighth wonder of the world--you can learn about them online at www.borlind.com . You can also buy them at Whole Foods. Moisturizing creams run about $40.00 per jar, but you need so little that they last about 4 months. I have found that using the whole line of products (cleanser, toner, and day & night creams) works best together. If you can afford to treat yourself (or know someone who wants to spoil you with something) this is the way to go. I am using the ZZ line for sensitive skin, but have also used the ''Regeneration''line for aging skin, and both are excellent. Also the Intensive Capsules are wonderful, instant relief (I swear, I don't work for this company!) Good luck. elizabeth
2. Osmotics Blue Copper 5 Elasticity Repair $55 (my husband and mother both love this one - the eye cream works wonders too)
3. Juvena Q10 Night $55 (my grandmother's favorite)
If you hate the department store like I do, you can read up on the products and purchase any of them online at http://www.sephora.com/browse/section.jhtml?categoryId=C151
Osmotics and Juvena are both good choices too if the Z. Bigatti is too expensive. I've used all three and there are all GREAT. anon.
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