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Ah, Phuket, I had such high hopes for thee. Hearing the word Phuket — at least since I learned it was a place name, pronounced "poo-ket", and not an expression of frustration with a different pronunciation — has always brought to mind calm, teal waters, crispy sunbathers strewn across bone-colored beaches, and palm crowns shimmying in the salty breeze. And on these fronts Phuket did not disappoint. Unfortunately, on most other fronts it did.
There are three major qualifiers I should mention before I proceed. One, I am not a spread-a-towel-on-the-sand-and-sunbathe kind of guy — in fact, I'm nearly translucent — so I'm looking for more than the kind of experience that can be had in any given desert. Two, my trip to Phuket fell squarely during the low season, so surely I wasn't catching it in peak form. And three, I spent just two and a half days there, and perhaps with a bit more time my esteem of the island would have improved. It's telling, though, that after only two and a half days I was ready to kiss the carpet of the plane that carried me off.
Phuket suffers from a mild case of Cruise Ship Syndrome, in that once you're there, you're forced to pay inflated prices for things simply because you have no alternative: food, lodging, transport, internet access, and so on. This is a common phenomenon on islands. Easter Island, for instance, is similarly expensive, except that it bears the excuse of being separated from its nearest neighbor by 2,000 kilometers of ocean, and just about everything consumable has to be shipped or flown in. The distance between mainland Thailand and Phuket, on the other hand, is all of 600 meters, and it's spanned by a four-lane highway. Hmmm.
Then there's the omnipresent prostitution. Clearly it wouldn't be so prevalent if tourists didn't avail themselves of it, but I rather prefer to be able to walk down the street without having to politely decline the catcalls — if not the groping hands — of batteries of sex workers. It's tragic that, even with so much tourist money pumping into other sectors of the island's economy, so many young women are funneled into the sex trade. Again, this was the middle of the low season, but the prostitutes seemed to outnumber the tourists. That's a bad ratio for everyone.
I'd been forewarned about Patong, the rowdy heart of Phuket's tourist scene that's chock-full of western restaurants, bars, and nightclubs heralded by neon signs and pulsating speakers — it hosts three Starbucks franchises grouped so closely that, if you neglect to trim your nails for a few weeks, you can almost touch them all simultaneously — so I steered clear. I pre-booked a room in Karon, just a few kilometers and decibels south of Patong.
I generally like to explore new places by bicycle, but Phuket's size and hilly terrain don't lend themselves to cycling. And tuk-tuk drivers wanted outlandish amounts to ferry people around — 250 Baht just to make the short trip from Karon to Patong — so I opted for another mode of transportation: a rented motorbike. I think it's the ideal way to get around Phuket. Renting one for the day costs just 200 Baht, plus whatever fuel you consume, and of course allows you to go wherever you please. The roads are sinuous, the views stunning.
Atop my little, burgundy Honda Dream, I weaved through the mobs in Patong and headed up the west coast, stopping at beach after beach to take in the scenery. Faded red flags were posted all along the backshore to warn visitors about the low season's dangerously strong currents. The beaches are undoubtedly beautiful, but it was strange to see almost no one in the water.
I rode an arc through northern Phuket and came back down the east coast, stopping for a couple hours at the Bang Pae waterfall (not much to see) and the adjacent Gibbon Rehabilitation Project (200 Baht entrance fee), a non-profit rescue and breeding facility for the adorable and highly intelligent apes. Because gibbons can fetch a lot of money — tourists buy them as pets or pay to have pictures taken with them — poachers seek them in the wild, slaughtering gibbon mothers to capture their young and exploit them on the streets. The project rescues such gibbons and, if possible, rehabilitates and returns them to the protection of a wilderness sanctuary. A very worthy cause.
Next, I checked out the very well organized and informative Butterfly Garden and Insect World near Phuket town (300 Baht, a bit pricey, but worth it if you're a nerd like me). I was the only visitor there, having arrived near the end of the day, and I got the distinct impression that the employees wanted to shut down a bit early. "There are more butterflies to see this way, sir," one would urge, motioning me coyly into the next room. As I wandered dumbly into it, another unseen employee would slam and lock the door behind me. In this way, as if by peristalsis, I was cajoled through several exhibits and out the front door in under 30 minutes. These people were good.
The following day I decided to book an all-day, all-inclusive snorkeling trip to Ko Phi Phi, a picturesque island 40 kilometers east of Phuket, about which I'd read nothing but raves prior to the trip. According to Lonely Planet, "Ko Phi Phi is so beautiful it will evoke tears." All the photos I'd seen of Phi Phi, and I'll add to them the above two that I took, corroborate that statement. The picture you don't see, however, is the one below at left, depicting what I was standing in when I took the other two. The island seems to have dived headfirst into tourism's flush pockets, with a ravenous appetite for its economic benefits but little concern for its environmental consequences. Everywhere I walked on the island, I had to step around discarded building materials, old shoes and clothes, plastic bottles, and other detritus of development. Phi Phi, incidentally, is pronounced "pee-pee", but it's turning into number two.
The "all-day" snorkeling trip was similarly deceptive, breaking down like this: two hours of shuttling back and forth to the Phuket harbor in a minivan, seven hours of transit and waiting around on two different boats, one hour exploring Phi Phi on foot, a thirty-minute lunch, and ten minutes of snorkeling. The snorkeling was amazing, if criminally brief, but I was put in a sour mood when the tour operator doled out our masks and snorkels but tried to extort another 100 Baht out of us for the use of flippers.
My flight the next morning was scheduled to depart at eight a.m., which meant that I'd have to leave for the airport around six. No minibus shuttles operate that early, and the cheapest taxi I could find would cost 700 Baht — more than twice the amount I'd paid to go the same distance in Bangkok — which seemed a fitting, wallet-cleansing way to end my stay in Phuket.
I don't know to what extent prices have inflated since the devastating tsunami struck in December 2004 — and I am more than happy to subsidize the rebuilding effort by paying a premium for food, lodging, etc. — but I can't help feeling that, given plenty of other gorgeous, affordable, and less trafficked beach destinations sprinkled through Thailand and Malaysia, Phuket's just not worth it.


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Mel Gibson and Gerard Butler were spotted with a large group Thursday night at Zuma. Both, we're told, were dressed casually and "in a great mood." Gibson had a 28 oz. Tomahawk Wagyu with truffle and seemed to enjoy it so much that "it was chewed to the bone." Butler, says our spy, "seemed a little reserved and mostly interacted with a group of beautiful ladies accompanying him at the table, occasionally gathering the crowd for a cigarette" outside on the waterfront terrace. As for Gibson, he was pretty tame, says our source. "He stayed at the table while Gerard was all over the place."
John Mayer, sans girlfriend Katy Perry and dressed in jeans, sneakers and a floral shirt, was spotted having dinner with a large group Tuesday night at Zuma.
For the second year in a row, Billy Joel showed up Saturday at the Dania Beach Vintage Motorcycle Show where he jammed with the band in a cool, bluesy impromptu performance. Joel was also seen having lunch with a friend at Zuma.
A day before the big New Times article broke about alleged usage of performance enhancement drugs from a now defunct Miami clinic, A-Rod was seen Monday afternoon having a lovely lunch with a blonde friend at Lulu's in Coconut Grove.
Jazz musician Al Di Meola and comedian Tommy Davidson were overheard talking music and enjoying live entertainment Thursday night at karaoke hotspot Jelsomino. Unfortunately they didn't sing.
Before the restaurant opens for the business on Tuesday, The Forge welcomed actor Jason Priestley, who was there filming a video for the 50th Anniversary NAPTE Conference. While there, Priestley took some time to sip a cocktail, peruse the wine list and to speak a bit with the staff about his visit to Miami. He left before the restaurant opened for biz but not before to reserving a table for a night in the future.
Former World Wide of Sports host and ET reporter Julie Moran has signed on to host a new South Florida based and produced (by O2 Media Production Studios) makeover show for Lifetime. Mission Makeover, premiering at 7 a.m. Feb. 25 will air for 13 weeks and will focus on helping women "makeover multiple areas of their life, health and wellness." Also featured on the show and in town Tuesday and Wednesday filming the show is P90X muscle mind Tony Horton.

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Short URL for this web page: http://research.microsoft.com/~jplatt
Research interests
My research is focused on helping people become more effective through the use of machine learning. Part of my research is improving the data/human interface, which includes projects such as:
- Sho: a system for scientific computing on top of .NET
- Helping admins manage systems and networks by finding anomalies or understanding root causes of problems.
Another part of my research is into systems that automatically create representations for data, including:
- Creating representations that combine logical forms with continuous representations (e.g, representing antonyms in a vector space).
- Improving representations for speech recognition through stacked (deep) networks.
- Generating good representations for text and audio using Oriented Principal Components Analysis.
I've been a researcher at Microsoft Research since 1997, where I led the Statistical Media Processing project, and then the Knowledge Tools group. Before Microsoft, I was Director of Research at Synaptics. I received my Ph.D. from Caltech in 1989, where I studied both computer graphics and machine learning.
In 2006, I received a Technical Academy Award for my research in simulating cloth and other stretchy material for computer graphics.
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- I have worked with a number of other people inside and outside Microsoft Research
- I was the program chair for the NIPS 2006 conference, and general chair for the NIPS 2007 conference.
- Asteroids I've discovered
- My Erdös number is 3, through John-Shawe Taylor. By some definition, my Kevin Bacon number is also 3, through Rachel McAdams.
Recent publications
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Learning representations of data
- Polarity Inducing Latent Semantic Analysis by W.-T. Yih, G. Zweig, J.C. Platt, Proc. EMNLP-CoNLL, (2012).
- Computational Approaches for Sentence Completion by G. Zweig, J.C. Platt, C. Meek, C.J.C. Burges, A. Yessenalina, Q. Liu, Proc. ACL, (2012).
- Scalable stacking and learning for building deep architectures By L. Deng, D. Yu, J.C. Platt, in Proc. ICASSP, (2012)
- Learning Discriminative Projections for Text Similarity Measures by W.-T. Yih, K. Toutanova, J.C. Platt, C. Meek, Proc. Co-NLL, (2011).
- Translingual Document Representations from Discriminative Projections by J.C. Platt, K. Toutanova, W.-T. Yih, Proc. Empirical Methods in NLP, (2010).
Productivity tools based on machine learning
- Learning from multi-topic web documents for contextual advertisement by Y. Zhang, A.C. Surendran, J.C. Platt, M. Narasimhan, Proc. KDD, pp. 1051-1059, (2008).
- Scalable Summaries of Spoken Conversations by S. Basu, S. Gupta, M. Mahajan, P. Nguyen, J.C. Platt, Proc. Intelligent User Interfaces, (2008).
- Fast Variational Inference for Large-scale Internet Diagnosis by J.C. Platt, E. Kiciman, D.A. Maltz, Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 20, 1169-1176, (2008).
- Mining Web Logs to Debug Distant Connectivity Problems by E. Kiciman, D.A. Maltz, M. Goldszmidt, J.C. Platt, ACM SIGCOMM 2006 Workshop on Mining Network Data, (2006).
- Automatic Discovery of Personal Topics to Organize Email by A.C. Surendran, J.C. Platt, E. Renshaw, 2nd Conference on Email and Anti-Spam, (2005).
- Automatic Misconfiguration Troubleshooting with PeerPressure by H. J. Wang, J. Platt, Y. Chen, R. Zhang, Y.-M. Wang, Proc. 6th Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation, (2004). Shorter previous version as Peer Pressure for Automatic Troubleshooting pp. 398-399, ACM SIGMETRICS, (2004).
- Inductive Learning Algorithms and Representations for Text Categorization by S. Dumais, J. Platt, D. Heckerman, M. Sahami, 7th International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, pp. 148-152, (1998).
High-speed machine learning algorithms
- Fast Low-Rank Semidefinite Programming for Embedding and Clustering By B. Kulis, A.C. Surendran, J.C. Platt, in Proc. 11th International Conference on AI and Statistics, (2007).
- Redundant Bit Vectors for Quickly Searching High-Dimensional Regions By J. Goldstein, J. C. Platt, C.J.C. Burges, in Deterministic and Statistical Methods in Machine Learning, J. Winkler, M. Niranjan, N. Lawrence, (eds.), Springer Lecture Notes on Computer Science 3635, pp. 137-158, (2005). Previous version: Indexing High-Dimensional Regions for Fast Multimedia Identification, MSR-TR-2003-38, (2003).
- FastMap, MetricMap, and Landmark MDS are all Nyström Algorithms By J. C. Platt, 10th International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics, pp. 261-268, (2005).
- Learning to Learn with the Informative Vector Machine By N. D. Lawrence, J. C. Platt, Proc. ICML, Paper No. 65, (2004).
- Fast Embedding of Sparse Music Similarity Graphs By J. C. Platt, Proc. NIPS 16, pp. 571-578, (2004).
- Distortion Discriminant Analysis for Audio Fingerprinting by C.J.C. Burges, J.C. Platt, S. Jana, IEEE Trans. on Speech and Audio Processing, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 165-174, (2003). Previous version appeared as "Extracting Noise-Robust Features from Audio Data" by C.J.C. Burges, J.C. Platt, S. Jana, ICASSP 2002, pp. I1021-I1024, (2002).
- Fast Training of Support Vector Machines using Sequential Minimal Optimization by J.C. Platt, Advances in Kernel Methods - Support Vector Learning, B. Schölkopf, C. Burges, and A. Smola, eds., pp. 185-208, MIT Press, (1999). A conference version of the paper was "Using Analytic QP and Sparseness to Speed Training of Support Vector Machines," by J.C. Platt, NIPS 11, pp. 557-563, (1999).
Machine learning for visual object recognition
- Multiple Instance Boosting for Object Detection by P. Viola, J.C. Platt, C. Zhang, Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, Vol. 18, pp. 1417-1426, (2006).
- Best Practices for Convolutional Neural Networks Applied to Visual Document Analysis by P.Y. Simard, D. Steinkraus, J.C. Platt, Intl. Conf. Document Analysis and Recognition, pp. 958-962, (2003).
- QuickStroke: An Incremental On-line Chinese Handwriting Recognition System by N. P. Matić, J.C. Platt, T. Wang, 16th Intl. Conf. Pattern Recognition, vol. 3, pp. 435-439, (2002).
- A Convolutional Neural Network Hand Tracker, by S. Nowlan and J. Platt, NIPS 7, pp.901-908, (1995).
- Postal Address Block Location Using A Convolutional Locator Network, by R. Wolf and J. Platt, NIPS 6, pp. 745-752, (1994).
Intelligent signal processing
Please see the Statistical Media Processing project page.
Improved user interface for media
Please see the Audio Fingerprinting, AutoDJ, and AutoAlbum project pages.
Please see the ClearType project page.
Support Vector Machines & Large Margin Learning
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No Big names, No big budget, No Problem, as the Maximum Fighting Championships 5 in Edmonton, Canada was looking to put on a good night of fights for the crowd regardless of what any of the naysayers would have you believe. With the initial disappointment of not having Bao Quach fight after an apparent problem with his medical forms, and the absence of Chris Brennan who was pictured on the Poster, The MFC let their fighters do what they came to do, and that was fight. Bas Rutten of Pride and UFC fame was also on hand for a seminar the night before the fights, and to sign autographs for all the fans in attendance. The MFC, Bas and the crowd came together to put on a solid night of good fights for the fans to enjoy. Click on pictures to enlarge.
Jason McDonald Vs Cameron BrownThis fight pitted MFC Veteran Jason McDonald against a tough Cameron Brown. The fight started with both fighters working postion in the Clinch, at one point Brown was able to land a very sharp punch to the chin that stunned McDonald for a moment, but McDonald was able to ride it out and control the fight from that point forward. McDonald utilized a methodical ground and pound assault to open up opportunities on the ground that he would lead to better positioning. Mcdonald spent most of the time on top of Brown and Brown spent most of his time neutralizing the arms of "The Athlete". After what looked to be a stalemate Jason was able to slide his arms around Browns head and arm, and sunk in a tight looking Arm Triangle. Jason was on a mission and that mission came to fruition in round 2 when he was able to secure a side choke that would leave no way out for Brown. Brown succumbed to the choke at 4:09 of round two. McDonald via submission at 4:09 of round two.
Rob McDonald Vs Victor ValimakiThis Fight was somewhat reminiscent of a Matt Hughes fight, with Mcdonald playing the part of Hughes and Valimaki playing the part of said opponent. following a very distinct pattern with Mcdonald Clinching with Valimaki, McDonald contolling Valimaki, and McDonald Slamming Valimaki McDonald used.his strong clinch and wrestling prowess to contol the pace of the fight.. Home town favorite Valimaki valiently tried to fight back landing a couple solid punches to the face, but Valimaki could not prevent the slams and one of the Monsterous slams seemed to have dropped him on his head. The loud thud of the slam could be heard around the arena and the energetic crowd reacted accordingly. After round one was over, Valimaki stood hunched in his corner looking visably shaken. Valimaki was unable to answer the bell for round 2. McDonald via TKO round one.
Ryan Diaz Vs Max MarinThis fight was a somewhat controversial fight. The fight started briskly with Max and Ryan putting combo's together but neither fighter landing anything of note. Max jumped to guard early after a flurry of activity, but Ryan would have none of it and Pushed him into the corner forcing the stand up. A scramble ensued and from there Diaz was able to switch up and glided into a very slick looking kneebar attempt. Max Marin would have none of it and snuffed out the potentially dangerous situation quicker then Smokey Bear snuffs out a campfire. Marin found his way into Diaz's guard and fired off a volley of very hard shots that connected well, cutting Diaz's nose and sending the Ref in to stop the fight. Diaz did not like the stoppage and looked visibly upset along with his corner man Lance Gibson. Diaz did take some heavy leather from Marin but appeared to be ok during the stoppage. After the fight a classy Max Marin came out and offered Diaz another shot, saying that he felt that Diaz was still ok. and could have taken more punishment. Max Marin Via TKO Ref stoppage due to punishment 1:02 of round one.
Shane Biever Vs Chris FontaineIn an entertaining bout, Shane Biever looked like he was much leaner then he has been in the past. Biever started strong, firing out of the gate with hard lefts and rights putting Fontaine on the defensive early on. Chris would not be deterred, and fired back with several very solid knee's one of which caught Biever flush on the chin and dropped him. Biever showed resolve and although he looked bloody and battered he continued banging away in a typically aggressive Biever style. Chris would not be flustered and matched every Bieverpunch with an equally effective knee. Biever's bloody nose gave both fighters a short respite when the ref would have to stop the fight on two separate occasions to check the cut. Biever would show resolve and fought on, eventually catching Fontaine with a nice combo that dropped him and forced the ref to step in. Biever wins by KO at 2:51 of the second round.
Jason St Louis Vs Brad ArbicJason St Louis had come off a well deserved break after losing three fights in a row and was looking to redeem himself after his losses. This fight was a back and forth affair with neither fighter willing to give an inch. Both Brad and Jason had one thing on their mind coming into this fight and it showed. Both fighters were hyper aggressive and took every opportunity to take a chance and win the fight. Jason controlled most of the stand up but Arbic was able to answer at times with sharp shots that found their mark. St Louis went to submission to submission on the ground and Arbic showed a lot of poise escaping the lot, but at one point in the fight, St Louis looked to have an Armbar secured, but the Referee (ala Bustamante/Lindland) broke up the fighters and restarted them from the standing position. That would not deter him as he battered and bruised Arbic for the first round and Arbic was unable to answer the bell for round two. Impressive return to the fight game for Jason St Louis. St Louis wins, round one. Opponent could not answer the bell.
Preliminary bouts
Brandon Olson Vs Scott Schilling
Coming off an impressive victory over Mike Jorgenson at MFC 4, Olson was facing off against late replacement and Jiu Jitsu fighter Scott Schilling. Olson used his strong wrestling skills to control the fight from all positions, nullifying any and all of Schilling's thoughts of a submission. He went effortlessly and swiftly to and from side mount, North South Position, and eventually the mount. His strong base was too much for Shilling and when the rain of blows came tumbling down, Schilling had no choice but to tap out. Olson wins via ref stoppage at 3:08 of the first round.
Gavin "Heavy Metal Hesson Vs Marco Costa
In an uneventful third bout of the evening "Heavy Metal" Hesson was able to do just enough to squeek a split judges decision out of the hands of Costa after three hard fought rounds. Neither fighter was able to assert their will in the fight but Hessons wrestling was the difference as he controlled position on the ground, and much of the stand up exchange. Hesson wins via split judges decision after three rounds.
Kevin Dolan Vs Chris Peak
In a wild affair that went back and forth, Kevin Dolan and Chris peak both came to bang. Both fighters had come off of losses so another loss was an unwelcome thought. Dolan was able to secure the early takedown and went right to mount into the corner of the ring. It looked like Peak would be in trouble but he was able to execute a nice reversal to reverse the tables and take mount himself. Peak was patient from the top and dropped some solid blows before Dolan gave him his back. Peak Stayed patient and fought off an interesting Armbar attempt, and pounded the side of Dolan's head till the right opportunity arose, where he snuck in the arms under Dolans chin and took the rear naked choke ending Dolan's night at 1:47 of the first round. Peak wins via submission at 1:47 or round one.
Luke Boutin Vs Antonio Carvalho
This fight went back and forth to start the bout until Luke Boutin was able to secure the takedown. Carvalho's Superior Jiu Jitsu skills were evident as he was able to perform a beautiful reversal and take side mount. Carvalho used his submission skills to apply a nice looking triangle but Boutin would not give up. He held out and even tried to lift up Carvalho and drop him on his head to awe of the crowd but Carvalho held steadfast. Carvalho snagged Boutins leg tripping him, and he had no recourse, the choke was sunk. Boutin taps out to the triangle choke at 1:29 of round one. Carvalho via submission at 1:29 of round one.
Looking Back
With the support of a vibrant crowd behind them, the fighters put on a solid package for the fight fans in attendance. There was only one decision on the cards for the night, with all the fights ending in less then two rounds, save one fight. Most of the fighters were very aggressive and went for the win at all times. Without the heavy burdon of a loss meaning the end of your career many of the fighters went for broke knowing full well that win or lose an exciting fight would bring them back. One disapointing note for the night was, the Max Marin Vs Ryan Diaz fight. The fight seemed to be stopped a little too early, I felt that Diaz could have gone on a little longer although he had taken some big shots. To be fair, the referee's have a tough and thankless job, their primary concern is always the safety of the fighters first and foremost. Overall a good showing for the MFC, fight fans got a good dose of what they yearned on this night, and save the occasional bump in the road, this journey was solid throughout.
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4.5 Billion In Bailout... Still Not Help Those Who Need It
Posted by Very Unhappy Client on 05/05/2009
Back in May of 2008 I was injured on the job. I was on an approved Short Term Disability when my supervisor demanded to return to work regardless of illness. Upon failing to do so I was wrongfully terminated. With the help of my doctors, we filed the claim to the state and were awarded disability, at the cost of my employer.
In December of 2008, we had exhausted every avenue of money. We fell behind on our mortgage account with SunTrust Mortgage. We love our home. We want to raise our family here. I requested several times to help us modify our loan. I was told by your company "We do not make enough money to stay in our home." Even though my husband's income is over 100,000 per year.
Upon winning my case, I began to receive my disability checks. Being on disability is less than 50% of what my income was while I was working. I again requested a loan modification. I was told in order to stop foreclosure we must pay the attorney fees. We therefore immediately sent the $3,000 you requested for payment of attorney fees. The first option your company tried was a repayment plan. Seeing as our over all income has dropped by 30-40%. We could not afford a repayment plan. I requested a loan modification in hopes of SunTrust Mortgage understanding our unique situation. I am still disabled, we have an infant and we are still under a financial hardship. I have called your company everyday since being told we do qualify for a loan modification. I have spoken with Eric, Ms. Johnson, Shawna, and everyone else in that department multiple times to find out the status of the loan modification.
We finally heard back last week in respect to the loan modification. To my surprise, our payments did NOT go down. In fact they have INCREASED! I was expecting a drop in loan payments, considering the drop in interest rates. Robin (Loan Modification Specialist) told us "Well You guys can afford it!!!!" Robin informed me our interest rate will be 7%. I asked why our interest rate can not be reduce she said "It's clear you can afford the higher payment." Is this not a repayment plan? I pleaded with Robin to reduce the interest rate to 5%. The difference in payment is over 1,000/month. I expressed our current income and situation, this still leaves us living paycheck to paycheck. In the event something were to happen to either of our incomes Robin's responded by stating "Well then we will have to start the process all over again." Pardon the sarcasm.... But the first time we went though this YOU WOULD NOT HELP US.!!
Your company on the other hand, has received more than 4.8 BILLION in bail out money. The whole point in our request for a loan modification with Suntrust Mortgage was to work together in a payment plan allowing us to stay in our home. Instead it has resulted with an increase to our monthly finances at a time when our payments truly need to be reduced. Given the current rates is approximately 4 - 5% a loan modification process resulting in a 7% interest rate really seems to be taking advantage of our situation. Is this how you help your customers? By denying them the lowest rate possible? Is this doing what is best for your client instead of your profit? Is this what President Obama had in mind when he gave you money? Honestly, my husband is working as hard as he can. We want to keep our home. We want to raise our family here. However, we can not believe you and your company are willing to keep us under a financial hardship for the sake of your profits! … And this is your answer of help? "You can afford it!"
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Posted by Soaring Consumer on 2009-05-05:
What inconsiderate jerks. Is it possible for you to refinance with a different bank/mortgage company?
Posted by madconsumer on 2009-05-05:
you should have some 401k somewhere to cash in.
sue em .....
Posted by Anonymous on 2009-05-06:
Is it just me or is this indicative of why we as a nation are in a ton of debt poop - I want to live like a rock star! Quick math...30yr a 2% drop = >1k a month in mortgage = million dollar mortgage.
Posted by Anonymous on 2009-05-06:
"Is this what President Obama had in mind when he gave you money?" No. He had it in mind to use taxpayer money to grease campaign donations from the banking/lending industry to buy advertising to convince shlepps who can't afford their homes to vote for him and his kind.
Posted by Anonymous on 2009-05-06:
As soon as Sun Trust heard the word disability, I believe your fate was sealed.
Posted by RestaurantGuy on 2009-05-06:
It sounds to me like you have a adjustable rate mortgage. In my experience arm's never go down in interest rates. They just go higher. See if you can refinance to a 30 year fixed rate. Right now they are at some of the lowest levels in history and that will save you around 2.5% in interest
Posted by BokiBean on 2009-05-06:
I'm trying to get all worked up over a consumer on disability who can't keep her 700K house...but failing miserably.
Posted by Anonymous on 2009-05-06:
Nobody is going to offer terms on a $700K home to folks earning just over $100K pre-tax. It is sad that they're going to lose their home. That they are a bit better off than the average foreclosure, doesn't lessen the sting. It's odd with a wrongful termination d/t disability that there wasn't a civil action to make up the 50% shortfall in income. Most lawyers would jump on that on a contingency.
Posted by Jackle on 2012-04-28:
Interest rates are based on your credit score. If you were behind on your mortgage than your credit took a hit. You should be thankful that they could even help you to begin with. As far as the bail out, read up a little on what each bank did with their money. Suntrust was the first to pay back the debt, and they used their funds to buy out smaller banks that were going under. They don't owe you a favor for their bail out. How do you think banks got in the situation they were in? By lending people like you a $700k loan!
Posted by Waldo on 2012-07-11:
You can thank Warren Buffet for that he lives to squeeze peoples balls off- his view you signed up you fu - he who says he would pay more taxes - like the Gov of NJ told him shut up and write a check - He is the problem - there is no Philanthropy in Warren Buffet
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Holding Title Without Contactual Agreement
Posted by 1st2fite on 09/30/2006
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS -- On Sept 21st 2006, I Michael D. Walker paid the balance in full, on my
car title loan that I had taken out against my vehicle, at Midwest Title Loan (Sun Trust Capital Markets, Inc.); 3751 79th St., Chicago, IL 60652 [Contact person- "James"
773-735-5501]. At the time that I made my payment, I was in
Indianapolis, IN and I utilized my debit-cash card, which is NOT a
card, to make that final payment. Shortly thereafter, I received a
confirmation receipt from the card company stating that Midwest Title
Loans had been paid. I also received from Midwest Title Loan's
corporate office [Contact person; "Dot" 800-324-4061] confirmation that
the card transaction went through with no discrepancies. On Sept. 26th
2006, I went to Midwest Title Loans, Inc. located at 3751 79th St. and
was told that they would give me my car key back, but would hold my
title for a period of (3) weeks against my will. I was NOT informed at
the time of the transaction, that there would be any (3) week
imposition made upon me because I was utilizing a debit card
transaction. If I had I been told this, I would have made other payment
arrangements. Midwest Title Loans, Inc. failed to inform me that they
would be retaining my title, without GOOD CAUSE, after the payment had
been made and credited to their accounts. On the contract between
Midwest Title Loans, Inc. and I, THERE IS NO MENTION/CONSIDERATION OF
SUCH A WITHHOLDING OR PENALTY IMPOSED on the customer when using a
debit/cash card to make payment to close out one's account. They freely accepted my card without making any statement what-so-ever. Therefore,
I want my title released now and appropriate actions taking against
Midwest Title Loans, Inc. and all others that unduly imposed such
sanctions such as this on their customers, who are citizens of the
of Illinois.
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Suntrust Auto Loan Department A Joke
Posted by Ceridwen999 on 03/03/2009
TAMPA, FLORIDA -- I have had an auto loan with Suntrust, who I also bank with. I have to say my banking experience has been great but the auto loan has been a nightmare.
After a year of pristine payment history, we hit a rough spot and needed to make a payment arrangement. We were granted a pass on our next payment which would be applied to the end of our loan. We thought all was well until we started to get collection calls saying our payment was past due. We explained several times that we had an arrangement and jumped through hoop after hoop to ensure the payment arrangement was recorded and processed, each time being assured it was taken care of. This went on for three months which in the mean time we incurred late fees on this payment that was "late", and late fees on subsequent months because when we would pay the following month, they applied it to the previous month due to their records still showing us as behind.
It took months to get this all rectified and I am not so sure that it hasn't hurt my credit rating. It was a nightmare. We were lied to by representatives on the phone who said they were taking a payment by phone and didn't do anything, leaving us without a clue that no payment was made until we got collection calls. I've processed payments on line that don't go through despite the fact that they appear to, and I don't know it until the next month when I get a late fee and show that I owe two months.
I'm at a point where I'm ready to let the car go back in order not to have to deal with this company. They make it difficult to make payments and the representatives lie and deceive you just to get you off the phone. I would not recommend using Suntrust for any loan services!
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Suntrust steals and lies
Posted by Nikkums2203 on 04/10/2010
CHESTER MD -- To Whom it may concern
Suntrust Bank has now over the course of just 30 days STOLEN over 828.00 of my monies from "overdraft" fees. They (Suntrust) have charged my family an atrocious amount of money for 1-3 hours.. YES HOURS… of shortage in my account. Some of these transactions were processed at the same time!!!
Suntrust ALSO puts in largest amount charged in so they can receive their "overdraft" fees for the numerous small charges increasing the amount of monies the consumer (me and my family) have to pay.
I had an overdraft protection loan which they CANCELLED even though I was never late or overdue on a payment to the loan.
I'm sorry I'm not a Rockefeller…
Now … being that I am a retired police officer on disability from an injury sustained on duty… receiving only a pittance of retirement each month. I am not able to find employment due to the state of the economy… partly due to our banking systems (SUNTRUST). I am struggling to play catch up for this 828.00 in fee's. Last year Suntrust received 2400.00 in "overdraft" fee's from me. I have pleaded with them to stop cashing and clearing automatic payments to my creditors if the funds were not available - but no- they (Suntrust) wants their 35.00 payments on a 3.30 atm charge for a little gas to pick my daughter up from school.
Can I also point out that 828.00 is half …HALF of my monthly income and I have a daughter to provide for.
Am I ALONE to be responsible for getting Suntrust out of its debt to the government??? ARE YOU??? Why should the consumer be charged these ridiculous fee's to bail out these banking systems. Why is it always the little people that suffer??? I say put these THIEVES out of business. They will get the idea if everyone leaves… I now have 30 people who are going to switch - just my friends and family alone… see, there is something to be said about loyalty.
The charges I incurred on 3/22/10 $360.00 and 4/8/10 $ 288.00 were processed within minutes of the funds being available. Some of the 35.00 fees I am being charged for are still PENDING!!!!!!!!!
Now I have bills that will not get paid-Groceries that will not get bought- and more "overdraft" fees to come because of the overdraft fee's …. all so some corporate executive can take a million dollar vacation and bonus on my dime.
I have tried talking to suntrust… I have tried reasoning… negotiating… they are unwilling to assist me in anyway.
The largest dollar amount goes in first… and it doesn't matter that a charge and deposit went in at the same time… IM SCREWED.
This is illegal. What IS the interest for less than 1 hour on a $2 charge????
To the honest and respectable Senators and Politician please assist us…. Your people… your consumers
To the consumers …Please… leave suntrust… I am … Thieves
Jodie White
Stevensville md
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Beware of Suntrust Mortgage
Posted by Tonit026 on 03/10/2014
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA -- If you ever fall on hard times or have a financial hardship, Suntrust is unwilling to work with you at all! I was going through a divorce and fell behind on my mortgage (by about 2 months). I almost immediately started getting letters regarding foreclosure proceedings from them. I called them to do a loan modification or try to work out some sort of payment arrangement. They said there was nothing they could do. As a result to save my home, and to have some stability for me and my daughter, I filed Chp 13 bankruptcy (in May 2008) in order to stay in the house. I'm having so much trouble to this day getting discharged from the bankruptcy because they keep saying I owe them more money (anything from arrears to late fees or whatever). I have a 1st and 2nd mortgage with them. Suntrust claims somewhere in 2010 or so my mortgage payment(s) went up. Instead of them notifying the trustee (since that's who they're receiving payment from) of the increase at the time, they said nothing.
Once it came up about my case getting discharged or near completion, they proceeded to bring up all the money they claim I owe from the years prior. I was infuriated! As a result of this, they claimed there was a problem with the 2nd mortgage. I finally got that cleared up (which took months), now they're saying there's an issue with the 1st mortgage. The Chp 13 plan is suppose to last 5 years, but I'm entering 6 years now thanks to Suntrust. What adds salt to a already painful wound is I always paid them on time prior to my divorce situation. They don't consider anything about your circumstances or your previous good paying history. They're greedy and just want more money! DO NOT deal with Suntrust Mortgage! Never shall I recommend them to anyone and will do my best to refinance when I can.
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Posted by Obfuscation on 2014-03-11:
This is a tough situation. Have you considered the hard fact that you may no longer be able to afford to stay in this house? If you are already two payments behind, it doesn't seem likely that a modification is going to save you.
They're not greedy, and they don't want MORE money, what they want is the money you promised to pay them back when they lent it to you.
If you can get a good adviser, ask them to run the numbers and see what you possibilities are. Waiting is not likely to improve the situation.
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Horrible Customer Service
Posted by Ndp1696 on 12/16/2013
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA -- Absolutely horrible customer service if you're not an account holder. I am NOT an account holder at SunTrust, but went by the branch at 1801 W. Broad Street Richmond VA 23220 to cash a check drawn on a SunTrust business checking account. After presenting my endorsed check and ID and speaking with two different tellers via CCTV in the drive-thru lane, I was told that I must come inside to cash the check, even though there were no cars/customers in either drive through line except for me. Treat someone like a criminal and you can be sure they will never do business with you. I absolutely hate this bank and will never, ever have a mortgage, checking, savings or car loan with SunTrust.
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Posted by clutzycook on 2013-12-17:
You don't have an account with them. They don't know you. For all they know it could be a fradulent check. Why not take it to your own bank?
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Suntrust - Stealing Money From Accounts
Posted by Lstiff on 09/12/2013
DULUTH, GEORGIA -- Suntrust is guilty of 'transaction ordering', meaning the bank is moving transactions to cause an overdraft condition and charge $36 for every debit that they can get away with.
Suntrust is relying on ignorant and lazy customers who do not care about $36 and customers who are not watching their accounts closely and even if you are watching the account you can see the bank move the transactions and then ROB YOU!
What else needs to be said? All banks and credit unions are guilty of this crime.
We have to put an end to it!
The banks make it sound as if they are doing us a favor - "you have opt in to overdraft protection or you won't get it" this is an offer to steal our money!
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Posted by cmthru on 2013-09-13:
Somebody correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't there a ruling earlier this year or was it last year, that requires financial institutions to process debits and credit in the order they were received? That ruling was to prevent the reordering of debits to prevent the forced overdrafts.
Posted by CU on 2013-09-13:
They bear no guilt. When you opened the account, they gave you a document spelling out how they post transactions. It is required by law, and you signed that you received it.
If one doesn't spend more than they have in the account, the bank can post transactions in any old manner they like, and it still won't make a bit of difference to the customer.
If someone doesn't want to keep track of their balance, the trade-off is to pay overdraft fees.
Posted by CU on 2013-09-14:
Cm... You may consider yourself corrected. There is no such law.
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Posted by Brunswicktv on 08/08/2012
ATLANTA, GEORGIA -- I financed a truck with sun trust in 2009 and was laid off from my job not long after that. After exhausting all my savings, retirement and all other monies I could come up with, I found myself unable to make my payments. After trying several times over a two months period I worked out a re-payment plan with them. I was one day late on my first re-payment because a check I was expecting did not arrive in the mail on time. The next day my check came in and I call sun trust to let them know that I was on the way to a branch to make a payment, they informed me that my truck was already up for Re-possession and no way to stop it. I proceeded to take my truck to a local Sun trust branch and turn it in to them. I know that people should make their payments but in some cases its unavoidable. After the truck was gone I quickly had to close a business I was trying to start. Since then, the truck was sold and as you might expect they billed me for the deficiency, over $9000.00 If I had that kind of money I would have made my payments. Not long after that they hired a slime ball attorney to harass us and now trying to get a judgment so they can garnish my bank accounts. I think they are the lowest of the low to take what little I have left when I can barely feed my family. They have never tried to work out a settlement with me its all or we will destroy you financially. If they succeed in a bank garnishment we will lose our home. After three years of financial hardship it would take anyone a long time to recover, now a lawsuit will destroy us financially. THANKS SUNTRUST!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted by CowboyFan on 2012-08-08:
They did work out a settlement agreement when you still had the truck, and you were late with your FIRST repayment. Why would they trust you to make any settlement payments now?
It is unfortunate the situation that you find yourself in, but it may be advisable to speak with a financial advisor about how to work your way out of this, or the need to file bankruptcy. Good luck.
Posted by Dazed and confused on 2012-08-11:
It's easy to set back and judge someone before you completely understand their situation. Sun Trust is an overly aggressive debt collector and they should be boycotted or some ways to send them a message that people aren't going to take their crap any more. If you read the post carefully you will see that after his truck was reposed they would not work with him. DONT JUDGE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOWN SHAME ON YOU!!!!!!!!
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No on-Line Bill Pay for Consumer Loan!!!
Posted by Sherthomp1 on 08/05/2012
SunTrust consumer loans a joke. Can't even make payments on-line. Also can't call them past 5:00! Limited website. Bank must not have funds for computer support. Another bank going belly up, I suppose.
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Posted by jktshff1 on 2012-08-06:
I've had good luck with Suntrust
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Very Poor Customer Service
Posted by CMurphy1122564 on 06/28/2011
I went into a Suntrust bank today to complete an online application and make a deposit and was not treated with professionalism, and the customer service is very poor. I intend to close my account and will never do business with them or recommend them to anyone, it looks like they have a very bad reputation already.
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Posted by MJGoldfarb on 2011-06-28:
Which office? How did they mistreat you? More information would help.
Posted by Anonymous on 2011-06-28:
Good review, Very informative, I would suggest in the future going to a credit union. They're much more like-minded people compared to the banks.
Posted by tnchuck100 on 2011-06-28:
What happened? Need MUCH more information. What was unprofessional?
AFR, what part did you catch as informative? Please help me, I missed it.
Posted by madconsumer on 2011-06-28:
i too found this review very helpful!!
although my mortgage is with suntrust, i cannot say i would recommend them.
great review!
Posted by trmn8r on 2011-06-28:
Sorry to disagree with some in the community. This review isn't helpful or informative. There aren't enough details to know how the service was lacking or unprofessional.
+2 -2 = 0
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Posted by jktshff1 on 2011-06-29:
I'm with trmn....I have my accounts with Suntrust and have for many years...no problems.
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Police respond to two break-ins near MSUMMoorhead, MN (WDAY TV) - No arrests have been made in an armed robbery and assault near the MSUM campus.
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No arrests have been made in an armed robbery and assault near the MSUM campus. The crimes happened at 920 17th Street South Wednesday night. A group of four males went into this home, assaulted someone, and then stole belongings. One suspect reportedly, had a shotgun. Police haven't released descriptions of the suspects. They and the alleged victim declined comment.
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If there is one thing I know about the SMU Service House residents (or SMUSHies, as they are affectionately called), I know that they love service. Another thing I know about SMUSHies is that they love desserts. So, the Aids Services of Dallas No Tie Dinner and Dessert volunteering event was the perfect way to earn House Service Hours for nine SMUSHies. The Dallas Area Flight Museum hosted the event, and several Dallas-area bakeries brought samples of their desserts for the guests to enjoy. We mingled among the event guests who were participating in a silent auction to benefit the Aids Services of Dallas organization, offering assistance when needed and sampling the desserts. At the end of the event, we broke down the booths and tables with the rest of the volunteers. We spent quality time together, serving Aids Services of Dallas (ASD).
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Vivienne Westwood, launches the 'Gainsborough Collection', a fine jewellery line made of Palladium, which debut at Vivienne Westwood's Gold Label Paris Fashion week Spring/Summer 2013 show. Georgia May Jagger has been chosen to be the face of this collection which takes inspiration from the 'Paper jewellery' collection, which Vivienne Westwood first introduced in the Gold Label Autumn- Winter 2000/01 collection and is a modern interpretation of the trompe l'oeil drawings, which featured on the original paper jewellery. The collection emphasises the lustrous metals qualities of lightness and strength through the intricate design and delicate craftsmanship of the jewellery. Echoing the papier macher pieces of the early 2000s, the delicate lines form the outline of aristocratic bows and drops framing Westwood's iconic orb.
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"Same weekend, different venue for North American karters"
Tempe, AZ – April 6, 2010 – Looking out for the best interest of the Karter, CKI has made the decision to move the Grand Prix of Reno South to the PKRA facility near Phoenix, Arizona for Round 2 of its WSK North American Series. The newly named Grand Prix of Phoenix will still take place on May 14th – 16th at the newly repaved Phoenix Kart Racing Association (PKRA) track, one of the finest karting facilities that North America has to offer.
"We are happy that track officials and the board of directors at the PKRA facility have opened their arms and welcomed us to the Phoenix facility," stated CKI Director of Operations Kevin Williams. "The harsh winter weather was not kind to some of the parking lots that were going to make up part of the race track at the Grand Sierra Resort and with only five weeks of preparation time before the event, we feel it was in our best interest to switch locations."
"The Grand Sierra Resort has been nothing but a pleasure to deal with and are willing to make the necessary fixes to the parking lots," stated CKI's Randy Kugler. "The Reno track looked to be a fantastic layout that would have provided us with some great racing but with the instability of new asphalt, we felt it was better to change locations to an already proved facility."
The PKRA track was repaved earlier this season and has been the host of multiple events already in 2010. The PKRA facility is twelve corner member owned track that is nearly ¾ of a mile long with the longest straightaway nearing five hundred feet. PKRA is located in the Adobe Dam Park and Recreation area and is open year round. More information on PKRA can be found online at www.PKRA.com
"PKRA welcomes CKI to Phoenix." Stated PKRA President, Pete Boyle, "To have an event at the high level that CKI consistently promotes is an honor for PKRA to host, and creates much excitement in the Karting community."
Also specific to the Phoenix Event, CKI will be offering a Local Option Class, KPV1 for Sportsman Age Drivers. A Class which is synonymous with the region, offering KPV1 continues CKI's commitment to Regional Racing.
Williams added, "PKRA has provided some great racing drivers and some great racing action. With plenty of passing zones and a mix of high, medium and low speed corners, the racing action will be phenomenal, and CKI is thrilled to bring its program to Phoenix."
The WSK North American Series by CKI begins its six event 2010 National Schedule offering Categories such as Comer Cadet, Mini Max, Leopard Junior, TaG Senior, KF3 and KF2. For entry forms and more information, visit http://www.ChampionshipKartRacing.com.


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WASHINGTON — Republican opposition to U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice as the next secretary of state began to crack Sunday as Sen. John McCain said she was "not the problem" in the White House's handling of the Sept. 11 attack in Libya and suggested he could be persuaded to swing behind her possible nomination.
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STAAR will replace the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS), which is the criterion-reference assessment program that has been in place since 2003.
The STAAR name, pronounced the same as star, will be used for the 12 end-of-course assessments mandated by SB 1031 in 2007 and the new grade 3-8 assessments mandated by HB 3 in the 2009 legislative session.
The new tests will be used beginning in the 2011-2012 school year. Students in the graduating Class of 2015, who are currently in seventh grade, will be the first students who must meet the end-of-course testing requirements, as well as pass their classes, in order to earn a diploma.
The new tests will be significantly more rigorous than previous tests and will measure a child's performance, as well as academic growth.
The grade 3-8 STAAR tests in reading and mathematics, by law, must be linked from grade to grade to performance expectations for the English III and Algebra II end-of-course assessments.
During a speech at the Texas Association of School Administrators' Midwinter Conference in Austin, Scott also said the last TAKS-based school accountability ratings will be issued in 2011. Ratings will be suspended in 2012 while a new accountability system is developed.
The new state rating system will debut in 2013.
Texas Assessment of Basic Skills (TABS)– First state-mandated test, in use from 1980-1985, administered to students in grades 3, 5 and 9 in reading, mathematics and writing.
Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS) – In use from 1986-1990, tested reading, mathematics and writing in grades 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11; first state test students were required to pass to earn a diploma.
Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) – In use from 1990-2002, tested reading, mathematics and writing, ultimately given to students in grades 3-8 and 10, additionally science and social studies tested at eighth grade, Spanish-language tests available for students in grades 3-6, four end-of-course exams provide optional method for meeting graduation requirements.
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The Cooperative Extension is offering a free Speaking With Confidence 4-H Program to help youth conquer their fears and learn public speaking skills early in life.
The course will be 4-5 p.m. Mondays, Jan 28-April 8 (holidays and breaks excluded) at the Douglas County office of University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, 1329 Waterloo Lane in Gardnerville.
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I was born in Castlerea, Co Roscommon, Ireland in the grand old year of 1958. My father John was a farm labourer at what was then the local TB (tuberculosis) hospital or Sanitarium as it was then called. My mother Eileen was one of 10 children and I have been told her marriage to my father was an arranged match. Castlerea then was a busy market town with a population of less than 2000. The only recreation my dad engaged in was visiting the local pub and my mother would bicycle to her family home once a week on a Sunday to visit her sisters and catch up on the local gossip. Our house was a small one bed cottage with a tin roof. There was no water, electricity or indoor toilet. There was a large fireplace which was a source of warmth and light in the dark evenings. Extra illumination was provided by a parafin oil lamp. My early memories recall a large battery powered radio with an illuminated dial. I watched this with fascination from my cot in the living area and wondered where the voices came from. My mother would often hold me on her knee and show me pictures from the magazines she would read-Irelands Own and Womans Way. I cried when I saw pictures of bars of chocolate and could not understand why I could not have them right away. There was never much money in our house and my mother often told me she prayed that I would have "brains" She believed if I was to progress in the world I would need to use my wits and every night she would ask God, Father Son & Spirit to take care of me. Indeed I have been told that my first words were "Father Son Spirit" (Was this an omenof things to come?) We spent 4 years in that little cottage before moving to No 17 Arm Castlerea where I was to spend all of my childhood and teenage life
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Rising energy prices may be political poison for American politicians, but it's just the reverse in Russia, filling state coffers and funding new rounds of government giveaways to keep a restless population happy. The FT estimates that Putin needs oil to be at least $80 a barrel to keep this system functioning smoothly.
Fortunately for Putin, oil prices are currently around $120 per barrel, and may go even higher due to the situation with Iran.
Besides relieving pressures for democratic change, high oil prices have another effect as well: Russian foreign policy gets a lot tougher.
This is a great example of the resource curse at work.
The good news is we have centuries worth of oil and gas in our own backyard.
It really is quite simple, until we have an alternative fuel source that will get a Boeing 747 off the ground and move an oil tanker a half-mile from the dock we will remain dependent on oil.
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If you want to tile after then 5/8" spacers work well for 3/8" tile and 1/4" thin-set.
The mortar mix under the tub should be higher than needed. The tub set overtop and squished down to resting position. The tub should sit on it's feet and the mortar mix serves as only bonus strength between the feet.
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