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Instructions to Arm Swivel Bar Stools
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The swivel bar stools are perfect for the kitchen and bar are comfortable and save space in high-traffic areas. The swivel stools need to be armed and the manufacturer may or may not include written instructions with diagrams of different parts.
Instructions of Arm swivel bar stools
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- Unpack the box and place the parts on a flat surface near your screwdriver and wrench. Verify that you have all the parts, including nuts, bolts and washers.
- Place the lower legs face down on the ground. Place the top on them, aligning slots at bars plants.
- Slide the footrest on the legs and insert the bolts into the drilled holes. Ensures the same with nuts and washers, but no adjustments.
- Attached to the seat frame support, if applicable. Turn the support and align the ends of the vertical bars on the sides with holes in the seat for swivel bar stools.
- Place the turntable on the part of the seat, matching the pre-drilled holes in the plate with the holes in the cross bars of the seat.
- Turn the legs and seat assembly. Position the seat on the legs, aligning the holes in the seat with the legs crossed bars.
- Turn the whole structure and slides the cushion on the seat frame. Secure it in place by inserting pins into the holes of the frame and the underside of the seat
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Wayétu Moore
Wayétu Moore is the founder of One Moore Book. One Moore Book is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit
organization that encourages reading among children of countries with low literacy rates and underrepresented cultures by publishing culturally relevant books that speak to their truths, and by creating bookstores and reading corners that serve their communities. Her first bookstore opened in Monrovia, Liberia in 2015.
She has been featured in The Economist Magazine, NPR, NBC, BET and ABC, among others, for her work in advocacy for diversity in children's literature.
Moore's a graduate of Howard University and the University of Southern California, and is currently a Margaret Mead Fellow at Columbia University Teachers College, where she's reaching the impact of culturally relevant curriculum and learning aids in elementary class rooms of underrepresented groups.
Listen to a personal video message from Wayétu Moore here.
In She Would Be King, Moore reimagines the dramatic story of the formation of Liberia through the eyes of three unforgettable characters. Gbessa, exiled on suspicion of being a witch from the West African village of Lai, is bitten by a viper and left for dead, but miraculously survives. June Dey, raised on a plantation in Virginia, hides his strength until a confrontation with the overseer forces him to flee. Norman Aragon is a child of a white British colonizer and a Maroon slave from Jamaica, and can fade from sight at will, just as his mother could. When they meet in the settlement of Monrovia, their gifts help them salvage the tense relationship between the African American settlers and the indigenous tribes. Their storylines are brilliantly intertwined by the all-seeing spirit of the wind, who embodies an ancient wisdom.
"Reading Wayetu Moore's debut novel, She Would Be King, feels a lot like watching a superb athlete's performance…..Moore makes deft use of magical realism, and her plot and its details are compelling. ……..Like her remarkable protagonist Gbessa, the author has tapped into her own backstory-and emerged with literary superpowers." – TIME
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The September 14, 1998 Edition of RAW is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWF's RAW brand, which took place on September 14, 1998 at San Jose Arena in San Jose, California.
- Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.
- Jeff Jarrett (w/ Dennis Knight & Mark Canterbury) defeated The Road Dogg (w/ Billy Gunn & X-Pac) (3:06)
- The Rock defeated Kane (w/ The Undertaker) (6:09)
- Triple H (w/ Chyna & X-Pac) (c) defeated Owen Hart (w/ Mark Henry) to retain the WWF Intercontinental Championship (5:23)
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Celebrating the holiday season with the help of nature's bounty is a comforting break from going from store to store. I really like the simple act of collecting things outdoors. It gives you a chance to pay attention to what's there in the still winter woods and fields.
Our exhibits coordinator, Martha Daniels, and I were talking the other day about the pleasure of making our own wreaths. I've done them now and then for years, but knowing Martha, I suspected (correctly) that her wreaths had more style than mine. She was about to put a new one together, so I asked her to send me a photo so you could get a sense of it.
Grapevines that you gather in the woods can be just woven together to form a circle for the basic form. Cedar boughs can be stuck into the vine to add shape and a great smell. If you find some with the blue berries, that adds more color. Pine cones, leaves and the red seedheads of sumac can be wired or glue-gunned on. Martha mentioned that she had collected some great feathers from a pheasant hunt one year. Of course, if you wanted to be a purist you wouldn't need to add a ribbon…but that may be carrying earthiness a bit too far.
If you don't have grapevine handy or don't want to put a wreath together, you can still go out and collect cedar and other things for simple collections on the dining table. One tip a retired forester, Gene Brunk, told me: female cedars have softer needles—they're much easier on your hands. (The article I linked to on cedars earlier suggests it's other factors that affect the sharpness, but all I know is I pay attention to what I'm cutting now before I take cedar home for wreaths or the table.)


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Alcoholics Anonymous is a program of a new way of life without alcohol, a program that is working successfully for millions of men and women throughout the world, and in all walks of life. The experience of A.A. members is that alcoholism is a progressive illness that cannot be cured, but which, like some other illnesses, can be arrested—by staying away from the first drink, one day at a time.
The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. There are no dues or fees for A.A. membership; we are self supporting through our own contributions. A.A. is not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution; does not wish to engage in any controversy, neither endorses nor opposes any causes. Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.
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Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.
Thank you for your interest in Alcoholics Anonymous. Below are links to A.A. pamphlets that explain our recovery program and give a general idea of how A.A. works. You will see that the first and most important step in our program is admission by the alcoholic that he or she is powerless over alcohol, and that life has become unmanageable. It is often helpful for the alcoholic to talk with an A.A. member, because it may make it easier to understand the nature of the illness, and to accept A.A. help.
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We would encourage you to get in touch with the nearest A.A. Central Office or Intergroup to get further information on Alcoholics Anonymous, speak to an A.A. member or find local A.A. meetings. Many of these offices have web sites and email.
A.A. members, as volunteers, are happy to offer help by sharing their experience, strength and hope in staying sober. One of the ways members stay sober is by helping other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.
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Spring 2013
Degree Name
PhD (Doctor of Philosophy)
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Industrial Engineering
First Advisor
Krokhmal, Pavlo
First Committee Member
Krokhmal, Pavlo
Second Committee Member
Garvin, Mona
Third Committee Member
Kusiak, Andrew
Fourth Committee Member
Thomas, Geb
Fifth Committee Member
Chen, Yong
Graph theory is fascinating branch of math. Leonhard Euler introduced the concept of Graph Theory in his paper about the seven bridges of Konigsberg published in 1736. In a nutshell, graph theory is the study of pair-wise relationships between objects. Each object is represented using a vertex and in case of a relationship between a pair of vertices, they will be connected using an edge.
In this dissertation, graph theory is used to study several important combinatorial optimization problems. In chapter 2, we study the multi-dimensional assignment problem using their underlying hypergraphs. It will be shown how the MAP can be represented by a k-partite graph and how any solution to MAP is associated to a k-clique in the respective k-partite graph. Two heuristics are proposed to solve the MAP and computational studies are performed to compare the performance of the proposed methods with exact solutions. On the heels of chapter 3, a new branch-and-bound method is proposed to solve the problem of finding all k-cliques in a k-partite graph. The new method utilizes bitsets as the data-structure to represent graph data. A new pruning method is introduced in BitCLQ, and CPU instructions are used to improve the performance of the branch-and-bound method. BitCLQ gains up to 300% speed up over existing methods. In chapter 4, two new heuristic to solve decomposable cost MAP's are proposed. The proposed heuristic are based on the partitioning of the underlying graph representing the MAP. In the first heuristic method, MAP's are partitioned into several smaller MAP's with the same dimensiality and smaller cardinality. The solution to the original MAP is constructed incrementally, by using the solutions obtained from each of the smaller MAP's. The second heuristic works in the same fashion. But instead of partitioning the graph along the cardinality, graphs are divided into smaller graphs with the same cardinality but smaller dimensionality. The result of each heuristic is then compared with a well-known existing heuristic.
An important problem in graph theory is the maximum clique problem (MCQ). A clique in a graph is defined as a complete subgraph. MCQ problem entails finding the size of the largest clique contained in a graph. General branch-and-bound methods to solve MCQ use graph coloring to find an upper bound on the size of the maximum clique. Recently, a new MAX-SAT based branch-and-bound method for MCQ is proposed that improves the quality of the upper bound obtained from graph coloring. In chapter 5, a branch and bound algorithm is proposed for the maximum clique problem. The proposed method uses bitsets as the data-structure. The result of the computational studies to compare the proposed method with existing methods for MCQ is provided. Chapter 6 contains an application of a graph theory in solving a risk management problem. A new mixed-integer mathematical model to formulate a risk-based network is provided. It will be shown that an optimal solution of the model is a maximal clique in the underlying graph representing the network. The model is then solved using a graph-theoretic approach and the results are compared to CPLEX.
combinatorial optimization, graph theory, maximum clique problem, risk optimization
ix, 115 pages
Includes bibliographical references (pages 110-115).
Copyright 2013 Seyed Mohammad Shahabeddin Mirghorbani Nokandeh
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Mirghorbani Nokandeh, Seyed Mohammad S.. "Graph-theoretic studies of combinatorial optimization problems." PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) thesis, University of Iowa, 2013.


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4 Grounds that Link Songs from Apps for Guitarists as Trash Music
First of all, we want you to understand that each and every one of us has their own taste of music. What you like may not be what we like and vice versa. But does that really mean that their taste is worse than yours or is it the other way around?
The problem with people nowadays is that they are so entitled especially when standing up to what they believe in. This is wrong in so many ways because you don't have to invalidate someone just because their opinions and likes does not conform to yours.
Anyway, here are some of the reasons why the term trash music is being used by people to associate songs from apps by guitar players as trash:
Differences in End-Goal
Today, people mostly fight to get money rather than to produce music with substance. Most of the time, they would just put in some beats, add words, and the find a popular artist to sing it for them, and that's it.
Again, we won't judge if that's what you like but the point here is when profit-oriented music is directed towards people who want to have the art, they would probably call it trash because it is not of their liking.
Human Nature
Sometimes, people judge too easily just like with what they think about pop punk. They will call music, trash without even going into details, they won't even listen to it. Another factor that falls under human nature is riding on a bandwagon.
Just because people say it is trash shouldn't mean that you have to feel the same way too.
Have you ever heard your mom question you of the type of music that you listen to? Well, that's a very common scenario because our parents lived in a different generation from us. The music that they grew up in is not the same as what it is now. The unfamiliarity of such kind of music drives people to identify the other as trash music.
Emotional Triggers
As much as we do not want to discriminate, we also would like to keep our facts real when we serve them to you. Music these days are full of racist remarks, gender-biases, and curse words.
For someone who does not condone these kinds of thing, they would surely be upset with it, thus, leading them to call it as trash music.
Now, when you use apps for guitar players in finding a piece of music to play, make sure that you know your audience. This way, you will be able to avoid getting them upset and calling your chosen music trash, and at the same time save face and deliver a good performance.
And so, for a tip of advice, always research who you're playing for and find music that they commonly like. Don't go into battle without getting your ammunition ready, or in this case, having your music ready.


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Google Charts By Example
This course covers Google's Charting library, which allows developers to embed advanced charts in their web applications by leveraging a very straight-forward javascript API. In this course, we begin with a brief overview of key concepts. Next we iterate over several common chart types, including the pie chart, bar and column charts, line and area charts, and a combo chart. We then look at various sources of data, including server-side JSON and Google Spreadsheets. After exploring additional charts and advanced data table concepts, we wrap it all up by wiring together our own multi-chart dashboard from scratch.
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Linking with Friday's Fences
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Lovely old wire fence. I remember them from my childhood, but haven't seen one in years. That Ceanothus is stunning. They are the most brillaint blue.
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A citation is any mention of your business out on the web.
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Citations play a key role in the ranking of a local business page in a local pack and the Local Finder as well as the overall "findability" of a business, when people are looking for a business in their area. When a business wants to be shown in the top 3 or have higher visibility overall, one of the key tasks is to clean up and claim their citations.
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For Ishikawa's older papers, see his personal page.
Kosuke Fukano, Yoshihiko Mochizuki, Edgar Simo-Serra, Satoshi Iizuka, Akihiro Sugimoto, and Hiroshi Ishikawa, "Room Reconstruction from a Single Spherical Image by Higher-Order Energy Minimization," 23rd International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR2016), Cancun, Mexico. December 4-8, 2016.
Tomohiro Ishii, Edgar Simo-Serra, Satoshi Iizuka, Yoshihiko Mochizuki, Akihiro Sugimoto, Hiroshi Ishikawa, and Ryosuke Nakamura, "Detection by Classification of Buildings in Multispectral Satellite Imagery," 23rd International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR2016), Cancun, Mexico. December 4-8, 2016.
Satoshi Iizuka, Edgar Simo-Serra, and Hiroshi Ishikawa (2016), "Let there be Color!: Joint End-to-end Learning of Global and Local Image Priors for Automatic Image Colorization with Simultaneous Classification". ACM Transactions on Graphics, Volume 35, Issue 4 (Proc. of SIGGRAPH2016), Article 110, July 2016.
Edgar Simo-Serra, Satoshi Iizuka, Kazuma Sasaki, and Hiroshi Ishikawa (2016), "Learning to Simplify: Fully Convolutional Networks for Rough Sketch Cleanup". ACM Transactions on Graphics, Volume 35, Issue 4 (Proc. of SIGGRAPH2016), Article 121, July 2016.
Edgar Simo-Serra and Hiroshi Ishikawa (2016), "Fashion Style in 128 Floats: Joint Ranking and Classification using Weak Data for Feature Extraction". The 29th IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR2016), Las Vegas, Nevada. June 26-July 1, 2016.
Yoshiro Kitamura, Yuanzhong Li, Wataru Ito, Hiroshi Ishikawa (2016), "Data-Dependent Higher-Order Clique Selection for Artery–Vein Segmentation by Energy Minimization". International Journal of Computer Vision, Volume 117, Issue 2, pp 142-158, April 2016.
Tsutomu Inoue, Yoshiro Kitamura, Yuanzhong Li, Wataru Ito, and Hiroshi Ishikawa (2015), "Psoas Major Muscle Segmentation Using Higher-Order Shape Prior". MICCAI Workshop on Medical Computer Vision: Algorithms for Big Data (MICCAI-MCV 2015), Oct. 9, 2015, Munich, Germany.
Tomohiro Ishii, Yoshihiko Mochizuki, Hidemoto Nakada, Ryosuke Nakamura, and Hiroshi Ishikawa (2015), "Surface Object Recognition with CNN and SVM in Landsat 8 Images". The 14th IAPR Conference on Machine Vision Applications (MVA 2015), May 18-22, 2015, Tokyo, Japan.
Naoki Kobayashi, Yuji Oyamada, Yoshihiko Mochizuki, and Hiroshi Ishikawa (2015), "Three-DoF Pose Estimation of Asteroids by Appearance-based Linear Regression with Divided Parameter Space". The 14th IAPR Conference on Machine Vision Applications (MVA 2015), May 18-22, 2015, Tokyo, Japan.
Minato Morita, Asuka Okagawa, Yuji Oyamada, Yoshihiko Mochizuki, and Hiroshi Ishikawa (2015), "Multiple-Organ Segmentation Based on Spatially-Divided Neighboring Data Energy". The 14th IAPR Conference on Machine Vision Applications (MVA 2015), May 18-22, 2015, Tokyo, Japan.
Asuka Okagawa, Yoshihiko Mochizuki, Yuji Oyamada, and Hiroshi Ishikawa (2015), "Multi-Organ Segmentation by Minimization of Higher-Order Energy for CT Boundary". The 14th IAPR Conference on Machine Vision Applications (MVA 2015), May 18-22, 2015, Tokyo, Japan.
Lukas Prasuhn, Yuji Oyamada, Yoshihiko Mochizuki, and Hiroshi Ishikawa (2014), "A HOG-Based Hand Gesture Recognition System on a Mobile Device". The IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP2014), October 27-30, 2014, Paris, France.
Yoshiro Kitamura, Yuanzhong Li, Wataru Ito, Hiroshi Ishikawa (2014), "Coronary Lumen and Plaque Segmentation from CTA Using Higher-Order Shape Prior". In the 17th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI2014), September 14-18, 2014, Boston, MA, USA.
Hiroshi Ishikawa (2014), "Higher-Order Clique Reduction Without Auxiliary Variables". In the IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR2014), June 23-28, 2014, Columbus, OH, USA. pp. 1362-1369.
Yoshiro Kitamura, Yuanzhong Li, Wataru Ito, Hiroshi Ishikawa (2013), "Adaptive higher-order submodular potentials for pulmonary artery-vein segmentation". In the Fifth International Workshop on Pulmonary Image Analysis, September 26, 2013, Nagoya, Japan.
Thomas Windheuser, Hiroshi Ishikawa, and Daniel Cremers (2012), "Generalized Roof Duality for Multi-Label Optimization: Optimal Lower Bounds and Persistency" PDF. In the Twelfth European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV2012), October 7-13, 2012, Firenze, Italy. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 7577, pp. 400-413, Springer-Verlag.
Hiroshi Ishikawa (2011), "Transformation of General Binary MRF Minimization to the First Order Case" PDF. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, vol. 33, no. 6, pp. 1234-1249, June 2011.
Talks, etc.
Hiroshi Ishikawa, "Automatic Image Colorization and Rough Sketch Cleanup by Deep Learning", ACCV2016 Area Chairs Workshop, Aug. 15, 2016, Keelung Evergreen Laurel Hotel, Taiwan.
Hiroshi Ishikawa, "MAP Estimation of Markov Random Fields with Some Applications in Medical Imaging" (invited talk), Probabilistic Graphical Model Workshop: Sparsity, Structure and High-dimensionality, Mar. 23, 2016, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics (ISM), Tokyo, Japan.
Hiroshi Ishikawa, "Higher-Order Graph Cuts and Medical Image Segmentation" (invited talk) Mathematical and Computational Methods in Biomedical Imaging and Image Analysis (MCBMIIA2015), Nov. 24, 2015. University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Hiroshi Ishikawa, "Higher-order Graph Cuts," ACCV2014 Area Chairs Workshop, Sep. 3, 2014, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Hiroshi Ishikawa, "Proposal Selection in Higher-order Graph Cuts", Jul. 10, 2012. In 25th European Conference on Operational Research (EURO2012), Vilnius, Lithuania.
Book Chapters
Hiroshi Ishikawa, "Graph Cuts—Combinatorial Optimization in Vision" (Chapter 2), In Image Processing and Analysis with Graphs: Theory and Practice, Edited by Olivier Lézoray and Leo Grady, CRC Press, July 2012. ISBN: 978-1-439-855072.
Hiroshi Ishikawa and Olga Veksler, "Optimizing Multi-Label MRFs with Convex and Truncated Convex Priors" (Chapter 4), In Markov Random Fields for Vision and Image Processing, Edited by Andrew Blake, Pushmeet Kohli, and Carsten Rother, MIT Press, September 2011. ISBN: 978-0-262-01577-6.


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Alex is the CEO of JustPark, one of Europe's leading sharing economy businesses. Backed by BMW and Index Ventures and recently securing a £3.7 million investment on CrowdCube, JustPark is the world's largest website for shared parking.
Alex is an expert on the sharing economy. His critically-acclaimed guide to the subject, The Business of Sharing (pub. Palgrave Macmillan), is out now.


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Did anyone check out the Great Day of Service? I saw lots of yard sales around.
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Monday, April 4, 2011
Cool new mural at Giant
Did anyone check out the Great Day of Service? I saw lots of yard sales around.
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- AnonymousApril 4, 2011 at 10:31 AM
Thanks for posting the pic! I joined about 15 other neighbors Saturday morning, armed with bags and gloves, for the neighborhood clean-up.ReplyDelete
Thanks to North Columbia Heights Civic Assoc for pulling this all together!
Ahnna Smith
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Thanks for linking to our album. We hope this mural brightens everyone's mood whenever they visit Giant!ReplyDelete
This is amazing! Thank you so much to everyone in C Heights for making it such a positive and beautiful place to live.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 5, 2011 at 9:18 AM
I guess they don't want white people shopping there or they would have included them in the mural.ReplyDelete
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There are a number of reasons why you should visit your local sup shop-here are 13.
- More expertise – local stand up paddle board shop usually offer more expertise than big box stores and buying online. In a good local shop the people working there actually paddleboard. In many cases they have ridden the what they sell. Many people in box stores have not even been out paddleboarding, nevermind had the opportunity to demo the boards for sale there.
- You can usually take lessons and rent boards from them. It is good to get guidance before you take a board out, even if you don't want to take a lesson, renting from a local shop they should be able to give you the tools that you need to get started safely. Often, the local shop will deduct the price of your lesson or rental from your board purchase- that's value added savings you can't get from a big box store or online.
- If you are lucky they have demos so you can try before you buy. The best way to find the right board and paddle is to be able to try a variety of them before you buy. Good sup shops will offer demos either in conjunction with sales reps or from their own fleet of demos. Sometimes they will take you out for the demo, sometimes, you can rent a higher quality board than the traditional rental soft top and try it out that way. It's nice to be able to give a board you are considering a workout before taking it home with you. Sometimes you hop on a board and know in a couple of minutes if you like it. Some boards you have to warm up to, but in the long run they might be a good fit for you. Being able to try them out helps a lot in steering you toward the right choice for you.
- Selection –local shops usually offer different brands than what you find at many box stores, kayak shops, etc. There are a lot of small sup brands that make great boards at good prices. They do not buy based on a national sales plan, they make their buys based on what is good for their customers.
- You can see and feel what you are buying. You should be able to take boards off the shelf and feel the weight and balance.
- Many shops offer opportunities to meet other paddlers – Through events, tours, meetups, fitness classes, social media pages, etc there are opportunities to meet other people who share your interest in paddling. Paddling friends are cool!
- You can build relationships with people at local shop. Personalized service is important for a stand up paddleboard purchase. You want to make sure you get the right things for your needs. Local shops will learn about what you like, how you paddle, what you have and what you may need. There is continuity of service so you don't have to start over every time you need an accessory. You can also "talk shop" because for many people working in small shops, it is not just their job, it is their lifestyle.
- They often provide additional services like ding repair, clean and polish board, etc. And you can usually get extra parts there. If you lose a fin screw or break a fin, your local shop is a good place to start to find a replacement.
- To get the skinny on great paddle and surf spots. As mentioned above, this is a lifestyle for many of the people working in small shops, so pick their brains to find out where they like to go when they get out to paddle.
- They care about the local area and have a vested interest in growing the sport and community. This means that your happiness is actually important to them. They want you as part of the community so it is important that you are excited about your experiences and purchases.
- For the vibe…good shops should have a good aloha vibe. Love what you do, do what you love.
- There may be pricing flexibility…you can often get deals if you buy packages
- And all of the other reasons you should shop locally whenever you can
- you will be contributing to the local economy
- you will help build a sense of community
- you will be supporting local people
- you will be protecting the local character and prosperity of the neighborhood
So next time you are in the market for paddleboarding products or services, head over to your local standup paddle board shop and check it out! You might learn something and pick up some cool new gear and maybe they'll have a cool shop dog!
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Chinese state media is slagging the U.S. as a "mincing rascal" and "high-level hooligan" in response to federal hacking charges filed against five members of the People's Liberation Army's Unit 61398.
As is the usually the case when you interpolate between the Sino-Tibetan and the Indo-European language families, something has obviously been lost in translation. But, as with North Korea's bellicose tirades — they recently called South Korea's president a "crafty prostitute" and President Obama her "powerful pimp" — weird interpretations are 99% of the fun.
Despite the trans-Pacific linguistic hiccups, however, the Chinese government's gist — that Americans are playing cute with their hypocrisy, deploying lawyerly distinctions without a difference in a lamely transparent attempt to validate its own NSA's electronic eavesdropping against China — is clear. Not to mention hard to deny.
There was once a time when Americans were like John Wayne: Straight shooters, who did what they had to do. We weren't stylish like the French or smart like the Brits or terrifyingly accurate with firearms like the Afghans. But you could always count on Americans to keep their word. I say "word" because, being people of few words, we preferred singular to plural.
When General MacArthur said "I shall return," everyone knew exactly what it meant (never mind that he actually returned somewhere else.)
That era is dead.
Now we, or at least our government, is known around the world as a culture of "mincing rascals," of weasely lawyers who parse what the meaning of "is" is.
Follow, if you can, the U.S. government's official "why we are not hypocrites" line on hacking. If you agree, congrats! You are a rare bird. For, as The New York Times notes in a piece bearing the headline "With Spy Charges, U.S. Draws a Line That Few Others Recognize, "while American officials are loath to admit it, Washington's view has relatively few advocates around the world."
As usual.
As The Times explains, the NSA spies on people in other countries, including China. It spies on foreign government, including China. But it does not spy on foreign companies for the direct benefit of specific American companies. However, it does spy on foreign economic sectors:
Even before Mr. Snowden walked out of the Hawaii facilities of the N.S.A. with a trove of documents, it was clear that the United States was not above economic espionage, as long as it was not for the direct benefit of specific companies.
For example, the United States spies regularly for economic advantage when the goal is to support trade talks; when the Clinton administration was locked in a high-stakes negotiation in the 1990s to reach an accord with Japan, it bugged the Japanese negotiator's limousine. At the time, the chief beneficiaries would have been the Big Three auto companies and a smattering of parts suppliers. It is also widely believed to be using intelligence in support of trade negotiations underway with European and Asian trading partners. But in the view of a succession of Democratic and Republican administrations, that is fair game.
Of course, China's nominally communist, authoritarian political system maintains close government ties to "private" companies, closely integrating Communist Party officials into boards of directors. So, in many business sectors, there's one dominant "private" corporation or family of companies. As far as we know, the NSA doesn't share what it learns about Chinese companies with, say, Cisco or Apple. But it's an apple-to-oranges comparison that neither China, nor just about anyone else, is buying.
Anyway, the NSA does spy on specific companies abroad:
Companies can also be targets. Documents released by Mr. Snowden showed that the American government pried deep into the servers of Huawei, one of China's most successful Internet and communications companies. The documents made clear that the N.S.A. was seeking to learn whether the company was a front for the People's Liberation Army and whether it was interested in spying on American firms. But there was a second purpose: to get inside Huawei's systems and use them to spy on countries that buy the company's equipment.
Huawei officials said they failed to understand how that differed meaningfully from what the United States has accused the Chinese of doing.
Pretty mincey.
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If White House officials were hoping to talk about health care, tax reform or North Korea on Sunday, President Trump undercut them by escalating his attack on the National Football League — calling on fans to boycott NFL games until players who refuse to stand for the national anthem are fired.
"If NFL fans refuse to go to games until players stop disrespecting our country, you will see change take place fast," Trump tweeted early Sunday morning. "Fire or suspend!"
On ABC's "This Week," Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin defended Trump's attack on the league.
"You know, the NFL has all different types of rules," Mnuchin said. "You can't have stickers on your helmet. You have to have your jerseys tucked in. I think what the president is saying is that the owners should have a rule that players should have to stand in respect for the national anthem. This isn't about Democrats, it's not about Republicans, it's not about race, it's not about free speech. They can do free speech on their own time."
If NFL fans refuse to go to games until players stop disrespecting our Flag & Country, you will see change take place fast. Fire or suspend!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 24, 2017
At a rally in Huntsville, Ala., on Friday, Trump suggested NFL owners should fire players who kneel during the national anthem.
"Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, 'Get that son of a bitch off the field right now,'" Trump said.
Mnuchin was asked whether that is the kind of language the commander in chief should be using, regardless of the issue.
"I think the president can use whatever language he wants to use," Mnuchin said. "I think the issue is the topic, OK. And the topic — I agree with the president, why are the — why does the NFL have all these other rules that they enforce, that they fine players? This is about respect for the military, the first responders."
"This is about respect for the military and so many people who put their lives at risk and what the country stands for," Mnuchin said on CNN's "State of the Union." "And the owners should meet and they should decide on this rule the way they decide on any other rule."
"Is it not about the First Amendment?" ABC's Martha Raddatz asked. "Is it not about their First Amendment rights?"
"No, it's not," Mnuchin replied. "They have the right to have the First Amendment off the field."
On "Fox News Sunday," White House director of legislative affairs Marc Short said players have the right to express themselves during the national anthem, but that NFL owners should hold them accountable.
"The president is pointing out that that shouldn't be accepted," Short said. "They have a First Amendment right to do that, but NFL owners also have a right to fire those players."
That does not seem likely. Earlier Sunday, New England Patriots owner Bob Kraft, a longtime friend of Trump's, released a statement in solidarity with the players. In London, Baltimore Ravens and Jacksonville Jaguars players locked arms in unity during the national anthem on Sunday in the first NFL game since Trump's comments. Jaguars owner Shad Khan, who contributed to Trump's inaugural committee, joined them.
On Saturday, the president expanded his list of targets, saying he had disinvited the NBA champion Golden State Warriors from the traditional White House visit because star point guard Stephen Curry was considering a boycott.
Going to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team.Stephen Curry is hesitating,therefore invitation is withdrawn!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 23, 2017
NBA superstar LeBron James, whose Cleveland Cavaliers lost to the Warriors in the 2017 NBA finals, quickly came to Curry's defense.
U bum @StephenCurry30 already said he ain't going! So therefore ain't no invite. Going to White House was a great honor until you showed up!
— LeBron James (@KingJames) September 23, 2017
"Obviously, we all know what happened with Charlottesville and the divide that caused," James said in a subsequent video posted to social media. "Now it's hit home more for me because he's now using sports as the platform to try and divide us."
On NBC's "Meet The Press," Short said it's "unfortunate" that the Warriors have chosen to politicize an invitation to the White House.
"This president has already hosted the New England Patriots, the Clemson Tigers — he's hosted the Chicago Cubs," Short said. "It's not necessary to make this into a political argument."
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said Trump brought the argument on himself.
"If the president's going to say something condemning a person, an industry, a sport," Cuban said in an interview that aired on "Meet The Press." "Then he's got to be able to take the blowback that's going to come back. So LeBron and Steph and any athlete, any owner, it's an open door now, and so they have every right for the same reasons to be able to say whatever's on their mind. Now we'll be able to see if he can take it."
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Many adults often yearn to pick up another language, whether for commercial reasons or simply to expand their horizons. But the longing quickly fades when they encounter difficulties which manifests in excuses like "no time" or "too difficult". These adults could learn a thing or two from seven-year-old Tham Zhia Yan from our Home.
Affectionately known as "Tasha", she joined the Home last October and Chinese was an alien language to her. Tasha, whose father is Chinese and mother, an Indian, only knew Tamil and a smattering of Malay.
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Last week, she surprised everyone in the Home when she came back from school announcing that she had won first place in a Mandarin Poem Recital Competition in February. Not only was she excited, everyone in the Home was happy for her!
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October 21, 2004 – Halloween Voice
Posted by Barniferous in Kawasaki Nova, Keikyu-Kawasaki NOVA, Teaching English on October 21, 2014
Today I had yet another special topic voice session, this time at Keikyu Kawasaki school. The topic was Halloween. Japan doesn't really "celebrate" Halloween (I don't know if celebrate is the right word), but they know what it is. My personal highlight was getting the students to play pin the tail on the donkey.
(2014 Update) The NOVA Kids curriculum during October is usually Halloween related. One of the American teachers at Kawasaki NOVA went above and beyond with one of his kids lessons. He took the student (a 5 or 6 year old girl) to all of the other classrooms to go trick or treating. We all gave her flashcards with pictures of candy and other treats on them.
When both students and teachers are having fun in the classroom, it really helps a lot with learning English and job satisfaction.
September 6, 2004 – Touring Noborito
Posted by Barniferous in Friends and coworkers, Hello House, Keikyu-Kawasaki NOVA, Lux on September 9, 2014
Another schedule update at work. This month I will be working Sundays at Keikyu Kawasaki NOVA. Sunday is one of the busiest days, so it's fantastic to be at Keikyu which is more relaxing than Kawasaki NOVA.
After work, Archie came back to the Noborito area with me. I showed off Hello House and we went for beer with Lux. A good time was had by all!
July 29, 2004 – Happy birthday to me!
Posted by Barniferous in Drinking, Karaoke, Keikyu-Kawasaki NOVA, Lux on August 15, 2014
Happy birthday to me! I turned 26 today!
I got woken up in the morning with a birthday call from my parents. Lux gave me some presents including a six pack of Labatt Blue. I love Japanese beer, but it's always good to drink something Canadian when I get a chance. Canadian beer brings back a lot of good memories.
Work was a very relaxing day at Keikyu Kawasaki NOVA. After work, the usual Thursday night karaoke became birthday karaoke. The regular Thursday karaoke group is usually about 6-8 people. Tonight we had about double that. I had the best of intentions to be sensible with nomi-hodai, but ended up having a little too much fun.
July 19, 2004 – Six days and nine gates
Posted by Barniferous in Keikyu-Kawasaki NOVA, Movies on August 12, 2014
My sixth consecutive day of work was a relaxing day at Keikyu Kawasaki NOVA. In the evening I actually got time to clean up my room. I also watched The Ninth Gate with Lux on her new massive TV. It's about a 40 inch flat screen tube TV, which looks huge in a Hello House 5 tatami mat dorm room. I am thankful that I didn't have to help move it up the stairs.
The movie was pretty good. I am not usually into supernatural horror movies, but it was well done and Johnny Depp is in it.
July 15, 2004 – Return to karaoke
Posted by Barniferous in Karaoke, Keikyu-Kawasaki NOVA on August 11, 2014
Today was notable for three reasons:
- I got my first full time paycheck! Much nicer than my part time paychecks! Yay!
- It was my first shift at Keikyu Kawasaki NOVA in 2 months. Keikyu is always more relaxing than Kawasaki NOVA. Also, most of the students actually remembered me and asked where I had been.
- It was my first time at Thursday night karaoke in a few weeks. Karaoke and beer = good!
April 8, 2004 – Sprinting in a suit
Posted by Barniferous in Kawasaki Nova, Keikyu-Kawasaki NOVA, Teaching English on April 8, 2014
Today was a chaotic day. The fun all started at 4:00am, when I was woken up by some drunk gaijins playing soccer in the street right outside my window. There is no grass anywhere nearby, so the sounds of the soccer players and the ball were bouncing off all the concrete. After about 5 minutes of listening to kicking and bouncing, I went outside and asked them very nicely to move their game, which they did. It took me about an hour to get back to sleep.
Before work I tried to get some Playstation time. While playing, I spilled a 600ml bottle of Coke on the floor. My lightning fast video game reflexes allowed me to pick it up very quickly, which caused Coke to spray everywhere in the room. I got Coke on my futon, couch, clothes, Playstation controller, CDs and stereo.
I got everything cleaned up and expected that the rest of the day would move along smoothly. WRONG. Just before leaving Hello House I got a call from work telling me that due to some scheduling issues, my first 2 lessons would be at Kawasaki NOVA and my last 3 lessons would be at Keikyu Kawasaki NOVA. There are 10 minutes between lessons, and walking from one school to the other takes about 5 minutes. To avoid a big rush, I left for work extra early, went to Keikyu Kawasaki NOVA and planned all my lessons. After that I went to Kawasaki NOVA and got those lessons ready. Everything was organized and there would be no panic.
At Kawasaki NOVA I taught one lesson then a Voice class, before quickly leaving the building and walked the 500 meters to Keikyu Kawasaki NOVA. When I arrived I saw that the schedule had changed, and I was now listed as having "break". I asked the staff to confirm, so they called Kawasaki NOVA and found out that I was now on the schedule there, and had one minute to get back. Since we are fined for being late for lessons, rushed out the door and sprinted back to Kawasaki NOVA, wearing my suit and wondering how I was going to find out who I was teaching and how I would somehow pull a lesson out of my ass with no planning.
I dodged and weaved my way through the dense foot traffic and managed to get back in 3 minutes, panting and sweating. When I got inside I learned that I didn't actually have a lesson after all. I got to spend the rest of the class period filing in the teachers room before once again leaving for Keikyu Kawasaki NOVA to finish my last two lessons. Good times!
(2014 Update) This is a good example of how disorganized the large NOVA schools could be, especially when they shared teachers with a nearby satellite branch. My job satisfaction increased a lot when I later transferred to smaller schools.
January 27, 2004 – Interesting students
Posted by Barniferous in Kawasaki Nova, Keikyu-Kawasaki NOVA, Teaching English on January 27, 2014
(Original post) At work I taught a kid that was really good today! Why can`t all kids be like that? I also taught a member of the Japanese Self Defence force and a woman who designs diamond tools for cutting silicon.
(2014 Update) The location of a NOVA branch will go a long way in determining what kinds of students will show up. Kawasaki City is a largely industrial city full of factories and heavy industry. The majority of students in the evenings and on weekends are all engineers. I have nothing against engineers, but it is nice to have a little more variety in the classroom. Three electrical engineers and one computer engineer who all work and live in Kawasaki is not variety.
Variety of students in the classroom, whether it be people with different jobs, people from different generations, people with interesting hobbies, or the always rare non-Japanese student, keeps things interesting for the teachers. English teachers are responsible for teaching as good a lesson as possible, regardless of who shows up to class. However, it is much easier to stay engaged and excited as a teacher when you aren't teaching the same lesson to the same types of students all the time.
Variety in the classroom is also good for the students. Not only does it give students a chance to interact with people they might not normally talk to, it also allows for a wider range of vocabulary. As an example, imagine the discussion about weekend plans in a classrom with 4 salarymen as compared to a classroom with an engineer, a retired senior, a university student, and a stay at home housewife with 3 kids.
In my 3 years of teaching in Japan I got to teach a great assortment of different people with different jobs. My highlights include a Buddhist Monk, members of the Japanese Self Defence Force, a game designer, a few doctors, a hostesse, a miniture dollhouse designer, a very opinionated retired ballerina, and an awesome construction worker from Peru who was studying English as a third language.
If you have an English school and have any control over scheduling of your lessons, do your students and teachers a favour and try to get some variety in the classroom. It will benefit everyone.


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The return of the prodigal son...
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Bet your happy to have him home again,at least in Oxford it is not quite so far away :-) Great selection of photos. Keep well Diane xxReplyDelete
What a great experience for your son – this will stay with him for the rest of his life. Now about his new studies – a very interesting subject. I hope he will tell you more about it once he has been studying for a while. It would be enlightening to understand the different way children are educated in the world and the results.ReplyDelete
What fantastic memories he will have for the rest of his life. An amazing experience that most of us can only dream of. I've always fancied visiting Japan, maybe one day xReplyDelete
He has clearly had an amazing time...and it wont be forgotten in a hurry. I|t is these sorts of experiences that stay with you forever. I hope the next stage works out as well for him.ReplyDeleteReplies
He wont forget it and some of his experiences may form a part of his MSc research. He could have stayed there longer but he will be 25 next birthday so didn't want to leave it too late to go back to Uni and still 'fit in' with other post grad students. I think he is looking at ways to get back to Japan, although, as he says, there is a very big, amazing world out there and he isn't done with travelling yet!!Delete
If I was him I would do exactly the same. Our children almost certainly won't be able to retire as early as we've been able to do so now is the best time to explore.
Hope all is well with you. You seem to have had a very productive morning in the kitchen!! xx
Great post - sorry to get to it late, life has been rather in the way of blogging recently! Tom certainly seems to have made the most of his experiences - and whilst it might have seemed a long two years to you, I had to do a double take! Is it really two years since he went??? I remember it well....we're old friends now, Gaynor! AxxxxReplyDelete
Thanks, Annie.ReplyDelete
The two years passed more quickly than I thought they would. I think the first few months were the hardest and I am so glad I was still working, which gave me less time to mope! We also knew about ten months ago about his intention to study. Fortunately the first university to offer him a place was Oxford, especially as he had also applied to Kyoto and Geneva!


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They're stealing Obama signs
We live off King Street in Danbury and put up an Obama sign last week. As soon as it was dark, I heard a car out in front and when I went out to see, someone was stealing our sign.
It was an older model dark passenger van. They had their lights off and drove off as I got to the car.
I have noticed a few other places where Obama signs came and went. Is there a general issue? This is the kind of hate and intolerance that makes us really need a president like Obama.
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Kicking off a six-week cycle of transformative, karma-clearing eclipses, this full moon will connect us to our most heartfelt desires and accelerate the pace of change in our lives. Shining in the area of the sky known as Dhanishta, symbolized by a drum or a flute, it will magnify the subtle and transfixing power of music, highlighting its ability to uplift our spirits and spark a new beat.
Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction, is often depicted dancing wildly while playing his drum. His frenzied dance is perfectly choreographed in time to its beat. This full moon offers the wisdom of Shiva's wild, yet perfectly harmonized celestial music. Dhanishta inspires passionate expression and powerful speech, enhanced by its knack for perfect timing.
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Monday, 30 June 2014
Visit in the rain
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Hello, I am one of your new followers! The flowers are so beautiful, especially with the drops of rain on them. I look forward to reading more. xxReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Amy. Hello and a big welcome! I was really pleased with my photos from the visit. I hope you will enjoy reading my blog.Delete
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No blue Hydrangeas here, they are all boringly pink or white. You are a lucky girl.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Toffeeapple. I bought my blue hydrangea last year from our local market and am really pleased with it. Most of them are in pots - I have one in the border (Hydrangea Arborescens Annabelle, who is big and blowsy) - and I would like to have more, but sadly, just don't have the space (I have managed to squeeze 5 in). I do appreciate what I've got though - I am indeed very lucky!Delete
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Oooh. And ahhh. And doesn't the rain make everything smell wonderful... Fresh, and rejuvenated.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, EC. Despite the rain, I really enjoyed the visit and the raindrops really added a little something extra to my photos. Everything did smell wonderful, you are absolutely right!Delete
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Lovely post Ellie-you have found some gorgeous open gardens! The wild flower meadow is so pretty. We have quite a lot of hydrangeas, one of the shrubs that will actually grow well (our ground is either far too dry or far too soggy!) yours is such a glorious colour! Alison xxReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Alison. There have been some lovely gardens on show around us, but of course there were others which we couldn't visit, because their open days clashed. Still, something to look forward to next year. My hydrangeas are all in pots (except arborescens Annabelle who is massive and big and blowsy) and seem to be fine with that (I have had to deal with vine weevil in the past though - ugh!) I am delighted with the colour - even though the description said blue, you never can be sure until it flowers!Delete
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How lovely that you are managing to visit these gardens and enjoy their beautiful offerings Ellie; the poppy is spectacular, you've photographed it so well, and of course, coming home to this beautiful hydrangea is a lovely treat - they do offer such sweet colour surprises don't they! I'm happy you finally have your 'blue'!ReplyDelete
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Thanks, Joy. I am so pleased with the poppy photos as they have come out really well. The hydrangea is doing really well at the moment and long may that continue. I'm just off to give it some water and feed to keep it happy. I do like the blue one - I have white and pink, but the blue is a real treat.Delete
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At a first glance I thought the red flower was a rose. Beautiful petals with rain drops! Blue hydrangea is also stunning. Hydrangea in our garden is almost over now.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks, Poirot. The poppy was so beautiful that I had to take a photo of it. I am so pleased with my blue hydrangea as it is the first time I have seen its flowers - I bought it last year. I am sure your hydrangeas were absolutely beautiful, just like the rest of your garden.Delete
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The envelope system is great for staying on budget, but what do you do when you still want to responsibly use credit cards or debt cards for some of your expenses? The answer is a digital envelope system, and I'll show you step by step how to set it up.
Here's where I stand on the envelope budget system: Use one. Either digital or on paper. Some form of envelope system is essential to a household staying accountable for where your money goes. It is the ONLY way to stay on budget.
The Cash Envelope System
A lot of debt free frugal people promote the cash envelope system. Basically, you go to the bank (weird, I know), take out cash (remember those little green pieces of paper?), and distribute it into envelopes representing each budget category.
You carry these around and use them to pay for expenses like groceries, clothing, gas, and entertainment throughout the month.
The obvious drawbacks are that you could be carrying around a sizable amount of cash at any given time, and not everyone is comfortable with that. It also takes some coordination as to which spouse has which envelope at any given time.
The advantage is that if you run out of cash, you cannot buy anything else. It makes it really hard to go over budget.
Studies have also shown that people who use cash tend to spend less than those that use a debit or credit card. There's just something more painful about seeing those dollars leave your hand.
Digital Envelope System
Luckily, there are a couple of completely free and awesome digital "envelope" systems that work very well if you're not ready to part with your debit or credit card just yet.
Here's the caveat. If you have ever carried credit card debt, do the Dave and cut them up! Get some little white envelopes and get yourself to the bank. You need to be dealing in cash.
I say this without any judgement. It's just that, if you want to take control of your finances (and I really hope you do) you need to break the cycle of relying on consumer debt. And a real cash envelope system is the one no-fail way to do that.
For my family, our debt is of the student loan variety. That doesn't make it any better, but it does make it a little easier to manage. We graduated seven years ago (gulp, where did the time go?) and there's not much of a chance good old FAFSA is going to be sending any more loans our way.
As a result, there are a couple of reasons we've decided to stick with using plastic on a day to day basis.
1. Tracking Expenses
Knowing where your money going on a daily or weekly basis is essential to staying on budget. If you only look at your spending at the end of the month, by then it will be too late to change the course of your spending. You'll already be over budget!
For us, using a digital envelope system makes it easy to consistently track our expenses. (We personally use mint.com but I also like mvelopes.com.) If my husband forgets to bring home a receipt, no big deal, it's already automatically logged on our Mint account before he gets home.
If I were trying to keep up with these on paper or on a desktop spreadsheet, it just wouldn't happen. (Let's be honest: we tried that before. I guarantee it doesn't work.) It might work for a while, but then life happens and we get busy or sick or tired and that little spreadsheet quickly gets forgotten. Before you know it, months have gone by and no one knows where the time or the money has gone.
2. Credit Card Points
We've kept the credit cards for the points. I'm fairly comfortable with this scenario because I pay it off anytime I log in to pay a bill, which is several times a month. (Ok, I stopped typing and did it just now just to prove the point.) This means that we rarely have a balance over $300.
Ironically, the credit card points we are accumulating are helping us get out of debt. We convert the points on our main credit card to cash every month (typically around $30) and use it to pay off our debt.
I know this is not a recommended practice with most of the debt free set. So I would say use it with extreme caution. Know yourself and your financial situation. Be a big girl (or boy) and do what you know you should.


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UPDATED: A group of YouTube (s GOOG) creators filed an amicus brief in the ongoing legal battle between Google and Viacom (s VIA) last week, voicing their support for the site's value as it currently operates and arguing that to make YouTube responsible for the content posted on the site could destroy what has been built there.
The brief, which follows similar filings from Hollywood studios and Silicon Valley allies, can be read in PDF form courtesy of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, includes subheadings like "YouTube Helps Us Change The World" and "These Lawsuits Are About Us."
Those participating represent just a few of the people who have made use of YouTube as a way to connect with the world on a new level, the complete list being, in alphabetical order: David All, Adam Bahner, Michael Bassik, Dane Boedigheimer, Michael Buckley, Chris Cunningham, Iman Crosson, Arin Crumley, Mitchell Davis, Phillip de Vellis, Ronald Erikson II, Benny Fine, Rafi Fine, Jason Fisher, Kassem G, Christine Gambito, Hank Green, John Green, Ian Hecox, William Louis Hyde, Improv Everywhere, Kev Jumba, Salman Kahn, Alan Lastufka, Brian Lustig, Kevin Nalty, Marina Orlova, Anthony Padilla, Byron Pascoe, Mehdi Saharkhiz, Alli Speed, Paul Telner, Charles Trippy, Cory Williams, Dan Zappin, and Barnett Zitron.
It's a wide range of talent, from vloggers to journalists to filmmakers to activists, and they make a compelling point that should Viacom win this lawsuit, it would damage the value YouTube has brought to their lives and others. From the brief:
We want to retain the features of YouTube that have made it so important to us. Plaintiffs think that the Internet should operate like television. They want YouTube to be liable for anything and everything that someone uploads. We believe that vision is not what Congress had in mind when it enacted the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"). The point of this act was to lead us into the new millennium, not to tether us to the last one.
The group of YouTube creators who have banded together for this brief have called themselves "The Sideshow Coalition," which they say directly addresses a comment made by Viacom that "authorized uses are a sideshow." (It's worth noting that I tried to track down the "sideshow" comment today in context and failed — web searches pulled up nothing, and the brief quoted, Viacom Opposition Brief 16, does not appear to be available on Viacom's legal filings archive or elsewhere. I've reached out to the attorney representing the Sideshow Coalition, but he has not yet responded to requests for comment.)
UPDATE: Attorney Eric J. Grannis forwarded me the brief in question, known as "Viacom's Memorandum of Law In Opposition to Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment" (which is on the Viacom site as a PDF). The quote comes from page 16 of the brief, in context reading as follows:
Grokster also forecloses Defendants' argument that they are shielded from liability because many of the videos on the site are noninfringing, such as presidential debates or authorized premium content. See Defs. Opening Mem. 89-91. These authorized uses are a side show. Viacom takes no issue with YouTube when it displays videos with proper authorization. But the presence of noninfringing material is no defense to copyright liability for the array of infringing videos on the site.
But even without context, there is something dismissive to the term "sideshow" that indicates a fundamental misunderstanding by Viacom about the changing face of media — possibly a deadly one. Because we're looking at a generation of young people right now who see a series like the independently created Annoying Orange (whose creator, Dane Boedigheimer, is one of those participating in this coalition) as no different from the mainstream content they might watch on the Viacom-owned Nickelodeon. To ignore the importance of that now means ignoring what that audience will be expecting as adults, having grown up without gatekeepers.
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A pick-up in sales of existing home earlier this week had some homeowners wondering if the steep housing slump may be coming to an end. But the latest data on new homes sales reported Wednesday indiciate that such optimism is premature and that this spring will likely be another washout for the residential real estate market.
"There is no clear bottom yet," said David Blitzer, chief economist for Standard and Poor's, which tracks home prices. "We hope it comes soon. But right now it's a hope."
Homebuilders got fresh reminder of that on Wednesday, when the latest monthly numbers showed that sales of new homes fell in February for the fourth straight month, a 13-year low.
The Commerce Department reported that new home sales dropped 1.8 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 590,000 units, the slowest sales pace since February 1995, a little worse than expected. The median home prices dropped to $244,100, down 2.7 percent from the level of a year ago.
Another widely watched measure of home prices fell 10.7 percent in January compared to a year ago, according to the latest reading of S&P's Case-Shiller index. Prices were hardest hit in Miami and Las Vegas, where the index fell nearly 20 percent. Of the 20 cities tracked by the index, 13 posted their biggest drops in two decades.
Falling prices were clearly a factor in the 2.9 percent gain in existing home sales for February in a separate report on Tuesday. That uptick had been taken by some analysts and industry officials as a sign that the housing market may be nearing a bottom.
"I think we're finally beginning to work our way through the seller's denial segment of the market where the sellers are holding up their prices, expecting to get numbers that were unreasonable," said Joel Naroff, chief economist at Commerce Bancorp. "Now they're dropping. And in some places very, very sharply. That's triggering more sales."
But falling prices are also putting a drag on the broader economy. On top of higher prices for food and gasoline, further home price declines will weigh more heavily on household finances, according to New York University economist Nouriel Roubini.
"(Falling home prices) are pushing down the value of homes and putting millions of people underwater," he said. "Already today, 8 million houses have negative equity. If home prices fall another 10 percent as expected, we're going to see 16 million people with negative equity. It's a big problem."
Homeowners with negative equity — with loans bigger than their house is worth — are more likely to face a foreclosure or bankruptcy that gets them out from under those loans.
That could quicken the already steep pace of foreclosures as mortgages written during the height of the lending boom reset to higher levels. More than a million of the loans are expected to reset this year, putting added pressure on homeowners and worsening the foreclosure outlook.
Those foreclosures will put more homes on the market at distressed prices and add to the glut of supply. Last month, there were some 10 months supply of unsold homes available — more than double 2005 levels. That overhang of unsold homes will further delay a sustainable housing recovery.
Tuesday also brought fresh data showing that consumers are getting more anxious about the economy. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index "fell out of bed with a loud thud," dropping to its lowest level since 1973, according to Brain Bethune, an economist with Global Insight, an economist forecasting firm.
Most worrisome is that consumers are getting gloomier about their job prospects.
"We've had no job growth in the last three months, and March could be the fourth straight month," said Ken Goldstein, a Conference Board economist. "That's exactly what consumers were worried about. That's why these numbers are down and have come down so much, and it also why it's going to take a good while before we start to see these numbers improve."
The housing industry has also been encouraged by a recent easing in mortgage interest rates, but analysts say ongoing turmoil in the financial market could keep those rates from falling much further.
"I think we are at least two or three months from a sense of (the housing market) going up, and longer than that, maybe six months, for real confirmation at best," said Blitzer. "There are plenty of people out there, including S&P's economists, who think we are probably looking at another year before there's a real bottom."
There's also concern among some analysts that the recession in residential housing could spread to the commercial real estate market, which has held up relatively well so far.
With prices falling, some condo owners have turned them into rental units. Condo sales perked up a bit last month, but the level of unsold inventory rose to a 13 month's supply. As those condos hit the rental market, owners of commercial apartment buildings are feeling the impact, according to Sam Chandan, chief economist at Ries, Inc., a real estate research firm.
"It's undermined occupancy levels in a lot of the southern U.S. markets to a significant degree," he said. "Even though we're seeing stronger demand for apartments, people are nervous about buying homes when there is the potential for prices to fall further."
Chandan said there are other troubling signs that the commercial real estate market could be in trouble. High levels of consumer debt — along with a drop in consumer confidence — could spell trouble ahead for retailers, forcing them to close some of their stores.
"We also have more retail development in the pipeline than we've seen in over a decade," he said. "And there's some concern about whether or not consumers can grow their spending in the next couple of years in the way we've experienced in the housing boom."
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