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Shane O'Neill got the best early Christmas present he could've possibly asked for.
On Dec. 23, the Colorado Rapids defender's phone blew up after he returned to the US from a training stint at English Premier League side Fulham with messages containing big, unexpected news:
He was going to be called up by Jurgen Klinsmann for the US national team's January training camp.
"I was pretty shocked," the 20-year-old center back told MLSsoccer.com by phone on Friday after the 26-man USMNT roster was announced earlier in the morning. "I'm going to go there with an open mind. I'm just excited with the text from Jurgen saying I was going to get called in."
O'Neill will be joined by his back-line teammate Chris Klute, 23, two of the Rapids' young regulars from 2013. Both have spent time at the youth level for the US, but this is the first senior national team camp for both players. O'Neill and left back Klute started last season as fringe players for the Rapids before becoming key parts of the club's surprise run to the playoffs.
For O'Neill, the selection could help solidify him pledging his international allegiance to the US. The Ireland-born, Colorado-raised US Under-20 national teamer still won't rule out playing for Ireland, although it appears he might soon get his first chance to wear the red, white and blue at the senior level.
"Obviously, just to get the opportunity to play at this level is fantastic wherever they want to play me," said O'Neill, who earlier in the offseason expressed a desire to play in the midfield in 2014 after deploying almost exclusively at center back last season.
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"Position-wise, it doesn't really matter," he said of his national team opportunity. "I'd play anywhere."
He trained at midfield during his stint with Fulham last month. However, he expects to play primarily as a defender with the national team.
"I'm not going to rule out any possibilities for sure," O'Neill said of his international future. "It's just a training camp, and hopefully it'll just be used as a good way to improve my game for the next couple of weeks."
Chris Bianchi covers the Colorado Rapids for MLSsoccer.com.


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I would like to get into making cake pops, but they seem like an awful lot of work for very little return financially. Are they really viable to make commercially? What do they sell for? I live in Mexico, so I cannot just go out to the local bakery and see what's up. No one near me does these. They are VERY cute, have MANY designs and seem extremely versitile. I have a small bakery in Guasave, Sinaloa across from a school and I sell a lot of cupcakes, muffins, and cheesecake slices to the students after school and I think that these would move well. I have made them for friends, but don't know where to start in pricing. Help, please.
I can't stand the things for their poor labor to profit ratio. I think most people around me sell them in the $2 each range but I start at $6 ... because I don't want orders!
After they are made you still have to think about the PIA packaging, transport, and display.
Cake pops are a pain in the butt!! They take forever to roll unless you have a cake pop roller which is very pricey! All those adorable custom shapes take ALOT of practice. I ended up discontinuing custom shapes and characters and Im really thinking about discontinuing them all completely! I start at two dollars a plain round pop. I really like that 6 bucks a pop idea though lol
The only way to make them worth it is to get the roller that allows you to make 24+ at a time. They are labor intensive and no one wants to pay for them.
Editting to add that if Starbucks sells them for $2.25 each... no one should even think about making them for less. The ones at Starbucks SUCK, and I'm sure that anyone could make them better.
hmm . . . I sell them 2 for $3. Mine aren't always perfectly round, and I streak contrasting color chocolate on them after they are dipped just to hide the un-roundness. I sell quite a few on the dessert truck. Packaging runs a couple of cents inthe volume I bag bags and twist ties.
I have the cake pop roller. Second biggest waste of money next to the Cricut. I roll them all by hand.
2 for $3.00 wouldn't be enough to make me want to make them. It's less about the cost of making them as it is about the time and labor. I have made them before and I hated it.
No one wants them all sloppy for a wedding... they'd have to be close to perfect and it just takes too long to be worth it. I guess if you are making them to sell as snacks people wouldn't care if they weren't all round, but brides are a PITA like that.
Dessert trucks and a bakery are different from a wedding and require two different pricing structures.
I'm considering selling them in my store and I'm not going to go for perfection either.
Leah_s, nice to know about the roller. I haven't touched mine. I have a TV in my kitchen and I do my busy work while I relax too... like waiting forever for IMBC.
Thank you all so much for your answers. I have been saving my cut crowns in the freezer until I have enough of a flavor, crumb them up and hand roll. The cost is almost nil. I plan on "dipping" some of them in the "shop" in between customers. It will make the shop smell good (my bakery is elsewhere), will be hopefully interesting to my clients and allow them to see me work. I can't get away with those higher prices here in Mexico, so I'm going for between 25 and 40 pesos a piece depending on complexity. That's about $1.96 to $3.14 each. Most of my clients are richer high school kids and their parents after school, so I expect them to move well. My first batch for sale will begin next week as Valentine's Day Pops. Where I live, labor is very inexpensive, so I have help when it comes to bagging, and repititious tasks. Again, thanks a bunch. Being so new to this, it's really nice to be able to have other's opinions.


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Once I saw a documentary about computer addiction on German television. There was a segment on a 40-year old man who lost his house, job, girlfriend, and friends, and all of this because of World of Warcraft. With tears in his eyes, he recalled the day he missed his sister's funeral. After a 72-hour game marathon, he thought he could stay awake long enough. Instead, he fell asleep until midday when his mother called him to ask where he was. Likely, he'll never forget that day.
Stories like these are, of course, extreme cases, but they do exist. It's shortsighted to assume these stories as the rule. There's an undeniable fact, though, in some countries, a lot of teenagers fall victim to the grasp of the computer. In South Korea, you find whole institutions specializing in Internet addiction. At the center of any computer addiction is the Internet.
My previous article about computer addiction met with a great amount of response, and also some great feedback with personal experiences. Before I reflect on some of those comments, I would like to weigh in with own experiences.
The day my parents bought me the original NES system is a day I vividly recall. It feels like that was a thousand centuries ago. I remember vividly the golden cartridge of Zelda, and also how many times my mother hid it away when I was neglecting my chores; almost as often, she would forget where she had hidden it. Another cartridge that was lost a few times was Super Mario Bros 3.
We would get into many arguments over how long and how often I could play in a day. When the first computer arrived with Windows 95 on it, things became even harder for my parents. Age of Empires and SimCity 2000 were the new time-eaters. They robbed me of all interest to go outside for a while.
Yes, I was and still am addicted to any kind of Internet device. By that I mean computers, phones, tablets, and anything that's connected to the Internet. Back in the day it wasn't all about the Web, though. In a way, it was easier to disconnect from the digital world then than it is today. This is one reason why I halted all my use of social media.
According to this CNN report from 2010 on gaming in South Korea, there's now a nighttime curfew in place. "The government introduced the recent nighttime shut down one month after police discovered a three-month-old baby who starved to death while her parents were busy nurturing their virtual baby on a game at an Internet café." Again, these are extreme cases where all sanity seems to have vanished. To some extent, I understand how it feels. Whenever I would get a new game, I started a temporary gaming marathon. Beyond that, no extreme level of addiction is possible, because I simply get bored with most games after a couple of weeks at most.
However, it's hard to control oneself when a mission has been completed successfully. It's this feeling of success — this victory — that keeps people hooked. When you level up in a game, it gives the illusion of having accomplished something meaningful. Unfortunately, many people stop trying the same in reality. For some reason it's so much more gratifying to receive a compliment from a stranger online.
One reader commented on my previous article that it helped him to overcome social fears. Indeed, online activities that involve interaction with another human being, even through means of a virtual character, can still be considered social behavior. It's a rather limited world view to immediately belittle online personas as valueless. This shouldn't be anyone's concern, as long as a person doesn't neglect real-life responsibilities. In a way, everyone pays the price according to how much time they have spent away from reality.
Like the man I mention in the first paragraph, the price can be high on an emotional and economical level. It's one thing to lose one's job, and a whole different matter to miss one's sister's funeral. This isn't meant to be a judgment, but rather a solemn observation. Video games are just the tip of the iceberg, for sure. The Internet is the true web of danger if consumed without moderation, but this holds true to any addiction, not just World of Warcraft.
Hey, don't look at me. I just wake up in the morning, grabbing my phone first, before I give my fiancee a kiss. That doesn't sound right, does it?
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Bloomberg News reported that the vote followed almost three weeks of negotiations on tighter sanctions that began after the May 25 test, as well as Pyongyang's rejection of the 1953 armistice ending the Korean War, and its testing of several ballistic missiles.
Bloomberg quoted Russian envoy Vitaly Churkin, who said after the vote: "The additional measures are substantive and targeted in nature and clearly tied to ending the DPRK program to create nuclear missiles. The attempt by the DPRK to create nuclear missiles not only doesn't strengthen security but on the contrary ratchets up tension on the Korean peninsula."
A summary of the Security Council resolution published by the UN News service on June 12 noted:
The United Nations Security Council today imposed tougher sanctions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), including a tighter arms embargo and new financial restrictions, following the nuclear test conducted by the East Asian nation last month.
By unanimously adopting resolution 1874, the 15-member body condemned the 25 May nuclear test conducted in "violation and flagrant disregard" of relevant Council resolutions, particularly 1695 (2006) and 1718 (2006).
It also demanded that the DPRK "not conduct any further nuclear test or any launch using ballistic missile technology."
The Council imposed a series of measures on the DPRK that include tougher inspections of cargo suspected of containing banned items related to the country's nuclear and ballistic missile activities, a tighter arms embargo with the exception of light weapons and new financial restrictions.
U.S. Alternative Representative for Special Political Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo said that the resolution provides "a strong and united international response" to North Korea's nuclear test, conducted in defiance of a UN-imposed ban following its first underground atomic test in October 2006. "The message of this resolution is clear: North Korea's behavior is unacceptable to the international community and the international community is determined to respond," said DiCarlo. "North Korea should return without conditions to a process of peaceful dialogue."
DiCarlo told the 15-nation Security Council that the resolution created "markedly stronger sanctions" against the North designed to persuade Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear weapons ambitions.
"North Korea chose a path of provocation," said DiCarlo. "This resolution will give us new tools to impair North Korea's ability to proliferate and threaten international stability."
An AP report quoted China's U.N. Ambassador Zhang Yesui, who said that the North Korea's nuclear test had affected regional peace and security. Zhang said the resolution demonstrates the international community's "firm opposition" to the atomic blast, "but also sends a positive signal" by calling for the resumption of six-party talks aimed at dismantling North Korea's nuclear program.
However, Zhang also cautioned against the use of force when inspecting North Korean cargo, as provided for by the resolution.
"Under no circumstances should there be use or threat of the use of force," Zhang said, adding that the inspections should be conducted in accordance with domestic and international law.
In response to Zhang's admonition to go easy on inspections, Nicholas Szechenyi of the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies observed: "It is significant that China and Russia are willing to increase the language on interdiction and financial sanctions, but the resolution will not have that much bite if there is no implementation."
The so-called Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is a leading candidate for being named one of the most oppressive regimes on the face of the Earth today. In addition to the violations cited by the UN resolution, the nation has a long history of hostile activity, including the 1968 seizure of the U.S.S. Pueblo in international waters and the recent apprehension of two U.S. journalists along the country's border with China. The journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, were sentenced to 12 years' hard labor on trumped-up "spying" charges.
However, before our nation become further addicted to relying on UN sanctions to restrain the rogue regime, we should recall how the communist tyrants gained control of the nation in the first place. When the Chinese-backed North attempted to gain control of the entire Korean peninsula, the military operation to preserve freedom was entrusted to — and managed by — the UN. When U.S. General Douglas MacArthur pursued what would have been a certain military victory over the communist North, he was restrained by insane limitations imposed by the UN bureaucrats who were running the war. And when the brilliant general protested, he was fired by a leading UN apologist, President Harry Truman.
Instead of the clear-cut victory MacArthur wanted, the Korean War ended in stalemate, perpetuated all these years by the 1953 armistice that the Pyongyang regime has now rejected.
If we learned one lesson from the wasteful (particularly in lives) Korean conflict, it is that the UN is certainly not the entity to guarantee peace and freedom in the Korean peninsula. Instead, the world body excels at what it was designed to do — diminishing the sovereignty of free nations and subjecting them to international control.
Surrendering our sovereignty to the UN to punish dictators like Iraq's Saddam Hussein or North Korea's Kim Jong-il makes as much sense as hiring gangsters to protect our property from burglars. When the burglars have been scared off, who will protect us from the gangsters?
As the late Senator Robert Taft of Ohio once said: "The UN is a trap; let's go it alone!"
See our previous related article: Korean Tensions Signal More Power for the UN
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FORMAN: Ricebirds unable to keep up with Stephenville's Jones
Dec. 15, 2012 at 6:15 a.m.
ARLINGTON - El Campo's Bryce Brandl and Stephenville's Tyler Jones will be classmates at Texas State in the fall.
Jones will play football and Brandl will play baseball for the Bobcats.
If the two ever cross paths in San Marcos, Brandl knows exactly what he'll say to Jones.
"I'll tell him good job," Brandl said. "He's a heck of an athlete. I've got to give props to him because they're a really good football team."
Jones showed what kind of quarterback he is by passing for 422 yards and five touchdowns and rushing for 125 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Yellow Jackets to a 70-35 Class 3A, Division I state final win over El Campo on Friday night before 17,655 at Cowboys Stadium.
"The quarterback he's the difference," said El Campo coach Bob Gillis. "They have really good receivers, but if you don't have a quarterback who can deliver it. Texas State has a really good player."
The Ricebirds (14-1) scored 35 points and put up 393 yards of offense, but it wasn't nearly enough to stop Stephenville (13-1), which scored on every possession but two. Jones was intercepted by Koy Kresta in the first half and the Yellow Jackets ran out the clock the last time they had the ball.
"That quarterback just had an awesome game," said El Campo lineman Trey Martin. "It was his night. He had pretty much a perfect game except for that pick. He played great. We couldn't stop him and we couldn't slow him down."
The Ricebirds pulled within seven points three times, the final time coming with 1:08 left in the third quarter. But they could never get a stop on defense, as the Yellow Jackets rolled up 621 yards of offense.
"That was a tough deal," Gillis said. "We felt like if we could just stop them. That's not really our brand of football. We don't want to get in a scoring battle. And we felt like we had to. It wasn't our brand of football."
Stephenville became the first team to score 70 points against El Campo since Glen Flora did it in 1927. The most points the Ricebirds had yielded this season was 32 against Columbus.
"It was very frustrating," said El Campo defensive end/tight end Cole Hunt. "Our offense came off the ball. I mean we put up 35 points. Most of the time when you put up 35 points you should win a game. They just kept coming back and we could never keep up with them. A high-powered offense we couldn't slow down."
Jones' performance overshadowed an outstanding night for Brandl at quarterback.
He rushed for 144 yards and three touchdowns, and passed for 127 yards to keep the Ricebirds in the game until the fourth quarter.
"We never stopped fighting," Brandl said. "We play to the very end. We just fell short this time."
Stephenville won its fifth state title, while denying El Campo a chance to win its first in its second trip to the state final.
"I have real mixed emotions," Gillis said. "We're happy we're here and proud of our record. We're 14-1, but I don't know if I'll ever get back as a coach so certainly we're disappointed about it. Regardless of the score, they could have beaten us by 70 or by one we're disappointed."
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Manufacturers are also packing some of the newest features into these portable cameras. Several, including the Olympus PEN E-P3 ($900), have well-designed and interactive touch-screen displays and the ability to capture 3D photos. Others, like most of the Sony SLR-like models, can capture both 2D and 3D panoramas using a special sweep-panorama mode. Many also include HDR (high dynamic range), which lets you maintain details in highlights and shadow areas in tough lighting situations—capturing a landscape at sunset, for example.
SLR-like models aren't the only new additions to our camera Ratings: We've added some notable basic models as well. The top-rated Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ47 ($400) is a pricey superzoom, (24x optical zoom), and it maintains very good quality across the board, including video and wide-angle capabilities, great for group portraits and landscapes.
Those looking for a portable model that fits easily into a pocket should consider another Recommended model, the 16-megapixel Nikon Coolpix S100 subcompact ($300). It has a 5x optical zoom lens that doesn't telescope out when you turn the camera on. It also has a good-quality, very large 3.4-inch display and takes better videos than many in its class.
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In a 1988 paper James Hansen presented three scenarios (A, B and C) for future climate change, saying that Scenario B was the most plausible. In 1998 Pat Michaels committed scientific fraud when he erased scenarios B and C from Hansen's graph to argue that Hansen's predictions was out by 300%. In fact, as you can see from the graph below (updated to include 2007 temperatures), his predictions have been pretty close to reality. (More discussion at RealClimate.)
You can bet that if a mainstream climate scientist had done anything one tenth as bad, Steve McIntyre would be all over it, but not in this case. He's defending Michaels:
In the right panel, only Scenario A is taken through to 2050 and in both panels, Scenario A is plotted as a solid line, which could be taken as according at least graphic precedence to Scenario A. Hansen has subsequently said that Scenario B was said by him at the time (in his testimony) to have been the "most plausible", although the article itself contained no such statement.
You can see for yourselves that, in the article, Scenario A was arguably more prominent graphically.
None of this could excuse erasing scenarios B and C from the graph, but in any case, scenario A is not plotted as a solid line, and the article does say that B is the "most plausible".
Scenario A is actually plotted as a dotted line, it only looks like a solid grey line in a low resolution image. Click on the image below to see a high resolution scan.
More importantly, in four full page colour plates where there was only room to display one scenario, it is scenario B that is shown. There is no question that scenario B is more prominent graphically in the paper.
Here's what Hansen wrote about the scenarios in his paper:
These scenarios are designed to yield sensitivity experiments for a broad range of future greenhouse forcings. Scenario A, since it is exponential, must eventually be on the high side of reality in view of finite resource constraints and environmental concerns … Scenario C is a more drastic curtailment of emissions than has generally been imagined … Scenario B is perhaps the most plausible of the three cases.
See if you can spot the words that McIntyre claimed were not there.
No reasonable person can read Hansen's paper and conclude that A was his preferred scenario.
Oh and for some reason, McIntyre wants you to know that Gavin Schmidt works for NASA, because he tells you this nine times in his post.


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A large garden, enough room inside to give each family member their own space and views across the bay are what make this five-bed appealing, writes GEMMA TIPTON
WARNING: SUNNINGHILL is a house you could fall in love with at first sight. That's what happened to the current owners who, 12 years ago, were in Glenageary to visit a friend and happened to see an intriguing "For Sale" sign outside this semi-detached Victorian property. With no intention to buy (they were living happily in Rathmines), they went in for a look. That was on a Saturday, by Wednesday the house was theirs.
So what had won them over? It wasn't the décor – the house was painted magnolia throughout, and had draughts coming through the windows, and cold wooden boards underfoot. No, the entrancing thing about Sunninghill – which is for sale for €2.1 million through Lisney – is the large garden to the rear, and the views from the upper floors, past St Paul's church, and across Dublin Bay to Howth.
Another winning feature is the way the layout can accommodate a large family: the present owners have three children, plus a live-in au pair; and each family member has enough space and privacy to do their own thing. Thus there is a games room, boot room, downstairs shower (for kids coming in muddy from outside), and spaces for a secluded home office set up in both the basement and on the ground floor.
The large and sunny kitchen is in the basement, and has an Aga, plenty of marble-topped counter space, and enough room to eat around the kitchen table. On the ground floor the rooms are in a different style, and are much more formal. There is a dining room with garden access, and a separate second kitchenette, which makes catering large parties a breeze.
Upstairs the main bedroom is very spacious, but the clincher here is a bath and shower with stunning sea views while you soap. There are two further bedrooms on the first floor.
Go up again to find two attic bedrooms, with arched windows, one decorated in pink and fit for any little princess. The entire house is presented to a high standard of decoration, but one addition prospective owners might want to make is a further bathroom at the very top. The house does have four bathrooms, and there are even two separate tanks to make sure there are no fights over hot water, but only one of the bedrooms is en suite.
Spreading their renovations over the years, the owners have re-roofed, landscaped the gardens (which now include lavender and jasmine), draught-proofed the windows, and carpeted and redecorated throughout.
There is an attention to detail that includes custom-made panelling in the master en suite bathroom, and bespoke wallpaper in the dining room: Birr Damask, from a turn of the last century design, made by David Skinner from Celbridge, and a copy of woven linen hanging at Birr Castle.
Farrow and Ball paint throughout suits the many period features, and the main fireplaces on the ground floor are a matching pair, and are original to the house.
Sitting in the kitchen, and absent-mindedly petting the family dog, you are immediately aware of what a peaceful place it is – and that's not just because you can enjoy a coffee in peace, unaware of what your rowdy kids or teenagers may be up to elsewhere in the house. The walls are thick, and the house is somehow comforting: it feels as if it has been looking after families for generations, and will continue to.
There is off-street parking, and even though it is at the front of the house, a cleverly constructed stone wall makes the kitchen quite private, without cutting out any light. Nevertheless, the number 7 bus route runs outside the door, while the nearest Dart station is a six-minute walk away. Nearby schools include Rathdown, Cluny and Loreto. You could imagine how quickly a new family would fit into the area – walking down to Cavistons and the 64 Wine shop and deli in Glasthule; spending Sunday mornings at the farmers' market at People's Park, Dún Laoghaire; and perhaps joining one of the nearby tennis clubs, or sailing at Dún Laoghaire.
On a more practical note, the large garage could become an annexe, or perhaps create space for a home business, and the different levels inside the main house mean anyone working from home can get by undisturbed, even when the whole family is in. The basement could even become a separate unit, as there is already a second kitchen on the first floor. In fact, even though the house is ready to walk into, it also has the potential to re-shape itself completely as a new family home.


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Nestled on the beach, this Tahoe Vista hotel is within a 15-minute walk of North Tahoe Marina and Old Brockway Golf Course. Kings Beach State Recreation Area and Kings Beach Miniature Golf are also within 1 mi (2 km).
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Guests at this beach hotel will appreciate convenient onsite amenities such as barbecue grills and a picnic area.
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All 27 rooms boast fireplaces and offer free WiFi and kitchens. Balconies and sofa beds are standard, as are flat-screen TVs with cable channels. Weekly housekeeping is available.
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After a day on the snow, enjoy a swim in the outdoor swimming pool or use the hotel's other facilities, which include a fitness center. This hotel's ski shuttle (surcharge) will get you to the slopes in no time.
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Im looking to have surgery done to remove excess skin/fat from my lower body/chest area due to weight loss. I have lost 160+ lbs.(over past 3 yrs.)so far, am 6' 1" and currently weight 234 lbs. I have some PS consults scheduled in 2 weeks but am I approaching this to early? Im assuming I am going to lose 20+ lbs. of skin/fat, but dont know if I am over-estimating. Based on my pics, can anyone tell me approx. what my target weight should be? I know what BMI says, but dont know if that's realistic
I Am Not Sure How Much More Weight to Loose Before Body Lift, Breast Reduction, How Early Should I Consult for Surgery? (photo)
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Weight loss and body lift
Your current BMI is 31, making you just barely in the "overweight" range. I would estimate a weight loss of more like 10 lbs. when all the loose skin is tightened up. (You will lose more INCHES than pounds). Taking that into account, would bring your BMI down to about 30. If you think you can lose a little more weight without doing something crazy, go ahead. Otherwise I think you are ready, right now, to start planning a series of staged skin and fat resections to tighten up the trunk and chest. I would recommend doing chest and abdomen together first, followed by the flanks and lower back (completing the lower body lift) second. Plan for about 3-4 weeks off work for the first stage, about 2-3 months between procedures, and about 2 weeks off for the second stage.
Based on your photos you should get GREAT results. Good luck.
Body lift and breast lift question
I think 200 pounds would be a great goal to hit prior to surgery. Your BMI will be better and your surgical risks lower from the recovery standpoint. You are probably going to have a staged approach to body rejuvination after massive weight loss. My approach from your pictures would be a body lift as the first procedure. Then 4-6 months later a breast and trunk plasty. Congratulation on taking charge and please see a board certified plastic surgeon for consultation. Ok to meet a few doctors now and gather information! Good Luck.
Body Lift Surgery and Body Weight
Congratulations on loosing that much weight, that is fantastic. Your BMI is 31, putting you at a high risk category for surgery. Just loosing 15 pounds brings you to 29, what is considered to be safer. From the standpoint of optimal timing for the lower body lift, you should be closer to 200 pounds to get a good result. Alternatively, you can wait until you are at your goal weight, or the weight were you stabilize.
Looking at your photos, however, I noticed that you will need more than just a belt lipectomy or lower body lift; you also have upper chest skin redundancy that involves your breasts and upper back, and this will require another type of surgery. From my perspective you can move forward with this surgery when your BMI is below 30. Having this 'upper body lift' first will act as a motivator to continue loosing the last of your excess weight afterwards.
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Losing weight prior to surgery
Thank you for your question and photos.
Congratulations on your weight loss so far! That is a great achievement!
I always tell my patients to be at their lowest weight and also a stable weight prior to having surgery. When you are stable and at the lowest weight possible, you will achieve the best results after surgery.
You can go to your consultation and get some general information but they may ask you to come back after you have lost the weight to get more precise information.
I hope this helps.
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So, I'm three novels in, and there's nothing much really happening in terms of trying to snap up an agent, snare a publisher or catch the eye of anyone who's anyone. I self-publish my first novel with sales figures that would humble a homeless, first-time, tuneless busker with a mangy dog. Now what?
Enter the glitzy world of film making, of course!
I've written novels, short stories, poems, song lyrics, a novella and shopping lists but the nearest thing I've written to something being performed is a one-act play for a creative writing evening course I took over 10 years ago when I first got into all this chicanery. I thought it was quite funny. It was set in a toilet.
Anyway. I also need a fresh challenge rather than just plodding straight into a fourth novel, so after watching a couple of bad films, I thought I could do better and should put my money where my mouth is and try to write a screenplay. But what kind?
I like football but it appears the movies do not like football. My secondary motivation, after wanting to attempt to write a screenplay, is to make a decent football movie. Can you name one? I rack my brains and 'Mike Basset England Manager' is at No.1. Don't talk to me about bloody 'Escape to Victory' – Stallone in goal? Give it a rest, son. The rest of the football canon consists of hooliganism or sanitised, corny, Hollywood shit like 'Goal' which uses the old rags to riches storyline. 'Bend It Like Beckham' is not bad but it still has a few sporting/football cliches in it, eg. man explaining to a woman the offside rule using condiments, protagonist on an upward trajectory, pretty poor football action, etc.
I'm not sure what this says about the current point of my 'writing journey' but here's a post about how rejections could be made easier for the rejector and more meaningful for the rejectee.
I got another rejection last week for 'Blindsided', fine, but the rejection email itself was the usual bland, unhelpful, thanks-but-no-thanks. And I mean unhelpful for both parties. For example, if I were to get 3 rejections saying my first chapter is crap ('1' on the rejection scale) then I'll improve it so the 4th agent to receive my submission will get an improved (hopefully) 1st chapter.
A reply is always good (any reply) as not every agent or publisher replies, but I can't help feeling that a more meaningful response would help everyone in the long run.
The usual rejection email is something like this:
I haven't blogged in a shockingly long time, mainly because we (my girlfriend and I) have just had a baby who was, unthoughtfully, born 3 months premature so I've been otherwise engaged.
Anyway, a nice surprise was this review from Publishers Weekly which was actually initiated over at BookLife. They offer FREE book reviews so it's worth a punt for any authors out there wanting more reviews.
As baby Harry is close to coming home, I'm hoping to write more of my football screenplay, 'Row Z', and also blog a bit more. I've never been prolific but these last few months have been shockingly unprolific.
As a debut self-published author you seem to spend most of your time
begging kindly asking for reviews. 60% of these requests are ignored, 35% reply (which is amazingly scholarly and decent of you) and then 5% reply AND post a review (which is unbelievably generous of you).
So you spend a lot of time waiting.
Typically, you wait and then two come along. SFCrowsnest at the beginning of the month and now Sci-Fi Kingdom. Check it out here.
It's a nicely structured review; a synopsis, the review, a grading (8/10 btw 🙂 ) and the best bit, 'favourite quotes' which was great as I'd forgotten writing these lines and even I thought they were pretty good! So that was a nice reminder.
You can get your own copy of 'In A Right State' here. It's FREE at some places and about £2 at others – Amazon doesn't make it easy to list books for free.
Amongst the huge wastes of extended, frozen time within the publishing landscape, occasional glacial changes happen, breathing a little fresh air upon your dry, scaled skin before finally eroding it into the desert forevermore.
I got a book review.
It's over at SFCrowsnest, one of the oldest SF related sites out there, so they know their onions.
This is the first book from Ben Ellis so it's his debut novel which surprised me as its quite impressive…it was an enjoyable read and I'll keep a look out for more work from the author.
So thanks to Andy and SFCrowsnest for reviewing the book, much appreciated.
If it looks like a traditionally published book, is formatted like a traditionally published book and reads like a traditionally published book, then why not treat it like a traditionally published book?
I've had this post on my mind for a month or so and then bumped into this (excellent) post – It Isn't (Always) Personal: a Bloggers Take on Not Accepting Self-Published Books – by Kate Tilton which prompted me into action.
As a self-published author, when you're out there on the internet scouting for book bloggers to review your book you come up against a lot of 'we don't accept self-published authors'. Fine. It's their blog and I've no God given right to be accepted by anyone.
The reasons Kate gives in her article of why (some) book bloggers don't accept self-published authors are; quantity, quality and professionalism.
I understand all these, especially quality. I remember reading the first chapter of a story on one of those publisher backed platforms, the 'author' had managed to describe a woman's rack as bouncing up and down via the metaphor of being on a trampoline 3 times in the first chapter alone. I never went back. I can only imagine the dire shite some reviewers have had to go through before they finally shut up shop to self-published authors for good.
Quantity could be tamed by stipulating certain milestones such as number of reviews (which BookBub does).
Professionalism may be let down by self-publishers but it's not their exclusive domain. I don't quite agree with the argument Kate makes about traditionally published authors having to answer to their publishers if they step out of line. There's been a few sock puppet authors out there behaving badly who should know better due to their full-time writing status. People can be dicks on the internet, no question. If any writer is being a dick through blogs, Twitter and elsewhere then I'd hope the news would quickly spread and the appropriate levels of ridicule and ostracisation befitting such a dick would soon ensue.
(Although, check out the example I linked to. That earned him national press across ALL the major outlets and I bet it resulted in an upswing of sales. So, unprofessionalism isn't always going to hit the bottom line in a negative way).
Is there a happy medium? Is it possible for established book reviewers to read an unsolicited, self-published book?
Last month Buzzfeed asked it's member 'Tell us how you write, where you write and what keeps you going and you could be featured in a future BuzzFeed post.' so I thought I'd note down a couple of comments.
In the end I got carried away and wrote the following;
I've written 3 novels. My routine has evolved so that I prefer to write away from home in a coffee shop. My back has to be against a wall though because I'm paranoid of people looking over the shoulder and laughing. I have a laptop with Internet connection, it's handy for finding quick answers and rewarding myself with some procrastination after finishing a chapter/page/paragraph/really convoluted metaphor. Make sure your laptop is charged or that you have a plug.
I listen to deep house tunes with little to no lyrics, so I'm in the groove but not distracted. I like to write in the afternoon because of work, lie ins and vegging in the evening.
I don't set myself a word count. My only goal each day is to sit down and write just one sentence. 99% of the time after you've written one sentence the rest just flows. I don't meticulously plan nor fly by the seat of my pants, I'm a 'structuralist'. I know the beginning and the end, and I only plan an outline 2 or 3 chapters in advance as I go, this gives me a goal but also the flexibility to change if characters and events are leading me elsewhere. I finish when I'm stuck or when I reach the end of a chapter. Momentum for me is key, I don't believe in the idea of stopping early so that momentum is carried over to the next day. With me, it's forgotten.
If you're stuck, sleep on it, go for a run, a walk, go to work, just step away from your laptop. It's amazing what gets sorted out when you're not staring at a blank page. I outline in a paper notebook and take notes, especially at the very beginning. Flesh out ideas, characters, plots, sub plots, themes, try to delve a bit deeper than that initial idea. The notebook comes in handy a year later when you're fresh out ideas and you've only got a handful of chapters to go, sitting there will be a scribbled gem you'd cleanly forgotten about.
Write everyday but don't beat yourself up if you don't, life gets in the way. If you do 5 days out of 7, you're doing alright.
The first draft is key; keep going, keep that momentum going, don't reflect, judge or critique. You have other drafts to do that. Don't sweat the small things; names, a wide vocabulary, how to dissolve a body, grammar, etc, all the details can be fixed in subsequent drafts just keep moving! Get the first draft finished. Finishing the first draft of your first novel will change your life forever.
Nothing I wrote got chosen to go in the final article '19 Writing Tips To Help You Become The Next J.K. Rowling' which may explain why I'm not the next JK Rowling but at least it's a new blog post for here.
In a stroke of marketing genius and profound business acumen along with a stenching wiff of extreme desperation, I'm giving away my first born novel away for FREE.
Amazon doesn't allow you to price your ebook for free unless it's exclusively with them, which mine isn't and isn't going to be, so you'll have to grab your freebie elsewhere.
iBooks FREE
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Google Play FREE
The book has been professionally critiqued and edited and got a good review from SFBook – https://sfbook.com/in-a-right-state.htm – being one of their books of the year for 2014.
Some might say, you get what you pay for, but I like to think of it as 'paying it forward in a bartering economy with no risk to the consumer' – let my talent for concise, poetic prose dazzle you.
If you like the book then repay the goodwill by writing a good review or mentioning it on a social media site. Don't keep schtum.
My novel, 'In A Right State', was launched in June 2014, about 18 months ago. The sales stats are pretty shocking. Sold about 30. So, what now?
I could keep the status quo and also hold fast to the principle that art costs money but, in reality, where is that going to get me? A few months ago I did a BookBub promotion giving away the ebook for free on iBooks and got a few thousand downloads. It also resulted in a few extra reviews on iBooks…literally, about 5.
Giving away my novel for free is a bit of a shitter but the main crux I have to resorting to this measure is that the USP of this book is the price; the 'freeness' of it. Not the story, the writing, the plotting, the characters, the marketing, nor even the cover which I didn't do myself, but the price. The most successful act of my writing career so far is giving something away for free.
But fuck it. It's also a career move. I'm currently submitting 'Blindsided' to agents with just the mention I've previously self-published a novel. But if I can successfully give away this first novel to a bunch of people, garnering more positive reviews and also drumming up some new Twitter followers then submitting to more agents with some positive numbers might help swing their opinion my way. Publishing is a business. Katie Price's ghost written opus's are published because they're a guaranteed seller, not because they're going to threaten the Man Booker shortlist.
So, my debut, self-published novel, professionally edited and designed, costing a pretty penny to launch is now a mere marketing vehicle. I had such elevated dreams for this young fellow, now it's been relegated to walking the streets with a sandwich board over it's shoulders.
First, I'll list the ebook as free on iBooks, Kobo, etc and then hope that Amazon picks up that it's free elsewhere and change their own listing to free (see – Amazon, Let Me Give My eBook Away!). Once it's listed as free everywhere then I'll try and do one more BookBub promotion. Hopefully that'll really ramp the numbers up and see where that takes me.
Not to the bank, obviously 🙂
Here's a double post rolled into one.
About this time last year I wrote about – My Writing Goals for 2015 – so here they are along with a quick review on each one;
- Finish 2nd and 3rd draft of Novel 3, 'Blindsided' by Easter. – Done.
- Give copies to beta readers for feedback. – Done.
- Write 4th draft of 'Blindsided' based on feedback. – Done.
- Get first 3 chapters and synopsis professionally edited and sent off to agents. – Done.
- Get 'In A Right State' onto other online retailers. – Done.
- Keep an eye out for marketing opportunities for 'In A Right State' and experiment with price. – Done.
- Get 2nd novel, 'Broken Branches', professionally critiqued and edited in the 2nd half of 2015 and look to get a self-published version launched early 2016. – Totally failed. 'Blindsided' took longer than I expected, eating up most of the year and it'll be too expensive for me to release 'Broken Branches' next year unless a personal financial miracle happens.
- Write more blog posts. – Done.
- Think more about 4th novel (untitled) and make notes. – Half done. I've thought about my next project but haven't made notes yet, see here – Starting all over again, a new 'Project'.
My writing goals for 2016 are going to be a lot simpler as I'm at the beginning of a project. Here they are;
- Finish the first draft of my new writing project, whatever it is.
- Continue to list 'In A Right State' online and as a POD paperback but list the ebook for free to generate downloads and reviews.
- Write more blog posts.
- Continue to submit 'Blindsided' to agents.
I think that's about it. Looks so easy, only four things to do!


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Textron issued its second quarter report for 2010 yesterday and news from its aviation segments was mixed.
At Cessna Aircraft, revenues decreased $236 million in the second quarter, primarily reflecting lower new-aircraft deliveries, including 43 Citations, compared with 84 for the same period in 2009. Of the 43 deliveries, 20 were Citation Mustangs.
Segment profit at Cessna decreased $45 million, "due to lower volume and a reduction in deposit forfeiture income, partially offset by lower used aircraft write-downs, inventory reserves and selling and administrative expenses."
According to Textron president and CEO Scott Donnelly, Cessna experienced "a number of cancellations, including a large Mustang cancellation from a European operator."
Gross orders, he said, increased from the first quarter, mostly in the light to midsize aircraft segment. However, the 2010 Mustang delivery forecast has been reduced to about 70 units, resulting in a production adjustment. With respect to light and midsize jets, he said that Cessna continues to evaluate how the economic recovery will affect demand. And he expressed hope for passage of the bonus-depreciation bill in the U.S., and stabilization of the European credit market, both of which would contribute to an improved environment for business jet orders. He concluded that 2010 will be a "trough year" for Citation deliveries.
According to the report, Bell Helicopter had a good quarter, driven primarily by military deliveries of the V-22 and H-1. The books show Bell revenues increased $153 million in the second quarter, with segment profit up $36 million.
On the commercial side, Bell delivered 21 commercial helicopters in the second quarter, up from 15 in the first quarter 2010.
Donnelly said "good progress" is being made on the Bell 429 light twin program. And he noted that Bell expects to deliver 75 Bell 429s by the end of 2011.
The total backlog value at Bell increased by $200 million from the end of the first quarter to total $7.1 billion. "The overall outlook and beyond at Bell," concluded the report, "is very good."


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MANLIUS – Newman's Nick Rude is no mere mortal. Mere mortals can't do what Rude did Friday.
Rude chased down, caught and passed Erie-Prophetstown star Devin Johnson in the final meters to win the 400 relay at the Class 1A Bureau Valley Sectional.
"I didn't think I was going to pass him," Rude said. "I just kept my form. I guess it was just my day."
"Nick gets me in the shorter races once we get outdoors," said Johnson, who won the long jump and 400. "I try to stick to the [400]. That's my bread and butter. He doesn't want to race me in the 400, but I know he'd be great at that too."
Rude's amazing comeback against one of the state's best was just one of the highlights for the Comets, who had 10 state qualifications, including all four relays.
Erie-Prophetstown had nine state qualifications and used its depth to beat Newman for the team title, 126-100. Bureau Valley had five state bids and placed fourth with 53 points.
Fulton has two state berths and placed ninth with 22 points, and Morrison had one state qualifier and finished 13th with eight points.
Rude won the 100 (10.79) and 200 (22.15), and anchored the Comets' winning 800 relay (1:29.36) as well as the 400 relay (42.80).
Newman's 400 relay unit also included Maison Bittner, Tyler Rockwood and Brady Rude. Bittner and the Rudes teamed with Nolan McGinn in the 800 relay. Both were school records.
The Comets swept the relays. In the 3,200, the foursome of Bryson Reyes, Alex Deforest, Micah Trancoso and Clay Jungerman ran 8:25.10. In the 1,600, Bittner, Deforest, Rockwood and Brady Rude won in 3:27.49.
Bittner took second to Nick Rude in the 100, too.
Johnson provided two of Erie-Prophetstown's five wins, taking top honors in the long jump (21-11 1/4) and 400 (52.09).
"I think we just saw the top two [400 and 800 relays] in the state," Johnson said of Erie-Prophetstown and Newman. "We wish we were on the same team."
E-P won four of the six field events. Jon Butts won the discus (143-8), Jared Cole the pole vault (12-3) and Ethan Oleson the shot put (51-6).
The other local winner was Fulton's Bryce Holesinger, who won the 110 hurdles (15.73) and made the state cut, despite finishing third in the 300 hurdles (41.01).
"Having a pulled hip flexor and a strained TFL [tensor facsciate latae muscle], it's better than I thought I'd do," Holesinger said.
Logan Hoffert was part of three of Bureau Valley's five state qualifications. He took second in the triple jump (42-5 1/2) and 300 hurdles (40.76), and was a member of the runner-up 1,600 relay (3:28.64).
"I've never jumped 42 in my career," Hoffert said of his triple jump. "That 42-5 1/2 is a PR by a foot. I may have celebrated a little more than I needed to, but I couldn't help it."
Ryan Mayberry was Morrison's lone state qualifier, taking second in the 400 (52.94).


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Driver faces charges in seven-vehicle wreck in Safety Harbor
A 23-year-old driver faces several charges after he caused a seven-car crash in June, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. Saeed Ali Williams, of 1127 Marshall St., Clearwater, was charged Wednesday with leaving the scene of an crash resulting in injuries, aggravated fleeing and eluding, and reckless driving resulting in injury. Williams was charged in the Pinellas County Jail, where he has been held since August on drug charges not related to the crash. A Pinellas deputy said he saw a white BMW make an illegal U-turn while westbound on Curlew Road just before midnight June 1. The deputy started a traffic stop, but the BMW fled, the sheriff's office said.The deputy turned off his emergency lights and did not pursue the BMW, according to the sheriff's office. Reports indicate the BMW ran at least two red lights before causing a seven-vehicle crash at McMullen-Booth and Enterprise roads in Safety Harbor, the sheriff's office said. The BMW driver fled on foot and was not apprehended. Several people were injured in the crash and many of the vehicles were heavily damaged, the sheriff's office said. Investigators took "touch" DNA from the BMW driver's airbag that with other evidence helped lead them to Williams in the Pinellas jail, the sheriff's office said.
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Enhancing the Quality of Data on Income and Wealth
Over the last decade or so, a substantial effort has gone into the design of a series of methodological investigations aimed at enhancing the quality of survey data on income and wealth. These investigations have largely been conducted at the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan, and have mainly involved two longitudinal surveys: the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), with a first wave beginning in 1992 and continued thereafter every other year through 2004; and the Assets and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old (AHEAD) Study, begun in 1993 and continued in 1995 and 1998, then in every other year through 2004. This provides and overview of the main studies and summarizes what has been learned about correcting longitudinal inconsistencies that arise.
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Total projected supplies for 2011/2012, at 2,982 million bushels, are unchanged from December. Supplies for 2011/2012 are 297 million bushels below 2011/2012. Lower beginning stocks and production were only slightly offset by higher expected imports year to year.
Projected supplies of hard red winter (HRW), hard red spring (HRS), and durum are down year to year, mostly because of reduced production. HRW production is down from last year because of reduced harvested area and lower yields. Year to year, the planted area for the 2011 HRW crop is slightly smaller than 2010, but the rate of abandonment is up sharply and yields are down from the previous year due to the severe drought on the Central and Southern Plains. HRS and durum production are down from a year ago with lower planted and harvested areas and lower yields. Excessive moisture and cool temperatures on the Northern Plains resulted in late seeding and prevented plantings.
Projected supplies of soft red winter (SRW) and white are up from 2010/2011, mostly because of larger production. SRW production is up from last year because of larger harvested area and higher yields. The 2011 crop area recovered from 2010, when a rain-delayed row-crop harvest and low prices reduced SRW seedings in the fall of 2009.
Due to excellent weather conditions through much of the season, production was up significantly from the previous year, with production in many of the SRW States up more than 100 percent from 2010. White wheat production was up due to both higher area and yield.
All-wheat 2011 production is estimated at 1,999 million bushels, unchanged from December, but down 208 million bushels from 2010. All-wheat harvested area is estimated at 45.7 million acres, unchanged from December and down 1.9 million acres from last year. The U.S. all-wheat estimated yield is 43.7 bushels per acre for 2011, unchanged from December, but down 2.6 bushels from the record high of 46.3 bushels in 2010.
Estimated 2011/2012 carryin stocks of HRS and SRW are down sharply year to year. The carryin stocks for the other classes are nearly unchanged. Projected all-wheat imports for 2011/2012 are unchanged from December, but up 23 million bushels year to year, mostly due to higher HRS and durum imports. Imports of HRS and durum are projected higher year to year because of tighter U.S. supplies for these classes of wheat.
There are small class changes for projected imports this month from December based on pace to date. Projected SRW imports are raised 5 million bushels. Imports of durum and HRS are lowered 3 million bushels and 2 million bushels, respectively, offsetting the SRW increase.


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As we've seen at the end of this week's Hulk #33, Steve Rogers has an assignment for the Red Hulk that involves launching him into space to deal with the oncoming Omegex. Apparently, whatever happens in #44 leaves him on an alien world as their champion, forcing Ross to continue to learn what it's really like to be a Hulk.
So far, Ross has learned what it's like to be hounded by the army led by a single-minded general determined to end his perceived threat at all costs as well as being hunted by high-tech supervillain geniuses out to destroy him utterly. Now, he'll echo Bruce Banner's sojourns to other worlds, such as his time with Jarella in the microverse or, more directly, Greg Pak's Planet Hulk epic. Does that mean we'll get a World War Red Hulk down the line? We'll have to wait and see, but for now, Jeff Parker's teaming up with the original Planet Hulk artist Carlo Pagulayan to bring us the story of the Red Hulk as a gladiatorial king in constant battle for his life.
Check out this preview art from Hulk #35, due out in June.


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Telemarketers Could Actually Be Scammers
Franque Thompson
OMAHA (KPTM)- Seems like telemarketers are blowing up our phones more and more each day. With today's technology the companies calling you might not even be legit. Authorities said those calls may be out to scam you all the way from a different country.
Mark Rollag owns his own telemarketing agency in Nebraska. He believes there is a lax in the Federal Commission's, "Do Not Call List."
"Nobody abides by that. They still call no matter what because they know the federal government doesn't enforce it," said Rollag.
He said scammers are taking advantage of the law--making it hard for telemarketing businesses like Rollag's to seem legit.
"We go through great lengths to protect phone numbers from scammers because once they get a name and a number they'll call," said Rollag.
Most of those calls are coming from different countries.
"They're beyond the reach of U.S. Law enforcement, so they don't adhere to U.S. Laws, they aren't concerned with them," said Jim Hegarty, president of the Better Business Bureau in Omaha.
The BBB said scammers are spoofing real companies or creating fake ones to steal your information.
"The call could be coming from Jamaica, Nigeria, or eastern Europe because the scammers are utilizing technology that allows them to make it look as if the call is local," said Hegarty.
The BBB said if you don't have any kind of business relationship with the caller, you should write down the company's name and phone number. After you hang up, you should immediately report that company so authorities can track down the scammers.
"All of us have to be on guard all the time, everyday, because these guys are working 24/7 to try to get at our information," said Hegarty.
That's whether your number is on the do not call list or not.
"It's nearly impossible with today's technology to block some of this or to catch it," said Rollag.
The BBB said research companies calling to conduct surveys do not pertain to the do not call list. If you would like to discontinue those survey calls or any call from a legitimate company, you have to ask to be on the company's own do not call list.


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KTR break fast treat to newly elected corporators at Telangana Bhavan - Tv9
Thu, Feb 11, 2016, 12:09 PM
Telangana minister KTR has made arrangements of break fast treat to all the party corporators who won recently in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation poll. The feast was organised at Telangana bhavan. Prior to that minister KTR held a brief meeting with them.Ex-officio members of TRS including MPs,MLAs have also participated in the meeting. The election to Mayor and deputy Mayor will be held after it.


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Skills and abilities gained with the Accounting major.
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION. The Accounting curriculum is a rigorous and problem-focused program comprised of three integrated elements: supporting, core, and major courses. The supporting and core courses provide breadth and introduce each student to the foundations of business knowledge, including communications, economics, statistics, computers, accounting, finance, management and marketing. The major courses provide depth and prepare each accounting student thoroughly for a professional career.
CERTIFICATION. Graduates are qualified to take professional accounting examinations, including the CPA (Certified Public Accountant), CMA (Certified Management Accountant), and CIA (Certified Internal Auditing) examinations. Recent surveys suggest that well over 30 percent of the accounting graduates pass all four parts of the CPA exam during their first sitting; of those who take it a second time, 75 percent pass all four parts. These figures compare very favorably with the national averages, where the first time pass rate is approximately 20 percent. It should be noted that all students wishing to take the Wisconsin CPA exam are now required to have a minimum of 150 college credits prior to doing so.


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Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know must see?
My friends: Alistair Croll (BitCurrent, Year One Labs, GigaOM, Human 2.0, Solve For Interesting, the author of Complete Web Monitoring, Managing Bandwidth: Deploying QOS in Enterprise Networks and Lean Analytics), Hugh McGuire (PressBooks, LibriVox, iambik and co-author of Book: A Futurist's Manifesto) and I decided that every week the three of us are going to share one link for one another (for a total of six links) that each individual feels the other person "must see".
Check out these six links that we're recommending to one another:
- How I became a password cracker - Ars Technica. "It's no secret that people have bad password hygiene, or that companies like Google are racing to replace single-factor passwords with something better (like, say, having your mobile phone near the place you're logging in from.) But I didn't realize just how easy it was to break into something. Fortunately, Ars Technica invested a day doing things a reasonably geeky home user might, and fairly quickly cracked an abundance of passwords. Here's their journal." (Alistair for Hugh).
- SXSW, bikes, and the Zen of finding things out - Lean Analytics. "When we started this link thing, I told myself I wouldn't forward stuff I've written. It's the height of narcissism. But the original premise for this link-sharing stuff was to give one another the things we'd be furiously sharing over lunch. If we had lunch today, all I'd be talking about is my adventures with bikes, and what they taught me about life. So here's a somewhat lengthy, and hopefully funny, story about my first SXSW." (Alistair for Mitch).
- Pingbacks, another federated web technology, dying - Andraz Tori Blog. "The Web I 'grew up on' unlocked such power and promise: everyone could be a publisher of their own content, on their own platforms. This new possibility was driven by a few powerful technologies: easy free/open source blogging technology (mainly WordPress), RSS - which enabled readers of blogs to get alerts when there was a new post, and outgoing links (from one blog to another), and 'pingbacks.' Pingbacks alerted bloggers when another blogger linked to them - allowing bloggers to find each other and build networks of interest, upon which a new attention economy emerged. The world has shifted since those wooly days of the past. While many still run their own blogs, mostly this is being replaced with networks managed by big companies: Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter. Consumer use of the RSS protocol - as the recent announced closure of Google Reader indicates - is no longer a growing phenomenon, replaced with the more organic discovery mechanisms of activity streams (again: Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook), and the links posted there within our social networks. This article talks about yet another fading technology: pingbacks - again replaced by the activity in closed social networks, Retweets and Likes in Facebook. Are the days of the independent, but federated Web coming to a close? I hope not, but that certainly looks to be the case." (Hugh for Alistair).
- Smartphone link most important feature for U.S. car buyers, industry figure says - The Globe & Mail. "The future imagined 20 or 30 years ago involved virtual reality, time travel, jetpacks and teleportation. It turns out that what we have delivered to ourselves instead is... information. Lots and lots of information. And we cannot get enough of it. Instead of having visual virtual reality, we now informational virtual reality: we have access to just about all the (public) information in the universe, along with all of the private conversations we might want to have, all the time, and everywhere - through our smartphones. And this, it turns out, is the thing people want more than anything. According to this article, people are starting to buy cars not based on price or quality, but rather, on how well a car integrates with their smartphones." (Hugh for Mitch).
- 7 Lessons From the World's Most Captivating Presenters - HubSpot. "Giving presentations is not easy. Many try. Many claim to be professional speakers. TED showed the world that there are both ideas worth spreading in public speaking and that it is increasingly harder to make your mark. The reason it's harder to make that mark is because we all have online access to almost every speaker - at any given moment. We used to talk about death by PowerPoint, but it has become much more serious. With TED Talks and more everywhere, it's increasingly difficult to give a presentation and not be compared to some of the greats. I've written about my escapades as a public speakers and I've offered my share of advice. People like Nick Morgan, Nancy Duarte and Garr Reynolds are the types of people that probably forget more about the topic than I know. Still, this extensive piece is a great primer for anyone who is expected to get on stage and keep an audience interested." (Mitch for Alistair).
- Amazon's Head of Mobile Interfaces - MIT Technology Review. "Amazon is a dangerous company. Just this week they announced the acquisition of Goodreads. And, that's the thing. Most people still think of Amazon as a book seller. Nothing could be further from reality. This article, provides additional depth into one of the most fascinating (and, somewhat, secretive) companies in the world. Amazon is a hardware company, an analytics company, a technology company, a retail company, a tablet company, a software company, a media company and much, much more. When people think of tech, they think of Google and Twitter and Facebook. When people think of retail, they think of Walmart and Target and more. While the world pays a lot of attention to Amazon, this piece makes me realize that we still need to pay more attention to them." (Mitch for Hugh).
Now it's your turn: in the comment section below pick one thing that you saw this week that inspired you and share it.


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The Gunners unveiled their new PUMA shirts for the 2014-15 season with an incredible light show projected over the Thames and the London Eye. See the display on Goal
Arsenal launched their new kit with a spectacular event in London, live on Goal, on Thursday night.
Watch the incredible show again as the Gunners, fresh from their FA Cup victory at Wembley in May, continue their preparations for the new Premier League season by celebrating their new partnership with PUMA.
Arsenal's new home and away replica kits and a full collection of fanwear are available for fans to purchase now online at www.puma.com and in many stores worldwide. The new cup kit will launch in-store and online on August 14.


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OK.. i have done working on ishuaji root tool, ive change the shell root to english version which is original from superuser DEV. hehehehe.. @Mr.Hyde.. can u post the step for me.. im to lazy to post with picture instruction.. plus not understand chinese.. hehehe..
here the step..
1st install superuser.apk via plystore and install
2nd : download ishuaji root tool
Then run the root tool as per normal. and root ur device just by clicking the green button. wait unil it finish. and u will have normal superuser which is in English.
HAVE FUN GUYS.. hehhehe


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- Community-based case-control study of childhood stroke risk associated with congenital heart diseaseChristine K Fox
From the Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco C K F, H J F and The Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research, Oakland S S
Stroke 46:336-40. 2015..A better understanding of the stroke risk factors in children with congenital heart disease (CHD) could inform stroke prevention strategies. We analyzed pediatric stroke associated with CHD in a large community-based case-control study...
- High critical care usage due to pediatric stroke: results of a population-based studyChristine K Fox
Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Neurology 79:420-7. 2012..To measure intensive care unit (ICU) admission, intubation, decompressive craniotomy, and outcomes at discharge in a large population-based study of children with ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke...
- Recent advances in childhood arterial ischemic strokeChristine K Fox
University of California, San Francisco, 94143 0114, USA
Curr Atheroscler Rep 12:217-24. 2010..The high cost of pediatric stroke to children, families, and society demands further study of its risk factors, management, and outcomes. This review focuses on the recent findings in childhood arterial ischemic stroke...
- Acute seizures predict epilepsy after childhood strokeChristine K Fox
Departments of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Ann Neurol 74:249-56. 2013..To determine incidence rates and predictors of epilepsy after childhood stroke and compare these to published estimates of 3 to 5% cumulative epilepsy incidence by 5 years poststroke in adults...


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Changsha (literally Long Sand), surrounded by fertile lands and bisected by the slow flowing waters the the Xiang River, is Hunan province's capital. Populated by some six million souls, Changsha is a lively town well known for its food culture, military tradition and being one of Mao Zedong's haunts prior to launching his political career.
The city is likely to attract two kinds of people, those interested in tracing the origins and journeys of Chairman Mao, and those interested in joining in the "renao" (literally hot and noise—two things the Chinese associate with having a good time) that sweeps over the city during the night time hours.
Hunan cuisine is infamous for being some of the spiciest in the land and is perhaps second only to Sichuan on China's spice-o-meter. Something to bear in mind if you're sampling street-side barbecue or noodles.
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