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|2008-04-04, 11:55
|Link #21
Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Not sure if resurrecting my original thread is the 'done thing', or whether I should have started another, but oh well, I've done it now.
I've done some more watching and purchasing/borrowing/whatever in the meantime, and have had a mixed experience...
Ai Yori Aoshi - 8/10, including Enishi. Have to admit I really liked it.
Mahoromatic - 7/10, I'm halfway through the first season so my mark may change, but it's very good so far.
Starship Operators - 7/10, very entertaining, really enjoyed the story.
Shakugan no Shana II - 7.5/10, almost as good as the first. First anime I've watched 'live' (had to wait a week for each episode).
Seto no Hanayome, 5/10, have given up for now after 5 eps as its style is really getting on my nerves.
Death Note, have got hold of it but not watched any yet.
Still trying to get hold of Code Geass, Shuffle!, Samurai X, and am contemplating Onegai Teacher and Onegai Twins - I'm told they're a bit 'young', though.
Thanks to everyone who's made suggestions - if there are any new anime series that you think may fit the bill, please feel free to suggest them. I'm not up to date on what's being made/shown now.
|2008-04-04, 12:37
|Link #22
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Seeing how you might not mind magical girl, why not give Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha (and maybe its sequels) a shot?
When I made my suggestions I didn't watch Code Geass, but now I will have to second it earnestly, since it was good.
You also seem to like Elfen Lied, NGE, and This Ugly Yet Beautiful World, so you might also like SaiKano, which is somewhat similar to all three.
|2008-04-04, 12:39
|Link #23
AS Oji-kun
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Hokkaido
Age: 69
If you're concerned about material being too immature for your tastes, I'd note that most of the shows you've listed so far generally tend to be designed for adolescents.
To the list of shows I gave you above, I'd add Baccano! (already mentioned), Shion no Ou, and Ghost Hound. I also noticed no one (myself included) mentioned Seirei no Moribito or Dennou Coil, so I'll toss them into the mix now. (Both of these are shows designed for general audiences of all ages, but there's lots of material to hold an adult's interest.)
Chi's Sweet Home is one of the most adorable and funny shows I've seen in some time (though it may have more impact on me as a relatively new cat owner). At three minutes per daily episode, watching Chi doesn't impose a very substantial time commitment.
|2008-04-04, 15:06
|Link #24
Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
To be honest I've always preferred shows which are simple, fun and not too deep. I like to sit back and be entertained rather than have to engage my analytical mind too much. I can cope with deep & meaningful as well, but it's not usually my first choice. I get tired from using my brain at work all day and tend to just want to relax and unwind at night.
|2008-04-04, 15:25
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Lucky Star, Ouran High School Host Club, Ultra Maniac and Yakitate Japan! was where I had most of my laughs (well, enjoyment) come from. Never was a big School Rumble fan (the 2nd season really didn't do anything to raise my impression of it for me). The series I've enjoyed I find were easy to get into and they're highly enjoyable although Yakitate Japan! is a bit peculiar (it is about bread) but the quirks and hysteria reminds me of how I ended up loving Hikaru no Go except HnG had Sai and Hikaru.
|2008-04-04, 16:23
|Link #26
AS Oji-kun
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Hokkaido
Age: 69
And for three minutes of amusement four times a week, I'm finding nothing beats Chi's Sweet Home.
Edit: I just want to add that I've seen lots of shows with adolescent protagonists (how could I not) and have enjoyed a number of those shows. For some infathomable reason, no one has suggested School Rumble yet. It's one of the funniest shows I've watched. You might also want to give Jungle wa Itsumo Hare nochi Guu a try, too.
Last edited by SeijiSensei; 2008-04-05 at 08:21. Reason: Not all shows for adolescents are bad! Just wanted to clear up any potential misunderstandings.
|2009-04-08, 12:04
|Link #27
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Reawakening my own thread again, I'd first of all like to reiterate my thanks to everyone who gave me their recommendations. I've watched a few series over the last year, but regrettably have not yet got hold of all the ones I wanted. I'm having serious trouble locating Moyashimon and SaiKano, for example. Any suggestions on locating those (for non-extortionate prices) would be appreciated.
Some new scores:
Negima!? - 5/10 - It took a great deal of willpower to watch this through to the end. It didn't get much better.
Seto no Hanayome - 3/10 - After several months I tried watching a bit more, and I just can't stand it.
Onegai Teacher - 7/10 - Pretty enjoyable, once I decided to go against my friend's advice and actually watch it.
Onegai Twins - 6.5/10 - Not as good as Teacher, but still fun.
Shuffle! - 9/10 - This may be my new favourite high school comedy - but it certainly has its dark moments.
Death Note - ?/10 - Still undecided. Watched the first 20 eps and liked it but now it's gone from weird to WTF.
Girls Bravo - 5/10 - Watched this with my OH, quite fun on the whole but let's face it - it's just an excuse for some T&A.
Lucky Star - ?/10 - I feel I could enjoy this, but my OH isn't keen so it'll be some time before I watch any more.
Chi's Sweet Home is on its way. Looking forward to giving it a try.
Sitting waiting to be watched are School Rumble, Haibane Renmei and Zeorymer. Still on the wishlist are SaiKano, Moyashimon, Code Geass and Samurai X.
Now, the big question is... what else have I been missing? I haven't watched any 'new' anime since Shakugan no Shana II. Or at least I don't think I have...
|2009-04-08, 12:42
|Link #29
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: CO, USA
For new animes, you might consider Toradora and Soul Eather. Also To Aru Majutsu no Index, the same people who made Shakugan no Shana. These three series just finished airing couple weeks ago. Toradora is a romance comedy, while Soul Eather is a shounen anime.
As for not so new series, if you don't mind romance animes, you definitely should give Clannd a try. If I had to describe it, its a emotion roller coaster ride that can make you laugh till your stomachache hurts, and at times it can make you cry floods. It's second season just ended few weeks ago as well. Might as well pick up other KyoAni series such as Kanon, Clannad's spiritual predecessor, and The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi, both excellent series.
Another personal recommendation is Kino no Tabi. Its an episodic series that follows Kino's travels into different countries, and there Kino encounters various cultures that sometimes appeals to person's moral senses.
Finally, you might want to look into Kara no Kyoukai. It has some amazing animation, and the storytelling is quite compelling.
|2009-04-08, 18:14
|Link #30
AS Oji-kun
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Hokkaido
Age: 69
Get the BSS subs.
|2009-04-08, 22:25
|Link #31
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Join Date: Mar 2008
|2009-04-08, 23:37
|Link #32
Alto x Ranka :)
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: New York City
It seems that nobody has mentioned this one but I highly recommend "Macross Frontier" (mind you that I'm not a fan of mecha but there is much more to it than that, the plot is pretty good,) also try to get a hold of "Code Geass" as soon as you can considering that's one of the best animes out there because of the plot twists and such.
"Toradora" also seems to be a popular choice although I have yet to watch it, but I'll also get around to it. "Samurai X" is also a must watch so don't take too long on that one.
"Kanon 2006" (the remade version of Kanon 2002 which is shorter and not as good in my opinion) is another good series you should take a look at.
I also have to second the recommendation of "Clannad" and it's second season, "Clannad: After Story" because of the range of emotions that it can put you through and it is my favorite anime series thus far, so I can't recommend this series enough.
|2009-04-12, 12:53
|Link #34
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: forever lost inside a logic error
In other word your country is not portrayed as evil... it's portrayed as irrelevant XD. I think it isn't even mentioned. ^^;
Anyway i have a single important suggestion:
Cowboy Bebop You just can't miss this! One of the greatest anime ever. I can't believe it hasn't been mentioned before.
|2009-04-12, 15:20
|Link #35
SS Bombardment Mage
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Midchilda
Age: 32
I think it is in S2 some... but ya the "Britannia Empire" is actually more like an alternative US... or maybe the UK declared war on the US instead of the other way around lol.
As for recommendations, I would highly suggest Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi also, especially if you've liked what you've seen so far in Lucky Star as LS really plays of Haruhi.
If you like Shuffle you could like Da Capo. It's a lot like Shuffle, but at the same time very different (and more serious I think) too. Still has it's dark moments and comedy too though. The closure is a little better then Shuffle though, but even so they pulled out a "Da Capo II" which continues on the Da Capo story.
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Free People
A beautiful and inspiring online store to shop for women's clothing, accessories, shoes and intimates. The beautiful dresses and fancy lingerie are definitely our editor's favorite. If you're a vintage lover, check out their vintage collections which are hard to find elsewhere.
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Free People's story in their own words…Back in the 1970′s, a young man named Dick Hayne planted a seed in the maze of streets and trees that make up West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He opened a store and called it Free People. Free People nurtured the young people who lived there and shopped there, who looked for a little of their own freedom in the clothes they wore.
As Dick's store grew from one to two, the name was changed from Free People to Urban Outfitters.
In time, his wife Meg came on to tend Urban's private label division, which supported product exclusive to Urban Outfitters. Demand was almost immediate and to meet this overwhelming need, she and Dick decided to create a wholesale line. It was very well-received, so much so that Dick separated the businesses. For a while, the wholesale line took on many personalities: Bulldog, Ecote, Cooperative, Anthropologie, and then in 1984 a new life was breathed into the name Free People. And that's us.
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Free People also launched a virtual journey through its world at FreePeople.com in October 2004. The site has found great success with online shoppers across the country, who are looking for a little something special in their experience.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- The Bipartisan Policy Center Health Professional Workforce Initiative released a report that projects U.S. healthcare employment will soar through 2018.
Project co-leaders Tom Daschle, Democrat, and Bill Frist, a Republican -- both former U.S. Senate majority leaders -- said employment in the healthcare industry rose from 8.7 percent of the total U.S. civilian workforce in 1998 to 10.5 percent in 2008, and is projected to increase to 11.9 percent by 2018.
"The study will ultimately help us build a health professional workforce that is better equipped to meet our current and future healthcare needs," Frist said at a news conference. "A sustainable healthcare system will have enough professionals to care for all Americans in the right place at the right time."
Total employment in healthcare is projected to increase from 15.8 million in 2008 to 19.8 million in 2018. While the numbers reflect substantial job growth, there is a pressing need to identify workforce priorities and policies that ensure a properly trained, the report said.
The initiative, written in collaboration with The Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, released a comprehensive study Thursday, which analyzed the supply of healthcare professions.
The report projected from 2008 to 2018:
-- 581,500 new jobs for registered nurses.
-- 155,600 new jobs for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.
-- 460,900 new jobs for home health aides.
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Effective Date: 08/24/2009, Docket: RP09-872-000, Status: Effective
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6.2 ASC shall have the right to propose to FERC or any other governing regulatory
body such changes in its rates and terms of service as it deems necessary, and
the Hub Services Agreement shall be deemed to include any changes which are
made effective pursuant to order or regulation or provisions of law, without
prejudice to Customer's right to protest the same; provided, however, that any
market-based rates negotiated between ASC and its Customer(s) shall remain in
effect during the term of Exhibit A of the Hub Services Agreement(s) specifying
such rates.
If, due to any cause whatsoever, ASC's capability to receive or deliver quantities of Gas is
impaired so that ASC is unable to receive or deliver the quantities provided for in its Storage
Service Agreements with Customers for Interruptible services, then capacity, withdrawals and/or
injections will be allocated according to the priority of service as set forth in Section 5 of
the General Terms and Conditions of this FERC Gas Tariff.
Applicable provisions of the General Terms and Conditions of this FERC Gas Tariff, as such
provisions may be amended from time to time, are hereby incorporated by reference and made
a part of this IW Rate Schedule, where applicable, and shall supplement the terms and
conditions governing service rendered hereunder, as though stated herein; provided, however,
that in the event of any inconsistency, the terms of this IW Rate Schedule shall control.


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An hour south, the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center in downtown Tampa offers entertaining musicals, ballets and nationally recognized performing artists.
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U.S. beats Russia 4-2 at Ivan Hlinka tournamentby Mike G. Morreale
The United States Under-18 Select Team received goals from four players and goalie Alex Nedeljkovic came up big when his team needed him most to secure a 4-2 victory against Russia on Tuesday in preliminary-round action at the 2013 Memorial of Ivan Hlinka in Piestany, Slovakia.
Forwards Joey Dudek and Nick Schmaltz each had a goal and two assists, and defenseman Jack Dougherty a goal and one assist for the Americans, who have four points (one win, one overtime loss). Russia has three points after splitting its first two games in Group B of the eight-team tournament.
Nedeljkovic, considered a top prospect at his position for the 2014 NHL Draft, made 32 saves to rebound from a 3-2 overtime loss to Finland on Monday. The 5-foot-11.5, 186-pound left-hander, who plays for the Ontario Hockey League's Plymouth Whalers, was named the most valuable player for the United States.
"It was a big game," Nedeljkovic told the tournament website. "Any time you play the Russians it's a really big game. We're very happy right now. We're controlling our own destiny and we've got another big game [Wednesday against Slovakia]."
The United States blew a 2-0 lead against the Russians before scoring twice in a span of 2:57 in the third period. An interference penalty by Russia's Nikita Lyamkin at 5:12 of the third gave the U.S. just the motivation it needed at a crucial point in the game.
"We knew we weren't going to keep them off the board," U.S. coach Bob Corkum said. "They are a very skilled team. They have high-end speed and their power play is very good. They got the momentum from the power play and carried it into 5-on-5 and put us back on our heels a little bit."
Dougherty, who plays at St. Thomas Academy (Minn.), snapped the tie with a power-play goal at 6:19.
"That whole play was a team effort," Dougherty said when asked about his goal. "We made some nice passes and [Paul] Bittner set up a nice screen in front. It was a seeing-eye goal. I didn't even know I scored. I thought [Monday] we played a great game; it was a heart-breaking loss and we had a lot of shots. [On Tuesday] our coaches didn't tell us to change anything because we worked so hard and I think it showed today."
Jake Wahlin of White Bear Lake High School (Minn.) added an insurance goal at 9:16. Wahlin's goal was made possible when Kyle Connor of the Youngstown Phantoms in the United States Hockey League forced a turnover and fed Joseph Snively, who made the initial move to the net.
Nedeljkovic made the lead stand up with several key saves in the final 10 minutes.
"He was spectacular," Corkum said of his goalie. "He was confident back there, his rebounds were good. He didn't bobble many pucks and he found the pucks through screens. He was definitely the first star for us today, no question about it."
The U.S. opened a 2-0 lead when it struck for a pair of power-play goals in a span of 56 seconds midway through the first period. Schmaltz fired a low liner past Russian goalie Sergey Korobov at 11:45 before Dudek, who assisted on the earlier goal, connected at 12:41 to give the Americans a two-goal edge.
Both Schmaltz of the USHL's Green Bay Gamblers and Dudek, who plays for Kimball Union Academy in New Hampshire, have been identified on NHL Central Scouting's 2013-14 Futures List as players who possess first-, second- or third-round potential at the 2014 NHL Draft in Philadelphia.
Russia got within 2-1 when defenseman Alexei Sleptsov ripped a one-timer from the point past Nedeljkovic 11:44 into the second period, then tied it 38 seconds into the third when forward Radel Frazlejev, who was named the team's MVP against the Americans, scored a power-play goal.
The Americans resume action on Wednesday against host Slovakia at 11:30 a.m. ET on the final day of preliminary-round action. Russia battles Finland at 8 a.m. ET.


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Ok mommas,
So I have a 3.5yr old and just introduced a new addition to our family....Mr. Thomas (5 weeks). We successfully breastfed our oldest until she was 3 (yes, immediately preggos after her successful wean) and had many challenges during her BF time, but well worth it! OUr new addition is also exclusively breastfed, but now we are having some issues with gas. Not colic, just gassy.
He will awaken every hour at night grunting, fussy, not crying but definitely uncomfortable with hiccups, spit up and passing alot of gas from above and below. He also has stools everytime he passes gas (from below) and did not seem to bother us, but he seems miserable at night.
When we co-sleep it seems to help, but he is still notably gassy and we save the co sleeping until the morning hours due to his sister who still co sleeps with us (we dont have the heart to move her from "her"/our bed just yet).
Anyways, we have been reading much about gas and babies and we found this natural product called "calm colic" and was hoping someone anyone had some experinece with this product.
Any advice is welcomed....we need to at least get 2 hours at night....or we could go bonkers for an additional ??????
WE love our new addition, and would love to see him more comfortable at nights.
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We have made further developments on the USC humanoid
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The hands are also designed and ready to send with the
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Think You Know About Music, Huh?
If you're like me, you woke up on New Years Day and listened to the ultimate soothing hangover cure album, 20 Jazz Funk Greats by Throbbing Gristle.
If you're not like me, you were probably paying attention to more popular music throughout the year 2012. Good news for you, then! Every year I compile a pop music quiz for you, the oh-so-smart CSI reader, eager to test your attention span for music (which, as the here-today-gone-tomorrow spotlight on Lana Del Rey taught us this year, is sometimes very short).
Sharpen your pencils and take the quiz here. Answers are at the bottom. And give yourself one extra point if you never made yourself look silly by doing the "Gangnam Style" dance in public.
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GC-MS analysis of hair for the detection of amphetamines and cocaine and their metabolites. A new modified methodology
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Objective: Hair analysis is recognized as a suitable method for the assessment of long term use of drugs of abuse. In the present paper we describe the development of a new methodology aiming to detect and quantify the presence of amphetamines and cocaine and their metabolites in hair from human subjects including samples of narcotic drug users.
Material/Methods: Hairs were obtained from drug-free humans and were used for method development: All hair samples were washed with water, followed by acetone and finally with dichloromethane. Thirty mg of washed hairs were spiked with the analytes of interest and internal standards, and the sample was subsequently extracted with methanol. Following centrifugation, the extract was evaporated to dryness and BSTFA (1%TMCS) was added to the dry residue. Following derivatisation, analysis was conducted on GC-MS with selected ion monitoring (SIM). The analytes included: cocaine, benzoylecgonine, ecgonine methyl ester, amphetamine, methamphetamine, MDA, MDMA. Internal standards from each category were added (in total three standards).
Results: First the GC-MS (electron impact) analytical method was optimized to reach the best chromatographic separation and highest sensitivity. Three ions were selected for each analyte for SIM and one of these three ions was used for quantitation. Next, the methodology applied for the derivatisation was optimized: derivatisation time, temperature and volume of BSTFA added were studied. The best conditions were 20 min, 70oC and 50 μL of BSTFA respectively. Using the developed methodology, calibration curves were obtained for the 7 analytes (8 concentration points and four independent repetitions for each point). Linearity was found satisfactory (R2 ranged from 0.972 to 0.999). Within day repeatability (RSD less than 15%) was found very satisfactory. Stability of the derivatised sample was found limited to 48 hours. The limit of detection was found in the low ng/mg range (up to 0.5 ng/mg of hairs). The method was successfully applied to the analysis of samples from drug users.
Conclusion: A simple and efficient method was developed and validated for the detection and quantitation of amphetamines and cocaine and their metabolites in trace levels in hair. This tool is complementary to the existing arsenal of analytical tools in the fight against drug abuse, increasing the time span for the detection of drugs of abuse in biological samples.
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- Barroso M, Dias M, Vieira DN, Queiroz JA, Lopez-Rivadulla M. Development and validation of an analytical method for the simultaneous determination of cocaine and its main metabolite, benzoylecgonine, in human hair by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2008;22:3320-6.
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- Cordero R, Paterson S. Simultaneous quantification of opiates, amphetamines, cocaine and metabolites and diazepam and metabolite in a single hair sample using GC–MS. Journal of Chromatography B. 2007;850:423-31.
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- Skender L, Karacic V, Brcic I, Bagaric A. Quantitative determination of amphetamines, cocaine, and opiates in human hair by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Forensic Science International. 2002;125:120-6.


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If you think you're especially horrible at managing money—you're not. And if you think students are especially horrible at managing money—they're not. In fact, our entire species is horrible at handling money, according to a large body of research. Even as we're thinking we've got the hang of it, we're making basic errors.
For that matter, it's not just our species. When researchers taught monkeys about money, the monkeys made the same irrational mistakes as us. And, like us, they made those mistakes over and over. Several deeply embedded biases mess with our thinking and wallets, according to behavioral researchers.
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+ Are you irrational about money?
Are we doomed to financial struggle? No. We can learn to recognize, understand, and anticipate our financial vulnerabilities. These 20 techniques help us establish habits that enrich us over time, rather than impoverish us.
1. Carry cash, not cards
Except for when you truly need a credit or debit card, leave it behind. In studies, using cash is consistently associated with lower spending and more deliberate (and healthier) purchasing choices.
2. Request money gifts in cash
A gift certificate or prepaid debit card may feel more elegant, but cash is worth more in the end.
3. Pay off your credit card every month
Automate that payment. And never use credit cards for nonessential purchases.
4. Review your automatic payments
Check for "bill creep," like rate increases and extra charges. Be ready to shop around for a better offer.
5. Watch your bank fees
Be aware of bank charges for overdrafts, insufficient funds, and ATM withdrawals. Set up alerts for when you're approaching a low balance.
6. Reorganize your apps
Sure you need Uber or Lyft to get home? Make any apps related to spending less visible on your phone. The exception is your budgeting app, which should be front and center on your phone screen.
Cash vs. plastic: science-based strategies
Carry cash, not cards
What's poor about plastic?
- We're more likely to buy something if we're paying with plastic than if we're paying with cash, says a 2012 study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
- That's because handing over cash gives us a painful emotional jolt, while paying with plastic is just too comfortable, according to the Journal of Experimental Psychology (2008).
- Paying with credit cards is associated with less healthy food choices. A 2011 study of shopping behavior found that shoppers using credit or debit cards picked up more food items that were considered unhealthy. When we encounter cookies, cakes, and pies—and when we're paying with plastic—"the emotive imagery and associated desire trigger impulsive purchase decisions," researchers wrote (Journal of Consumer Research).
- For when you do use plastic, set up transaction notifications on your banking or budgeting app. This may help you maintain a more realistic sense of your spending.
Request money gifts in cash
Why ditch the gift cards?
- As we've seen, cash gives us the gift of uncomfortable self-awareness about our expenditure (see #1). With other forms of money, like gift certificates and credit cards, we're more inclined to get reckless.
- "[A] less transparent form of money, such as a gift certificate, is more likely to be treated as play money and thus more likely to be spent than an equivalent amount of cash," say researchers in the Journal of Experimental Psychology (2008).
Pay off your credit card every month
In full, every month, for real?
- Credit cards involve passive, behind-the-scenes transactions. They make spending too comfortable and going into debt too easy. Consumers using plastic are more focused on the benefits of the product than on the cost, according to a 2011 study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
- Passive transactions can work for you if you use them to avoid debt and save money. For example, when you automatically pay off your credit card every month, you're building your credit score while avoiding racking up interest charges.
- Speaking of, remember that every time you use your credit card you're taking out a high-interest loan. "A major problem is that some consumers underestimate the total costs of piecemeal borrowing. Apparently people who would never take out a big loan are willing to take out a number of small loans that are big in the aggregate," writes Dr. Cass Sunstein, a leading behavioral researcher (in New Republic). "One survey found that small purchases of non-essential goods (including movies and DVDs) are a major contributor to credit card debt. Financial distress, including consumer bankruptcies, is a possible consequence."
Review your automatic paymentsWhy is this worth it?
- Paying bills automatically can help protect us from overdue charges and bad credit. The downside: Automatic payments are another example of passive transactions, and these have risks. When we pay bills automatically, we're not watching our spending or looking around for better options.
- For example, in a 2007 study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, states with electronic toll collection systems raised rates more than states that didn't. It was relatively easy for electronic-tolling states to hike up their charges, because consumers were less conscious of the cost than they would have been if they were handing over quarters and bills every time they took the highway.
Watch your bank fees
How do small charges get so big?
- Millennials are the age group most likely to overdraw their bank accounts, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (2014). That's largely owing to repeat offenders.
- Often, overdrafts are the result of small transactions. Going overdrawn makes these transactions far more expensive. "About 11 percent of millennials overdraft more than 10 times a year, and these overdrafts were typically for small purchases under $24 and were paid back within three days. With the median overdraft fee equaling $34, borrowing $24 for three days is like taking out a loan with a 17,000% annual percentage rate," says Time.com.
- If you're paying $2.95 to withdraw cash, two withdrawals a week are costing you more than $300 a year. It's time to get yourself to a free ATM. If you pay for everyday expenses using a debit card (which is risky, as we've seen), take advantage of cash back—no charges there.
Reorganize your apps
Why out-of-sight is out-of-mind
- Ordering a car ride online is a non-cash transaction. And we know what happens with non-cash transactions. They make it way too easy to spend money.
- Our behavior is powerfully influenced by our environment. Without the in-your-face temptation of the car service icon, it's easier to save that service for emergencies only.
+ How to hide apps on an iPhone – LEARN
7. Leave store items in place while you shop
While you're deciding whether or not to buy something, don't carry it around the store with you.
8. Get rid of stuff you don't use
Let go of the $150 bike in the garage; sell it to the friend who's offering $70. Cancel your neglected gym membership.
9. Free? Ask: "Would I pay for this right now?"
Free trial? Free shipping? Free gift? Be very careful. If the offer is for a product or service you would not pay for right now, decline it.
Why to fear loss less and "free" more
Leave store items in place while you shop
Why not to get too close too soon
- "Retailers know that once you have held an item in your hand, you're psychologically tied to it and you don't want to give the item up. The longer you have it in your possession, the stronger that connection, and the more you are unwilling to part with your new stuff," writes Emily Guy Birken at the personal finance blog MoneyNing. "It's much easier to leave the cute purse or new gadget behind if you've never thought of it as 'mine!'"
- The key psychological concept here is loss aversion. We really, really don't like losing something, behavioral research shows. That can distort our thinking and decision making.
Get rid of stuff you don't use
Why is holding onto stuff expensive?
- We have trouble giving stuff up—even if, rationally, it's not worth keeping. Again, this is about loss aversion. We work considerably harder to avoid, say, a $50 loss than we do to make a $50 gain, research shows.
- That's because we factor in our possible regret: "Maybe I'll suddenly want to hit the gym after all." But the money we paid up front is already gone, and it makes sense to limit the financial damage.
- Loss aversion is part of what makes gambling addictive. For most of us, it's relatively easy to resist a gamble that offers the small chance of a financial win. But once we've paid to play the game and lost our upfront cash, it's hard to walk away—we're driven to try to win our money back.
+ How loss aversion leads to horror headlines – LEARN
Free trial? Free shipping? Ask: "Why would I pay for this right now?"
Why "free" isn't freeing
- We ❤ "free," but we can't handle it. Much research shows that "free" can wildly distort our thinking and choices. This makes "free" a great opportunity for retailers.
- "For some reason, the word 'free' seems to scramble our brains," writes Jeff Rose, CFA and author, on his website Good Financial Cents. "We forget what other costs there might be to that item or service because we are so focused on the fact that we're not paying money. What's really interesting is that we are willing to pay more in order to get something free."
- Free product trials capitalize on loss aversion. The cable company knows you'll be more willing to pay to keep your HBO going than you are to just buy it outright.
- Free samples—even those nano-servings of prepped food in grocery stores—invoke our sense of reciprocity. They change consumers' purchasing behavior and boost product sales, according to a 2011 study in the British Food Journal.
+ Watch Dan Ariely explain what "free" does to our thinking – LEARN
10. Make a budget
If you aren't actively budgeting, start now. Simplify the process with a free or low-cost app.
11. Ask: "What else could I do with this money?"
"A friend of mine did this when she was a poor college student and she thought of everything in Ramens (her go-to cheap meal, which only cost $0.25 each) rather than dollars. If she wanted a new CD, $14 might seem reasonable, but 56 Ramens (nearly two months of dinners!) was far more than she could afford to spend," writes Emily Guy Birken at MoneyNing.
12. Contract? Be skeptical of upfront costs
When you're shopping around for a loan, phone plan, or anything else that will involve ongoing payments, be aware of how powerfully the upfront costs may influence your decision, and what that means.
13. Know your phone use
How frequently do you exceed the number of minutes on your phone plan, and by how much? Most of us can't answer those questions accurately.
14. Get a money coach or club
Accountability is key to regulating or changing our behavior. When you're planning to manage your budget, pay down a loan, or reduce your spending, it's helpful to engage an ally you respect.
Habits that offset human funkiness
Make a budget, make a budget, make a budget
What's up with that?
- "The biggest challenge to budgeting is the idea that because students have limited resources, they don't need to take steps to take control of their finances. They do," says Bryan Ashton, BSBA, assistant director of the Student Life Student Wellness Center at The Ohio State University.
- This principle starts now and applies throughout your life. "Pay attention to the little things," says Dr. David Just, a professor of behavioral economics at Cornell University. "Reevaluate the decisions you're making day to day with your money" (quoted on CreditCards.com).
- In surveys by Student Health 101, students recommend Mint.com, AllBudget2, bank and credit union apps, LearnVest.com, CreditKarma.com, and YNAB [You Need a Budget].
Ask: "What else could I do with this money?"
Why is this comparison important?
- Being exposed to sticker prices has a powerful effect on what we are willing to spend. Psychologists call this the anchoring bias. Say you're planning to spend $35 on a pair of jeans. In the store, you see jeans priced up to $150. You end up buying a pair for $50. You've spent significantly more than you intended, but your new jeans seem like a bargain compared to the $150 brand.
- In other words, we think about money in relative terms, not absolute terms. That's why we go to some effort to cut $15 from our grocery bill but don't hesitate to pick a $225 vacation rental over the $210 option.
- To some extent, you can offset this bias. "In order to combat the effect of anchoring, it's important to put your own anchor to the amount of money you would otherwise spend," writes Birken. The Ramen trick (on the page) is an example of self-anchoring.
- Another anchor to consider: "Between your graduation and your retirement, if you save $10 a day and invest it in the stock market, when you retire you will likely have $1 million from those savings alone," says Larry Pike, CFA, a financial planner in Needham, Massachusetts.
Contract? Be skeptical of upfront costs
Why are contracts difficult to get right?
- Again, this is about the anchoring bias. Those numbers, such as the initial payment and the minimum monthly payment amount, "anchor" our purchase decision. But these numbers can be misleadingly low. Over time, a loan or phone plan may cost you more than you anticipated—maybe more than a similar product with a higher start-up price. That's bad for you and good for the seller.
- Another bias that comes into play: optimism. "If people are unrealistically optimistic, they will accept contract terms including high overuse fees and late fees—dismissing the risk that those fees will come back to haunt them," writes Dr. Cass Sunstein, co-author of Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness (Yale University Press, 2008) (in New Republic).
- These biases are compounded by the complexity of loan agreements and service contracts, which obscure the real costs. This is why the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare") requires health insurance companies to clarify pricing information. It's also why the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is pushing for simple language, so consumers can "know before they owe."
Know your phone use
What's up with that?
- "Your cell phone plan has a set of features, and you should know what they are. But the cost of your plan does not depend only on those features. It depends also on how you use the phone, and it is important to know that, too," writes
Dr. Sunstein (in New Republic).
- Two out of three US cell phone users have the wrong plan for their needs—a mistake that collectively costs us more than $13 billion a year, according to the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies (2012). A pricing manager at a top phone service provider says: "People absolutely think they know how much they will use and it's pretty surprising how wrong they are" (quoted in a 2009 study).
- Need a new phone or phone service? Look carefully at whether the steep phone discount is worth it over the long term. Getting locked into a contract may cost you more in the end.
Find a money coach or club
Why does social support work?
- Accountability is key to behavior change. Demo your progress to your coach or ally, and know that they will know if you slip. "This way you have a built-in motivator who will make you think twice before you go off the plan," says Dr. Hersh Shefrin, professor of finance at Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business, California (LearnVest).
15. Reward yourself for weekly check-ins
Schedule a regular half-hour each week to review your recent spending. First, get it on the calendar. Second, figure out how you'll reward yourself each time.
16. Automate your savings or repayments
If you have regular income going into your checking account, and you're saving money or making loan repayments, set up automatic deposits into your savings or loan account.
17. Deposit large sums into savings
Better still: When you receive a large payment, like the portion of a student loan intended for living expenses (a "refund check"), deposit it directly into your savings account. If you come into money unexpectedly, get it into your savings account and wait several months before deciding what to do with it.
18. Check your routine spending
Does it still make sense for you to subscribe to SitcomFix and get lunch at the Burrito Burrow? Your favorite show got canceled and the wraps aren't such a good deal now. See what changes are due.
19. Pay down your highest interest loan
Do you have more than one loan? First pay off the loan that has the highest interest rate, rather than planning to reduce your total number of loans. Look at the interest each loan has accumulated so far. Consider consolidating your loans (combining them into one).
20. Chill before (and while) you buy
Before you go shopping, relax. And pretend you'll be making the purchasing decision a week from today.
Short-term instincts, long-term lives: How to make it work
Reward yourself for weekly check-ins
Why immediate rewards matter
- "The most important step is to understand where your money really is going. If you can't get a handle on your spending, it will be difficult to take control and make changes," says Larry Pike, CFA, principal of Client Priority Financial Advisors in Needham, Massachusetts.
- Intellectually, you know that good budgeting habits will work for you in the long run, but research shows that immediate rewards are more motivating. Use that. Follow your budget review with a Netflix movie or a DIY mani-pedi, or work a self-bribe into that budget as you go.
- Also: Block out the time on your calendar. This is also key to getting things done. Studies prove it.
Automate your savings or repayments
What's the deal with putting our money out of reach?
- Humans evolved for day-by-day survival. Even as we live until 75 or 80, our instincts remain stuck in the short term.
- Be realistic. Optimism is a delightful personality trait, but it makes us less likely to put funds aside to deal with future setbacks—even though we're all bound to experience setbacks sometimes. Optimism is a strong human bias and it leaves us financially vulnerable, say behavioral economists.
- Save money by eliminating the temptation to overspend, writes Dr Dan Ariely, a leading behavioral economist based at Duke University (on his blog). When you get into the workplace, start your retirement planning: "401(k) plans take the money right out of our salaries, forcing us to manage with the leftovers." Similarly, "The key to growing your money turns out to be putting it in a decent fund and forgetting about it. A Fidelity Investments study showed that the best long-term savers are people who forgot that they had a savings account. (Dead people with saving accounts have even better stamina.)"
Deposit large sums into savings
How can I catch that windfall before it rolls away?
- Do you receive an irregular lump sum to cover your living expenses? Each month, automatically transfer the appropriate amount from your savings account into your checking account. This way, an irregular sum functions like a regular paycheck, so you won't spend money that you'll need for future expenses. This counters the short-term "spend now" instinct.
- How we handle money depends on where it came from. We spend inheritances, bonuses, and gifts differently from earned income or our regular, mundane allowance. Those financial windfalls don't feel like real money, so we splurge or take risks—and then we regret it. This behavioral effect is related to the effort heuristic: We value items according to how much labor we think went into them.
Check your routine spending habits
Why does our past behavior get us into trouble?
- Financial decisions are complicated, so we look for shortcuts. (Psychologists call these shortcuts heuristics.) A common shortcut is to replicate whatever we did in the past.
- This saves time and mental energy, but it "can turn a few mediocre decisions into a long-term habit," writes researcher Dr. Dan Ariely (on his blog). "The second downfall is that when market conditions change, we are unlikely to revise our strategy." That burrito may have been the best lunch deal a year ago, but what if it isn't now?
Pay down your highest-interest loan first
What's complicated about how to pay back money?
- People with multiple loans tend to underestimate the total cost of their loans and make misguided decisions about repaying them, research shows.
- Typically, we are driven to pick one of our loans and pay it off (it feels good to go from three loans to two). This bias is known as debt account aversion. It would be more rational to look at the total amount we owe across all our loans and pay off the highest-interest loan first.
- We can somewhat offset this bias by looking retrospectively at how much interest has built up on each loan over time, since that helps us focus on the real costs, according to a 2011 study in the Journal of Marketing Research.
- In the same study, consolidating debts helped consumers manage their money more effectively.
Chill before (and while) you buy
How can we make shopping less exciting?
- When we're agitated or excited—in a "hot state"—we are especially prone to making regrettable money decisions, behavioral scientists report. "Money, like sex, brings out some thought—but also much heavy breathing and little stored knowledge," says James Grant, editor of Grant's Interest Rate Observer (quoted in the New York Times).
- To offset the excitement of a potential purchase, "pretend that it is not about what to do now but what you would like to do a week from now," writes Dr. Dan Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational (Harper Perennial, 2010). "For example, think of the choice between chocolate cake and fruit for dessert as a decision that you are making for exactly one week from today. When the choice is framed this way, you might be more able to override the influence of your current emotional state and pick the option with long-term benefits." This helps offset our short-term thinking, another powerful bias that hurts our money habits.
- Here's how nuts we can get with money when strong emotions are triggered: In a classic study, participants were willing to pay more for travel insurance that covered only terrorism than for a plan that covered all risks (including terrorism) (Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 1993).
Reza Wang-Lotfi Second-year undergraduate at New Jersey Institute of Technology, majoring in biology; Student Health 101 Student Advisory Board 2015–16.
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – After conceding a total of nine goals in the past three games, the New England Revolution featured a retooled backline for Saturday night's meeting with the Philadelphia Union. Darrius Barnes (center back) and Flo Lechner (right back) came into the team, while Kevin Alston switched sides to make his first professional start at left back.
But amongst the new faces it was a familiar presence which shined brightest as veteran goalkeeper Matt Reis made several key stops to guide the Revs to their sixth clean sheet of the season in a 0-0 draw with the Union.
"Matt was huge," said Barnes. "Matt saved us on a bunch of occasions. There were times we thought a couple of their players were offside and Matt bailed us out. He's been bailing us out all year. He's come up with big saves and that's what we expect from our veteran keeper."
Reis' biggest saves arrived immediately before and after the halftime break. Twice he denied rookie forward Antoine Hoppenot from strong positions before making perhaps his best stop of the night on Brian Carroll's point-blank effort in the 51st minute.
"He was our best player," head coach Jay Heaps said of his goalkeeper and former teammate. "For me, he made good saves. He came out for crosses, made some plays. It wasn't an easy night for him and he did well."
Unfortunately for the Revolution, Reis' heroics were the highlight on a night when the home side failed to replicate the attacking thrust which had seen them score three goals in each of the past two matches. The Revs didn't register their first shot until the 61st minute – a Stephen McCarthy header which flashed well wide – and they never truly tested young Philadelphia goalkeeper Zac MacMath.
Pushing ahead to Wednesday night's meeting with the red-hot Columbus Crew, the Revs will hope to build upon Saturday night's solid defensive performance while rediscovering the offensive form which had recently seen them score in bunches.
"We have to piece together our defensive effort tonight with the offensive effort that we had the past couple of games," said Barnes. "Hopefully we can try and put that together on Wednesday.
"I think Wednesday is a must-win for us. We keep saying that but we definitely have to try and get three points by whatever means necessary, whether it's pretty or ugly. We have to try to get the ball in the back of the net and try for a clean sheet like we did tonight."


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Established in April 2006, TDIC has built a strong reputation among international industry players for its compelling value proposition, transparency of business approach and ability to deliver. Locally, TDIC offers significant employment and vocational training opportunities for Emiratis keen to enhance their careers and professional qualifications.


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LOS ANGELES – One ticket each with all six numbers of Wednesday night's multi-state Powerball lottery were sold in Massachusetts and Nebraska and their owners will split a $61 million jackpot.
A ticket with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, was sold at the Whiskey Well & Pantry in Hacienda Heights and is worth $670,951.
There were six other tickets sold with five numbers — one each in Connecticut, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Maine and New York — and each are worth $1 million, the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game, announced.
California law requires major payoffs of lottery games to be paid on a pari-mutuel basis.
The numbers drawn were 1, 10, 13, 18, 19 and the Powerball number was 27.
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The drawing was the seventh since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold.
The jackpot for Saturday's drawing will be $40 million.
The Powerball game is played in 43 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands.


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Genius Tablet
This is a guide to getting a Genius Wizardpen or MousePen tablet set up in Arch Linux. It also work with G-Pen Series.
First, you need to install the X11 drivers. The wizardpen package in aur provides them:
First you have to know if your tablet is in the udev .rules file:
- lsusb
- Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
- Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
- Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
- Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0402:5602 ALi Corp. M5602 Video Camera Controller
- Bus 002 Device 005: ID 172f:0038 Waltop International Corp. Genius G-Pen F509
The last one is our tablet. 172f is the vendor id, 0038 the model id
Now we have to search the /etc/udev/rules.d/67-xorg-wizardpen.rules for the 2 id's which identifies our tablet ...
- Waltop
ENV{ID_VENDOR_ID}=="172f", ENV{ID_MODEL_ID}=="0038", ENV{x11_driver}="wizardpen" ...
In our case we are lucky, our tablet is here.
If it doesn't, just copy-paste the line from above and replace the VENDOR_ID and the MODEL_ID with ours.
Now restart the computer, or restart X server and plug out an in your tablet( so udev rule take effect ).
Test your tablet, mine had a wrong calibration , i.e. the resolution of monitor didn't match the whole surface of tablet.
Just do the following:
- su
- wizardpen-calibrate /dev/input/by-id/usb-WALTOP_Tablet-event-mouse
(just find yours there, and be sure that is the *event* one.)
Follow the instruction there, and what you receive is the configuration for your tablet. .......................................................................................................................................... Please, press the stilus at ANY corner of your desired working area: ok, got 189,77
Please, press the stilus at OPPOSITE corner of your desired working area: ok, got 17920,10734
According to your input you may put the following lines into your XF86Config/X.Org configuration file:
Driver "wizardpen" Option "Device" "/dev/input/by-id/usb-WALTOP_Tablet-event-mouse" Option "TopX" "189" Option "TopY" "77" Option "BottomX" "17920" Option "BottomY" "10734" ..........................................................................................................................................
The package will create Template:Filename file which you can access for configuration.
Now edit that file, and replace with the configuration you receive. ( be careful not to remove everything from that file, just replace these you received from wizardpen-calibrate)
Most likely you will also need to disable ABI version checking in Xorg since otherwise wizardpen driver module will not load because of ABI version mismatch. Do it by adding the following to your Template:Filename:
Section "ServerFlags" Option "IgnoreABI" "True" EndSection
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Billy Cundiff shakes the hand of Chris Carr, who approached him in the Ravens locker room. Cundiff spoke to the media earlier about the team's loss in the AFC championship game to the Patriots. Cundiff's missed field goal would have tied the game in the final seconds.
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SmartWay to Launch Dray Truck Initiative to Reduce Port Emissions
Release Date: 06/23/2011
Contact Information: Dawn Harris-Young, (404) 562-8421, firstname.lastname@example.com
Industry leaders, environmental groups and EPA to join forces in bold new initiative to clean the air at US ports
(ATLANTA – June 23, 2011) – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation Gina McCarthy will join officials from the state, public and private sector to unveil a new SmartWay Transport Partnership program to slash pollution from the thousands of trucks that service our nation's ports.
SmartWay Transport Partnership is EPA's highly successful partnership with freight industry, to green the nation's supply chain. The program's new initiative will focus on reducing harmful diesel emissions from dray trucks – large diesel trucks that are widely used in port facilities to haul freight from cargo ships to nearby local distribution points. Many dray trucks in use at ports today are older and dirtier than trucks used on highways, and contribute to air quality concerns at ports and surrounding areas, which include many low income and other vulnerable communities.
Who: Gina McCarthy, EPA Assistant Administrator of Air and Radiation
Gwen Keyes Fleming, EPA Regional Administrator
- Jim Newsome, President & CEO, South Carolina State Ports Authority
Marcia Aronoff, Senior VP for Programs, Environmental Defense Fund
- Rick Gabrielson, President, Coalition for Responsible Transportation & Director of International Transportation, Target
What: Dray Truck Initiative to Reduce Port Emissions
When: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at 11:00 a.m.
Where: Wando Welch Terminal
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Deadly Virus Missing from Texas Labratory
Could this be the end of the world? No, but a vial containing a virus that can cause "hemmorhagic fever" has gone missing from a research lab in Galveston Texas.
The University of Texas Medical Branch said there was no breach in lab security, and there is no indication of a crime. Authorities believe the vial containing the Guanarito Virus was most likely destroyed in lab cleaning procedure but are investigating.
The Guanarito Virus originates from Venezuela and is transmitted through venezuelan rats. Experts don't think that U.S. rodents are able to carry the virus, and that people are unable to pass the virus to each other.


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Now I may be over simplifying things but it seems to me that they have missed a trick here. According to the Beeb the add-on regularly racks up more than 500,000 daily users. I can't remember the last time I played it for real. So it would appear that an otherwise fantastic brand revival is being thwarted, just for the sake of pride from the manufacturers. As one message on the 'Save Scrabulous' group wall reads:
I didn't have any Scrabble sets when I started playing Scrabulous a few months
ago. Since I got hooked on that I have bought two sets.
Of course, there is more to this than meets the eye.
Now the real issue stems from who owns the rights to the game in the first place. Confusingly Hasbro owns rights to the game in the US and Canada while Mattel has rights everywhere else in the world. So perhaps in the race between these two to cash in on the growing popularity, they are destroying the very cash cow that laid the golden egg (as it were). How foolish.


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Descriptive Epi
Indiana Epidemiology Newsletter
January 2008
|Descriptive Epi is a new feature in the Indiana Epidemiology Newsletter to highlight epidemiologists and those practicing epidemiology in Indiana. If you are aware of anyone deserving recognition, please contact the Epi newsletter staff at firstname.lastname@example.com .
Name: Pamela (Pam) R. Pontones
Position: Director, Surveillance and Investigation
Education: B.A. Biology, Indiana University Bloomington (IUB), 1988; M.A. Microbiology, IUB
How did you get started in public health?
I originally was pre-med, intending to pursue a medical career as an OB/GYN. My stomach did not agree, but I did not want to abandon medicine, so after some career counseling discovered medical microbiology. I liked both the medical and detective aspects to that field. As I was graduating with my master's degree, I attended a job fair at IUB and received some information on the ISDH Laboratories. I interviewed at several research laboratories but liked the medical aspects more than research, so I interviewed at the ISDH. I started as a Microbiologist IV at the ISDH Virology Laboratory on July 30, 1990. I have loved public health ever since.
What is the most rewarding part of your job?
Our work team. The people on our team make work fun and get results, period. They continually raise the bar and set examples of what can be achieved. Another very rewarding aspect of my job is the ability to have a positive impact on many people, whether through outbreak investigation, disease prevention education, leadership training, or collaboration with other partners, within and outside of the ISDH.
What is a typical day like for you?
Typical? There is no typical, really. I usually have a packed schedule with meetings and projects to complete, but that can change at a moment's notice, from an unexpected phone call to someone walking into my office. If you are easily bored, like me, this job is perfect—you never really know what is going to happen until it happens. We plan and anticipate, react and respond.
What is your ideal vacation?
Sitting on a sunny, warm beach, watching my boys play in turquoise waves and reading a good book. Another would be to visit England with my family and visit the places my husband and I traveled during our first anniversary.
Favorite hobby?
Flower gardening. It's lots of work but relaxing, and the outcome is beautiful.


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Derby Planners Approve Adult Store Zoning Regs
DERBY – The Derby Planning Commission has approved regulations on adult-oriented businesses for the town; however the decision was not unanimous. Planner Dave LaBelle voted the motion down while all others said yes. The new regulations require that any adult-oriented business locate in specific areas and not be near other entities such as schools and churches and not in residential areas.A public hearing was held June 18 on the zoning bylaw amendment.Although the majority of the planning commission approved the regulations, the Derby Select Board must also approve it before the zoning regulations are amended. A public hearing before the select board will be warned and then the board will vote.The planning commission approved allowing adult-oriented businesses only in industrial and commercial and/or industrial zones, which is a limited area in the town. One part of the Quarry Road is industrial. Some property around Citizens Road and the Interstate access road is zoned commercial/industrial. However, not all areas in the zones would work because of the proposed setback requirements.Adult businesses are listed as: adult arcade, adult bookstore, adult novelty store, adult video store, adult cabaret, or adult motion picture theater. The proposal also defines each entity."The Intent is to establish reasonable and uniform regulations for adult oriented businesses, which, unless closely regulated, cause adverse secondary impacts on the community," the meeting minutes state. These potential impacts, according to the planners, are increased crime, blighting of neighborhoods, decreased property values, depressed real estate markets, harm to minors, and spread of disease and an overall decline in the quality and character of surrounding neighborhoods. Also explained is that these "provisions" do not deny access by adults to adult entertainment materials protected by the First Amendment nor deny access by the distributors and exhibitors of sexually oriented entertainment to their intended market.Other regulations include setback requirements, which would be a minimum of 500 feet from the boundary of any residential zoning district, any public library, public, private, or parochial school, preschool, and daycare center, public park, playground, or any place of religious organization. An adult-oriented business would have to be located a minimum of 1,000 feet from any other adult-oriented business already in existence. The businesses would also have to prevent a view inside from the outside of specified objects or activities. Signs would also be regulated.The proposed bylaw amendment comes in the wake of controversy on an adult store that opened in Derby. A group of people tried to stop the store from opening to no avail as there are currently no regulations in the Derby Town Zoning Bylaws regarding adult businesses.Joe Profera, the chair of the planning commission, said in an interview Monday that he wanted something in place to regulate adult-oriented business.


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Rienzo hopes to turn heads for Brazil
White Sox prospect leads surprising Brazilians into Classic
By Jonathan Raymond / Special to MLB.com | March 2, 2013 4:13 AM
Brazil is undeniably a soccer country. The image of a yellow-and-green-clad Brazilian weaving and darting down a pitch is as prominent in the country's global image as the Carnival festival or Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer statue.
Home to Pele, Ronaldo and five World Cup championships, Brazil is in many ways the international soccer standard-bearer.
But if Andre Rienzo and the rest of Team Brazil can continue its surprising World Baseball Classic run, beisebol (as it's written in Portuguese) just may steal a bit of attention this spring in the world's most futbol-crazy nation.
When utilityman Yan Gomes debuted for Toronto on May 17 last year, he became the first Brazilian-born player to appear in a Major League game. But if Brazil is to produce a player with a higher profile, Rienzo will likely be the man. The 24-year-old is Chicago's ninth-ranked prospect by MLB.com, after putting together a season in which he posted a 2.53 ERA in 103 1/3 innings across three levels, going from Class A Advanced Winston-Salem all the way to Triple-A Charlotte. The right-hander finished 7-3 with 113 strikeouts and 42 walks.
It was Rienzo's best season as a pro, the culmination of a climb from the Rookie-level Appalachian League, where he began his American career in 2009. Unlike Gomes, who moved to the United States as a child, went to high school in Florida and then the University of Tennessee to become a Blue Jays Draft pick, Rienzo had to draw attention while coming up through the system in Sao Paulo in his home country.
It was no easy task. Brazil has an organized baseball structure, called the Brazilian Baseball and Softball Confederation (CBBS), but it is young -- having been founded in 1990 -- and it does not offer the kind of well-trodden path to the pros that, say, neighboring Venezuela boasts.
"There's no professional game [in Brazil]. You play like two days a week, for fun, never for money," Rienzo said. "It's difficult because there's no help. Each player has to pay the gas for his car, his food -- the teams don't pay. It's tough. You pay to play the game. In Sao Paulo there's maybe one team per city. Sometimes guys play for a team where they're living two hours away from the field."
Rienzo said that he wound up a ballplayer in a soccer-crazed nation simply because his brothers played it before him.
He said that at any of his games there could be one scout, someone unaffiliated with a Major League team but who could contact a club's Latin American scout if talent emerged. In November 2006, Chicago, which had signed Paulo Orlando -- an outfielder for Brazil in the World Baseball Classic and another Sao Paulo native -- the year before, inked Rienzo, then 18, and pitcher Murilo Gouvea out of Sao Paulo. Gouvea is now in the Houston system.
"There was one guy in Brazil, and he didn't sign you, just see you and tell the White Sox, 'Hey, I have some players here that are interesting to watch.' People don't know about it too much," he said.
The transition from a less baseball-savvy environment has been difficult at times, as last year Rienzo was suspended 50 games for testing positive for a banned substance. He admitted to MiLB.com to taking the substance, Stanozolol, saying, "Yes, I took some supplements in Brazil. I never took anything I didn't think I couldn't take. I learned you never take anything without knowing everything that's in it. Now I need to be more responsible. I'll only take something from [America] and not from Brazil."
After the suspension, he resumed his breakout year last season and now finds himself as the ace of perhaps the World Baseball Classic's biggest underdogs.
After Orlando, Rienzo and Gouvea, others have slowly followed out of the CBBS. Four Brazilians signed by Major League teams, all but one under the age of 20, played in the Venezuelan Summer League last season and another, Baltimore's then-17-year-old Rafael Moreno, appeared in the Dominican Summer League.
About half of Brazil's roster, though, is comprised of Japanese-Brazilians, the majority of whom play in the Japan Amateur Baseball Association, a kind of Minor Leagues for Japanese baseball. Brazil, with about 1.5 million Japanese-Brazilians, is home to the largest population of Japanese people outside of Japan itself.
With Brazil grouped in Pool A in Fukuoka, Japan, they may figure as a kind of second home team.
"Brazilian baseball is bigger in Japan than in Brazil," Rienzo said from Fukuoka, laughing. "The people love you. In Brazil, nobody knows you; here they know who you are. It's big, it's huge."
It is this eclectic mix that surprisingly forced itself into World Baseball Classic pool play out of qualifying. Rienzo started the team's first qualifying game against a Panama squad that was both hosting the qualifying round and headlined by Carlos Ruiz, Miguel Tejada and Carlos Lee. He held that lineup to two runs -- one earned -- over 3 2/3 innings and the Brazilians went on to win, 3-2.
They followed that up by handling an Edgar Renteria-led Colombia team, 7-1. And then, in the do-or-die group qualifying final, a rematch with Panama, they eeked out a 1-0 victory in the tournament's most dramatic game yet.
With global heavyweights Cuba and Japan in their pool, the Brazilians will need some more of that magic in Fukuoka.
"You go to Panama and they have huge names, Colombia too. But people started believing [in us] there. They see we have great players. Nobody expected that.
"Nobody believed in Brazil [against Panama]. But you just do your job. It's nothing big, just team ball. That's one of the reasons for why Brazil is here, do the simple things, every game. Respect the game, every single day. Nobody talks about losing here, it's just, 'Win, win, win.' Maybe we have a chance, maybe not, but Brazil will play hard."
Growing up at a time when the World Baseball Classic didn't exist, in a country where baseball barely even registers as an afterthought, Rienzo couldn't possibly have thought he'd ever be in this position. But now that he is, he said his team is looking to shock the baseball world, and just maybe open up some eyes back in South America.
"In Brazil [people play baseball] just to pass the time. For me, the most important thing is representing my country. I grew up in Brazil. I know I play in the USA now, but I'm from Brazil. I made it possible to be here, and I hope to help the team -- I want so bad to help the team."
Jonathan Raymond is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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Villa Rides (US - DVD R1)
Gabe watches three manly men manly man it out for manly man supremacy...
Lee Arnold (Robert Mitchum) is a solo pilot running guns to the Mexican government who finds himself trapped and held captive by Pancho Villa (Yul Brynner), and his lieutenant Rodolfo (Charles Bronson). After days of hesitation Arnold is convinced to help the revolution his weapons quelled.
Villa Rides was made in the post Peckinpah and Spaghetti Western era, when the Western genre was permanently blackened and bloodied. Even the dark soul and flashy photography of The Searchers wasn't quite dark enough to sustain much interest in the public eye. The Western was a b-genre, which died one death with the onset of Sci-Fi, and another with the onset of hard-core exploitation. There aren't many non-European filmed Westerns remembered from the '60s and '70s, and it's with good reason—the genre dropped further into the b-gutter.
However, sometimes the gutter sweeps up a few tough cockroaches, and the lead cast of Villa Rides will be reason enough for most of us fans of '60s cinema, specifically really manly cinema. Robert Mitchum, Yul Brynner, and Charles Bronson in one movie? Too good to be true? No it is not. Factually Mitchum and Brynner are sleepwalking a bit, but even in neutral these guys pretty much hit it out of the park, except in the more outwardly comedic scenes, where the tough guys appear more than a little uncomfortable. Really it's Bronson that steals the entire picture every time he's on screen. Though he plays Villa's most ruthless left hand man, and though he singlehandedly kills more people than anyone else in the picture, this is one of Chuck's most warm and humorous roles. His performance is at sometimes downright disarming, no pun intended.
The script is the film's most interesting selling point, and beside the cast really the only reason I wanted to see Villa Rides. The original screenplay was written by the sultan of slow motion death himself, Sam Peckinpah, and the volatile cuss was also scheduled to direct. When Brynner apparently expressed disinterest in the cruelness of the real Villa, script doctor extraordinaire Robert Towne was brought on. Towne and Peckinpah's work was based on a book by one William Douglas Lansford, who also wrote a lot of television. Attention to historical detail isn't really high on the list, but the basic facts are maintained to a greater deal that most modern historical epics (cough The Last Samurai cough cough). The story is packed with a lot of unnecessary fat and over simplicity without much allegory, but the narrative does have focus. The advantage of Peckinpah and Towne's tinkering is of course some smooth, bad ass dialogue, and some really funny running gags, both mostly pertaining to Bronson's scene stealing Rodolfo Fierro.
Director Buzz Kulik does his best Peckinpah impersonation, but it was pretty clear to me without reading his imdb.com bio that he was a made for TV director first and foremost. The compositions are effective, well structured, characters are correctly, if not extravagantly framed, but there's a real lack of iconic imagery, and in the post-Peckinpah and Leone world that simply doesn't fly (unless you're one of the many other Italian directors that got away with grit over flash). The pacing is lethargic and old fashion, and had I not known that the film was made in 1968, and seen the clear age of some of the actors, I could've easily been convinced that the film was made in the 1950s. Even the violence, which gains an R-rating, is rather tame. The set pieces are mostly effective (especially the big siege), and the comedy really hits when needed.
This is the first of these Paramount subsidiary Legend Films I've watched, and if this is a good barometer things are looking good. Villa Rides is presented in a 2.35.1 anamorphic widescreen. Details aren't the sharpest, but there aren't any obvious cases of overt softness and compression and edge enhancement are pretty minimal. Colours are rich, but oddly flat and slightly artificial. Some scenes look like post-colourized black and white features. Some of the brighter reds do bleed, and browns and flesh tones exhibit some noticeable noise. Blacks are rich and deep, whites are flat and clean, and general contrast is effectively balanced. There aren't a lot of artefacts with the very plain exception of cigarette burns.
This is pretty much your standard Dolby Digital Mono presentation, clean, but flat. Sound effects are artificial and tinny (though not as artificial and tinny as many comparable Spaghetti Western releases), and the overall mix gets pretty muddy when too many elements are introduced. Dialogue is clear and understandable, though one is left wondering why only three or four characters have Mexican accents. Post-Leone means post-Morricone, and Maurice Jarre's score doesn't quite cut the mustard, unless you were in search of a 1940s serial. The score is pretty low on the track, but nothing here packs much of a wallop.
Nothing, or as Villa would say, nada.
Villa Rides isn't particularly memorable, but it is well written, and features three very cool lead actors. A meandering pace, an out of place old fashion feel, and a general case of unoriginality, are equalled by some good action and some surprising humour. This is not a must see, but it's recommended nonetheless.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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I am going to name my first-born child Rodolfo.
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Quote: "Some scenes look like post-colourized black and white features."
I wonder if Legend is actually tinkering with stuff like this on these releases, since before their pickup of these Paramount titles, they were primarily known for colorization of old black & white films.
I wonder if Legend is actually tinkering with stuff like this on these releases, since before their pickup of these Paramount titles, they were primarily known for colorization of old black & white films.
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fascinating. must track down for the reasons you said, Gabe.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 3rd June 2008
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono English
Subtitles: N/A
Extras: N/A
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Buzz Kulik
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Charles Bronson, Yul Brynner, Maria Grazia Buccella, Robert Carricart, Jill Ireland
Genre: Western
Length: 122 minutes
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Still Waiting For Wi-Fi. Wireless Sync App Rejected From App Store
A lot of excitement was generated by a new App Store submission a while back that promised the ability to sync your iPhone with your computer using Wi-Fi, doing away with the need for a physical connection via USB.
Greg Hughes' aptly named Wi-Fi Sync app has now been rejected by Apple for security reasons as well as that fact that it encroaches on "what they can and cannot allow" on the App Store, according to the developer who explained the rejection to Engadget.
With new file sharing features available for the iPad, another reason for Apple to reject this application could be that it's planning a similar feature in future versions of iTunes.
Greg notes that the app will be available on the unofficial Cydia app store for iPhone users who have jailbroken their device, however interested iPad users may have to wait a little longer. Writing on his homepage, Greg says that the app isn't officially supported on the iPad, but he is "working on this".
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A 7-year-old girl died about 17 hours after being rescued from a burning building late Saturday night by McAdoo firefighters.
The fire also left the child's mother and two family members injured after flames tore through their homes just across from the McAdoo Fire Company shortly before midnight.
The girl -- Madison Arner -- was flown to Lehigh Valley Hospital near Allentown where she died from her injuries Sunday afternoon, McAdoo Assistant Fire Chief Robert Leshko said.
The three others injured were also taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital for treatment of fire related injuries, Leshko said.
Firefighters, who were cleaning up after their block party, discovered the fire and their quick actions may have saved the lives of some of the people inside the building.
Leshko said it was just before 11:30 p.m. when firefighters noticed smoke pouring from a brick home at 25 S. Kennedy Drive, almost directly across from their fire station at 34 S. Kennedy Drive.
Leshko said while firefighters ran to get their apparatus that was parked a short distance away other firefighters ran to the building and managed to rescue four people that were inside.
Firefighters pulled Lorraine Searfoss, 45, from a front second floor window and a short time later other firefighters took Arner from the back of the home.
Leshko said Madison was in cardiac arrest when taken from the home and revived by firefighters outside. She was then taken to Hazleton General Hospital from where she was flown to the Lehigh Valley Hospital burn unit and initially admitted in critical condition. The child died later Sunday afternoon apparently from smoke related injuries caused by the fire, he said.
Lorraine Searfoss also had to be revived by being administered oxygen and was also taken to Hazleton General Hospital and flown to the Lehigh Valley trauma center.
Two other people inside the home -- Dylan Danko, 21, and Savannah Searfoss, who turned 16 on Sunday -- were able to escape the home on their own, Leshko said. He said that Danko and Savannah Searfoss were also taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital for treatment of lesser degrees of smoke-related injuries.
Leshko said it was a stroke of luck firefighters were at their station cleaning up and noticed the fire.
"I called 911 to report the fire while our people began the rescue," he said.
Leshko said a state police fire marshal was at the scene and determined the fire was not suspicious.
"We determined the fire was accidental in nature, caused by an electrical problem," the assistant chief said.
Also living in the home was Jerry Fisher Jr., also 45, boyfriend of Lorraine Searfoss. Fisher was not at home when flames broke out, Leshko said.
The fire also resulted in the deaths of two of the family's pet dogs and two cats, Leshko said.
McAdoo Fire Capt. Daniel Leshko helped get Lorraine Searfoss out of the building and said flames and heavy smoke were coming from the side windows of the structure, inside a three-foot walkway that separated that building from another structure to the north.
"There was a lot of fire and smoke coming from the side and back," Daniel Leshko said.
Daniel Leshko said the brick construction of the building kept heat, fire and smoke inside. "This was the hottest (fire) I felt in a long time," he said.
Firefighters from Luzerne and Carbon counties along with other Schuylkill County units were called to the scene to assist McAdoo volunteers.
Several firefighters were treated at a rehab station set up on the apron of the McAdoo Fire Co. building. Those firefighters received water and oxygen to help them get over working not only with the intense heat of the fire but also the warm, humid conditions outside.
Although firefighters managed to extinguish the blaze in about 30 minutes, the fire continued to flare up in parts of the roof to the rear of the building. Also damaged was an adjoining building to the south that housed Double D Auction services.
Crews said that structure did not appear to have sustained fire damage but did show some water and smoke damage.
McAdoo and Rush Township police, along with area fire police, assisted with shutting down Kennedy Drive, state Route 309, through the duration of the fire.
Distributed by MCT Information Services
McAdoo blaze claims life of 7-year-old girl
A 7-year-old girl died about 17 hours after being rescued from a burning building late Saturday night by McAdoo firefighters.


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With retail gasoline now averaging nearly $4 a gallon nationally, sales should arguably be brisk for the Chevrolet Volt, the hybrid-electric car rolled out by General Motors gm in 2010. But so far that's not happening. GM has shut down Volt production at the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant for five weeks in a move that'll temporarily throw 1,300 employees out of work, according to a report over the weekend from the Associated Press. See related story.
GM managed to sell 7,671 Volts in 2011, below its target of 10,000, the AP reported. The Volt's price tag of $41,000, not including a $7,500 tax credit, still comes in higher than other cars that also offer improved fuel efficiency.
But elsewhere in the search for oil-free transportation, Fiat's Chrysler unit and Ford are all making strides for pickup trucks and other vehicles to run on compressed natural gas, a cheaper alternative to gasoline at current commodity price levels.
The Wall Street Journal reported this week that Chrysler is considering its first production-line pickup that burns natural gas, with a targeted run of 2,000 vehicles. GM is set to offer Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 2500 pickups that can run on gasoline or natural gas. A Ford spokesman said the company offers kits to convert vehicles to run on compressed natural gas (CNG), but the auto maker may add factory-built CNG vehicles If demand increases.
One big booster of CNG vehicles is Apache Corp. , a natural gas producer looking to increase demand for its products. The Houston firm ended 2011 with 246 CNG vehicles in its fleet, and it hopes to add about 100 more by the end of this year. Apache, which donated a CNG fueling station at Bush Intercontinental Airport, argues that natural gas is an abundant domestic fuel source that costs less than gasoline. Apache has built seven CNG fueling stations in Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico, with nine more in the permitting stage.
— Steve Gelsi