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1.16: Problem-Solving Models
What if you were given a word problem like "A taxi cab charges $3 plus $0.75 per quarter mile. If you take a 3-mile cab ride, how much do you owe?" How could you devise a plan to solve this problem? After completing this Concept, you'll be able to compare alternative approaches to solving problems like this one.
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We always think of mathematics as the subject in school where we solve lots of problems. Problem solving is necessary in all aspects of life. Buying a house, renting a car, or figuring out which is the better sale are just a few examples of situations where people use problem-solving techniques. In this book, you will learn different strategies and approaches to solving problems. In this section, we will introduce a problem-solving plan that will be useful throughout this book.
Read and Understand a Given Problem Situation
The first step to solving a word problem is to read and understand the problem. Here are a few questions that you should be asking yourself:
- What am I trying to find out?
- What information have I been given?
- Have I ever solved a similar problem?
This is also a good time to define any variables. When you identify your knowns and unknowns, it is often useful to assign them a letter to make notation and calculations easier.
Make a Plan to Solve the Problem
The next step in the problem-solving plan is to develop a strategy. How can the information you know assist you in figuring out the unknowns?
Here are some common strategies that you will learn:
- Drawing a diagram.
- Making a table.
- Looking for a pattern.
- Using guess and check.
- Working backwards.
- Using a formula.
- Reading and making graphs.
- Writing equations.
- Using linear models.
- Using dimensional analysis.
- Using the right type of function for the situation.
In most problems, you will use a combination of strategies. For example, looking for patterns is a good strategy for most problems, and making a table and drawing a graph are often used together. The "writing an equation" strategy is the one you will work with the most in your study of algebra.
Solve the Problem and Check the Results
Once you develop a plan, you can implement it and solve the problem, carrying out all operations to arrive at the answer you are seeking.
The last step in solving any problem should always be to check and interpret the answer. Ask yourself:
- Does the answer make sense?
- If you plug the answer back into the problem, do all the numbers work out?
- Can you get the same answer through another method?
Compare Alternative Approaches to Solving the Problem
Sometimes one specific method is best for solving a problem. Most problems, however, can be solved by using several different strategies. When you are familiar with all of the problem-solving strategies, it is up to you to choose the methods that you are most comfortable with and that make sense to you. In this book, we will often use more than one method to solve a problem, so we can demonstrate the strengths and weakness of different strategies for solving different types of problems.
Whichever strategy you are using, you should always implement the problem-solving plan when you are solving word problems. Here is a summary of the problem-solving plan.
Step 1:
Understand the problem
Read the problem carefully. Once the problem is read, list all the components and data that are involved. This is where you will be assigning your variables.
Step 2:
Devise a plan - Translate
Come up with a way to solve the problem. Set up an equation, draw a diagram, make a chart or construct a table as a start to solve your problem solving plan.
Step 3:
Carry out the plan - Solve
This is where you solve the equation you developed in Step 2.
Step 4:
Look - Check and Interpret
Check to see if you used all your information. Then look to see if the answer makes sense.
The most difficult parts of problem-solving are most often the first two steps in our problem-solving plan. You need to read the problem and make sure you understand what you are being asked. Once you understand the problem, you can devise a strategy to solve it.
Let's apply the first two steps to the following problem.
Example A
Six friends are buying pizza together and they are planning to split the check equally. After the pizza was ordered, one of the friends had to leave suddenly, before the pizza arrived. Everyone left had to pay $1 extra as a result. How much was the total bill?
We want to find how much the pizza cost.
We know that five people had to pay an extra $1 each when one of the original six friends had to leave.
We can start by making a list of possible amounts for the total bill.
We divide the amount by six and then by five. The total divided by five should equal $1 more than the total divided by six.
Look for any patterns in the numbers that might lead you to the correct answer.
In the rest of this section you will learn how to make a table or look for a pattern to figure out a solution for this type of problem. After you finish reading the rest of the section, you can finish solving this problem for homework.
Develop and Use the Strategy: Make a Table
The method "Make a Table" is helpful when solving problems involving numerical relationships. When data is organized in a table, it is easier to recognize patterns and relationships between numbers. Let's apply this strategy to the following example.
Example B
Josie takes up jogging. On the first week she jogs for 10 minutes per day, on the second week she jogs for 12 minutes per day. Each week, she wants to increase her jogging time by 2 minutes per day. If she jogs six days each week, what will be her total jogging time on the sixth week?
We know in the first week Josie jogs 10 minutes per day for six days.
We know in the second week Josie jogs 12 minutes per day for six days.
Each week, she increases her jogging time by 2 minutes per day and she jogs 6 days per week.
We want to find her total jogging time in week six.
A good strategy is to list the data we have been given in a table and use the information we have been given to find new information.
We are told that Josie jogs 10 minutes per day for six days in the first week and 12 minutes per day for six days in the second week. We can enter this information in a table:
|Minutes per Day
|Minutes per Week
You are told that each week Josie increases her jogging time by 2 minutes per day and jogs 6 times per week. We can use this information to continue filling in the table until we get to week six.
|Minutes per Day
|Minutes per Week
Apply strategy/solve
To get the answer we read the entry for week six.
Answer: In week six Josie jogs a total of 120 minutes.
Josie increases her jogging time by two minutes per day. She jogs six days per week. This means that she increases her jogging time by 12 minutes per week.
Josie starts at 60 minutes per week and she increases by 12 minutes per week for five weeks.
The answer checks out.
You can see that making a table helped us organize and clarify the information we were given, and helped guide us in the next steps of the problem. We solved this problem solely by making a table; in many situations, we would combine this strategy with others to get a solution.
Develop and Use the Strategy: Look for a Pattern
Looking for a pattern is another strategy that you can use to solve problems. The goal is to look for items or numbers that are repeated or a series of events that repeat. The following problem can be solved by finding a pattern.
Example C
You arrange tennis balls in triangular shapes as shown. How many balls will there be in a triangle that has 8 rows?
We know that we arrange tennis balls in triangles as shown.
We want to know how many balls there are in a triangle that has 8 rows.
A good strategy is to make a table and list how many balls are in triangles of different rows.
One row: It is simple to see that a triangle with one row has only one ball.
Two rows: For a triangle with two rows, we add the balls from the top row to the balls from the bottom row. It is useful to make a sketch of the separate rows in the triangle.
Three rows: We add the balls from the top triangle to the balls from the bottom row.
Now we can fill in the first three rows of a table.
|Number of Rows
|Number of Balls
We can see a pattern.
To create the next triangle, we add a new bottom row to the existing triangle.
The new bottom row has the same number of balls as there are rows. (For example, a triangle with 3 rows has 3 balls in the bottom row.)
To get the total number of balls for the new triangle, we add the number of balls in the old triangle to the number of balls in the new bottom row.
Apply strategy/solve:
We can complete the table by following the pattern we discovered.
Number of balls = number of balls in previous triangle + number of rows in the new triangle
|Number of Rows
|Number of Balls
|\begin{align*}6 + 4 = 10\end{align*}
|\begin{align*}10 + 5 = 15\end{align*}
|\begin{align*}15 + 6 = 21\end{align*}
|\begin{align*}21 + 7 = 28\end{align*}
|\begin{align*}28 + 8 = 36 \end{align*}
Answer There are 36 balls in a triangle arrangement with 8 rows.
Each row of the triangle has one more ball than the previous one. In a triangle with 8 rows,
row 1 has 1 ball, row 2 has 2 balls, row 3 has 3 balls, row 4 has 4 balls, row 5 has 5 balls, row 6 has 6 balls, row 7 has 7 balls, row 8 has 8 balls.
The answer checks out.
Notice that in this example we made tables and drew diagrams to help us organize our information and find a pattern. Using several methods together is a very common practice and is very useful in solving word problems.
Watch this video for help with the Examples above.
CK-12 Foundation: Problem Solving Plan
Whichever strategy you are using, you should always implement the problem-solving plan when you are solving word problems. Here is a summary of the problem-solving plan.
- Step 1:
Understand the problem
Read the problem carefully. Once the problem is read, list all the components and data that are involved. This is where you will be assigning your variables.
- Step 2:
Devise a plan - Translate
Come up with a way to solve the problem. Set up an equation, draw a diagram, make a chart or construct a table as a start to solve your problem solving plan.
- Step 3:
Carry out the plan - Solve
This is where you solve the equation you developed in Step 2.
- Step 4:
Look - Check and Interpret
Check to see if you used all your information. Then look to see if the answer makes sense.
Guided Practice
Casey is twice as old as Marietta, who is two years younger than Jake. If Casey is 14, how old is Jake?
We can substitute the second equation into the first, getting:
What are possible ages for Jake that would make Casey's age 14? We can make a table based on the equation:
Looking at the table, when Casey's age is 14, Jake's age is 9.
- A sweatshirt costs $35. Find the total cost if the sales tax is 7.75%.
- This year you got a 5% raise. If your new salary is $45,000, what was your salary before the raise?
- Mariana deposits $500 in a savings account that pays 3% simple interest per year. How much will be in her account after three years?
- It costs $250 to carpet a room that is 14 ft by 18 ft. How much does it cost to carpet a room that is 9 ft by 10 ft?
- A department store has a 15% discount for employees. Suppose an employee has a coupon worth $10 off any item and she wants to buy a $65 purse. What is the final cost of the purse if the employee discount is applied before the coupon is subtracted?
- To host a dance at a hotel you must pay $250 plus $20 per guest. How much money would you have to pay for 25 guests?
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- It costs $12 to get into the San Diego County Fair and $1.50 per ride.
- If Rena spent $24 in total, how many rides did she go on?
- How much would she have spent in total if she had gone on five more rides?
- An ice cream shop sells a small cone for $2.95, a medium cone for $3.50, and a large cone for $4.25. Last Saturday, the shop sold 22 small cones, 26 medium cones and 15 large cones. How much money did the store earn?
- In Lise's chemistry class, there are two midterm exams, each worth 30% of her total grade, and a final exam worth 40%. If Lise scores 90% on both midterms and 80% on the final exam, what is her overall score in the class?
- The sum of the angles in a triangle is 180 degrees. If the second angle is twice the size of the first angle and the third angle is three times the size of the first angle, what are the measures of the angles in the triangle?
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- How much does she earn per lawn?
- What is the cost of the bike?
- Jared goes trick-or-treating with his brother and sister. At the first house they stop at, they collect three pieces of candy each; at the next three houses, they collect two pieces of candy each. Then they split up and go down different blocks, where Jared collects 12 pieces of candy and his brother and sister collect 14 each.
- How many pieces of candy does Jared end up with?
- How many pieces of candy do all three of them together end up with?
- Marco's daughter Elena has four boxes of toy blocks, with 50 blocks in each one. One day she dumps them all out on the floor, and some of them get lost. When Marco tries to put them away again, he ends up with 45 blocks in one box, 53 in another, 46 in a third, and 51 in the fourth. How many blocks are missing?
- A certain hour-long TV show usually includes 16 minutes of commercials. If the season finale is two and a half hours long, how many minutes of commercials should it include to keep the same ratio of commercial time to show time?
- Karen and Chase bet on a baseball game: if the home team wins, Karen owes Chase fifty cents for every run scored by both teams, and Chase owes Karen the same amount if the visiting team wins. The game runs nine innings, and the home team scores one run in every odd-numbered inning, while the visiting team scores two runs in the third inning and two in the sixth. Who owes whom how much?
- Kelly, Chris, and Morgan are playing a card game. In this game, the first player to empty their hand scores points for all the cards left in the other players' hands as follows: aces are worth one point, face cards ten points, and all other cards are face value. When Kelly empties her hand, Morgan is holding two aces, a king, and a three; Chris is holding a five, a seven, and a queen. How many points does Kelly score?
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- If you expect each person (including yourself) to eat about two ounces of potato salad, how many half-pound containers of potato salad should you buy?
- If hot dogs come in ten-packs that cost $4.80 apiece and hot dog buns come in eight-packs that cost $2.80 apiece, how much will you need to spend to have hot dogs and buns for everyone?
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Cardiac tamponade is pressure on the heart that occurs when blood or fluid builds up in the space between the heart muscle (myocardium) and the outer covering sac of the heart (pericardium).
Tamponade; Pericardial tamponade
In this condition, blood or fluid collects in the pericardium, the sac surrounding the heart. This prevents the heart ventricles from expanding fully. The excess pressure from the fluid prevents the heart from functioning normally. As a result, the body does not receive enough blood.
Cardiac tamponade can occur due to:
Other possible causes include:
Cardiac tamponade occurs in about 2 out of 10,000 people.
Other symptoms that may occur with this disorder:
There are no specific laboratory tests that diagnose tamponade. Echocardiogram is typically used to help establish the diagnosis. In emergency cases, echocardiogram is done at the bedside.
Other tests may include:
Cardiac tamponade is an emergency condition that requires hospitalization.
The fluid around the heart must be drained as quickly as possible. Pericardiocentesis is a procedure that uses a needle to remove fluid from the pericardial sac, the tissue that surrounds the heart.
A procedure to cut and remove part of the pericardium (surgical pericardiectomy or pericardial window) may also be done.
Fluids are given to maintain normal blood pressure until pericardiocentesis can be performed. Medications that increase blood pressure may also help sustain the patient's life until the fluid is drained.
The patient may be given oxygen. This reduces the workload on the heart by decreasing tissue demands for blood flow.
The cause of tamponade must be identified and treated.
Cardiac tamponade is a medical emergency. If the fluid or blood is not quickly removed from the pericardium, death can occur quickly.
The outcome is often good if the condition is treated promptly, but tamponade may come back.
Go to the emergency room or call the local emergency number (such as 911) if symptoms develop. Cardiac tamponade is an emergency condition requiring immediate attention.
Many cases are not preventable. Awareness of your personal risk factors may allow early diagnosis and treatment.
LeWinter MM, Tischler MD. Pericardial diseases. In: Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP, Libby P, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 9th ed. Philadlephia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 75.
Little WC, Oh JK. Pericardial diseases. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 77.
Harper RJ. Pericardiocentesis. In: Roberts JR, Hedges JR, eds. Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2009:chap 16.
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JANESVILLE--- Richard H. Levihn, age 85, of Janesville, died Saturday, May 11, 2013 at his home. He was born on January 4, 1928, the son of Carl and Hilda (Hartwig) Levihn. He graduated from Beloit Memorial High School and attended Carthage College. Richard served in the Korean War in the Army from 1950 to 1953. He later married Jacqueline Y. Coates on January 15, 1955 at St. John Lutheran Church in Beloit, WI. Richard was employed by JATCO for 35 years before retiring in 1990. He was a former member of the St. John Lutheran Church, Edgerton, were he was a president of the congregation and also an usher, and was a current member of the St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran Church. He was an avid gardener, fisherman, hunter and followed the Badgers, Packers, and Brewers.
He is survived by his loving wife, Jacqueline; a daughter, Kari (Tim) Gillitzer of Janesville; 3 grandchildren: Karli (Merrill Paynter) Lloyd, Austin Lloyd, Cole Gillitzer; and a great grandchild, Kara Paynter; 3 brothers: Ed (Nancy) Levihn of Austin, TX, Henry (Bev) Levihn of St. Germain, WI and Naples, FL, Arnold Levihn of Louisville, CO; close family friends: Dan and Vickie Lloyd, Kyle Hannaford, Alyssa Johnson and her 2 children, Landon and Beckham. He was preceded in death by his parents, brothers: William, and John Levihn.
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The theme of this painting recurs in Cézanne's early work. It probably first appeared in two works which Cézanne submitted to the Salon in 1867, which were rejected for exhibition (present whereabouts unknown). The critic Arnold Mortier's description of the second, bawdier, painting corresponds to a drawing, a watercolour and a tiny oil sketch which are generally thought to have been executed between 1862 and 1867. These works have all the ingredients of the later Afternoon in Naples - the female nude sprawled on the nude man who nonchalantly lies on his stomach smoking a pipe, while a maid enters with refreshments.
According to Ambroise Vollard, the title L'Aprés-midi à Naples was suggested to Cézanne by his painter friend Antoine Guillemet. As Theodore Reff has noted, the title alludes 'to the popular notion of Italy as a place of freedom, of sensual life and gaiety'. The theme is typical of the erotic fantasies that appear frequently in Cézanne's early work, a fantasy informed by other art. In the first surviving watercolour for this composition, the appearance of the servant from the curtained background and the presence of a black cat seem to derive from Edouard Manet's Olympia 1863, exhibited at the Salon of 1865. On the other hand, John Rewald has pointed out that the attitude of abandonment of Cézanne's sprawled woman has little in common with Manet's steely Olympia, and is closer to Gustave Courbet's Woman with a parrot 1866, exhibited at the Salon of 1866.
In numerous drawings made throughout the late 1860s and early 1870s, and in another painting of the early 1870s, Cézanne returned to the subject. In a fully realised watercolour, generally dated 1872-75, Cézanne established the layout for his final version of the theme in the Canberra painting. In the watercolour, the servant, now clearly black, and the black cat, which is dropped from the final painting, hark back to Olympia. The final watercolour and the painting have a different mood from the earlier versions. In both versions, the maid has been replaced by a black woman in a red loincloth. A new element of exoticism and a colouristic richness is apparent in the final version of Aftemoon in Naples, almost certainly derived from Eugéne Delacroix and, it has been suggested, in particular from his Women of Algiers 1833.
The final version of Afternoon in Naples is also distinguished from its predecessors by the style in which it is painted. The technique of applying paint in parallel hatchings of pure colour that blend into each other in transitional passages, particularly evident in the treatment of the central area of the back wall and in the drapery, suggest Cézanne's absorption of the Impressionist technique, acquired while working with Camille Pissarro between 1872 and 1874. The distinctive facture of this painting, the short, individual, parallel brushstrokes that remain consistent over the entire surface irrespective of objects of varying physical nature and distinctions of background and foreground, is another legacy of Cézanne's Impressionist training. Although the subject of Afternoon in Naples has more in common with his works of the 1860s, and indeed originated in the 1860s as has been documented, the way in which it is painted suggests a date not before the early to mid-1870s, following his work with Pissarro.
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Touch down in Paraguay
Flying into Paraguay we noticed a stark difference even before touching down. From high above, our window seat revealed that the terrain had drastically changed. Paved streets were now red dirt streets. A sea of concrete buildings were now lush green fields speckled with red roofed houses.
This was Paraguay, and the capital at that: Asuncion.
We were in Paraguay to first visit a child which I'd been sponsoring since 2003
I'd been in communication with Plan for at least a year arranging our visit. We'd wanted to do much more than just visit and had requested if we could volunteer in her community as well.
Although this wasn't something that they typically did, much to our content, they were happy to accommodate us.
Plan set us up in a very nice ( and cheap too! ) hotel in Asuncion. A tiny place with clean rooms and best of all, 2 pools with mini water falls draining into them. After spending a night in the concrete jungle of Sao Paulo, we were in heaven!
The yard was a shady area where parrots sang, fruit trees provided large shaded areas and lizards basket in the warm sun.
A few lazy hours by the pool catching up on sleep seemed to be just what the doctor ordered to get over our jet lag and we were more than happy to do just that
Once our strength had been regained, we decided to wander down to the Super Mercado ( Super market ) to sample some local delights which is always fun.
The market was much like in Canada, clean and big with the major difference being the price!
Andrea was in fruit heaven here. We loaded up the cart with:
- 1 x mango
- 1 x pineapple
- 1 x pack of crackers
- 1 x small bottle of Cana ( local alcohol made of sugar cane and brutally strong! )
- 1 x papaya
- 4 x buns
- 4 x slices of ham
- 4 x slices of cheese
- 2 x big bottles of water
- 1 x bottle of juice
- 2 x yoghurts
- 1 x large squeezable packet f mustard
For a grand total of $4 USD
Back at the hotel we feasted in our comfortable rooms, watched an old movie I had brought on my laptop, popped half of a sleeping pill each and slept slept slept.
Volunteering Day 1 - Plan Paraguay - Making a real change.
It was a fresh new day and it was time to meet my sponsored Child, Edith, or as we would later find out, Fabiola as she's called.
Augusto, a Plan employee and a soon to become friend, picked us up at the hotel and drove us to the Plan office. The office was based out of a gorgeous old mansion in central Asuncion which they'd just recently moved into.
"You see, you're a bit of a pioneer" Chuck, the white haired and obviously seasoned chief of Plan Paraguay told us during our 2 hour briefing.
"Many people come to visit their sponsored children but no one has ever asked to stay and volunteer, so we're not quite prepared for this."
Chuck had spent 20 years working for organizations like Plan in various countries and was set to retire in the coming year. Right from our first chat with Chuck and several other senior Plan employees it became very clear that Plan was making a real difference here
Plan's objective was to make local communities self sufficient. By training, educating, providing better, cleaner and safer facilities, Plan was helping over 22,000 children in underprivileged regions of Paraguay. Plan was also the largest organization of it's type in the country. Fabiola, was in San Pedro, a community which was extremely poor and in exceptionally bad condition 5 years before Plan targeted the community for assistance. Plan didn't aim to stay in a community for ever, they always planned to leave and move on to other communities once they had helped to a point of stability and could leave ongoing care to local cooperatives.
We would later find out that Plan would move out of Fabiola's community in roughly 2010 when their work was done. Considering that clean drinking water had just been installed in her community 2 months before we arrived, there was still quite a bit of work to do.
Chuck went on to show us a schedule they'd put together for our stay, it was perfect. Activities such as picking cotton in the fields with the family, helping with house chores and their farm animals, assisting with local Plan activities such as photographing children to send photos to sponsors and making presentations to the local school were all laid out in a neat schedule for us.
In exchange, Chuck asked us to thinking deeply about the issues in the communities and how they could be resolved. It was clear that eliminating poverty here was a complex issue with many facets
For example, Chuck explained that many children don't even have birth certificates which limits their opportunities. Plan launched a program to train mid-wives to register newborns for a certificate to help solve this problem.
Other issues such as government financial support, corruption, land ownership and the availability of good road and clean facilities plagued the country. Many of these issues were not obvious at first glance and that's exactly why Chuck wanted us to put serious thought into the situation and to write up our impressions to leave behind.
Chuck also asked that we make notes on how they could improve our volunteering experience so that they could make this possible for others should they want to.
After our chat, we saw the rest of the operation. One room contained many boxes where gifts arrived and letters from sponsors were translated and sorted for delivery. The entire process of sending a gift to a child was a lengthy one, to the point of actually having to deliver the gifts themselves
Because the poorest of communities do not even have addresses, let alone mail, Plan had setup a delivery system to bring packages to the children.
Overall, it seemed to be a well staffed, well organized and well run system which Plan was running in Paraguay.
After leaving the office, we headed for Guica. into San Pedro province where, Fabiola's village was. Within a few minutes drive, paved roads and luxury residences vanished, in their place, small shacks and fields speckled the country side.
Augusto, our English speaking Plan representative, explained that in Paraguay, the middle class was almost non-existent. 90% of Paraguayans where very poor and the other 10% where very rich. Plan focused on helping not the sponsored children specifically but rather the children's communities by putting in clean water and other badly needed facilities which all residents benefited from.
Money from our monthly contributions, $30 USD, was never given to Fabiola or her family directly
By helping the entire community, they were making a real and more importantly, a lasting, change.
"That's her!" I could tell even before the van stopped.
When we arrived late in the afternoon at Fabiola's home, I was getting nervous. I didn't speak Spanish and had no idea what to expect.
We drove up the long muddy road leading to her home where the family sat in the yard waiting for us.
I spotted Fabiola's cute little face right away. We poured out of the van and slowly walked over to greet them.
"Ola" we said, to the family as the attention focused in on Fabiola.
She squirmed a little, half hidden behind her father
The family ushered Fabiola and her sister, Camilla, over to greet us and they relunctantly tip toed over to meet us with their chins shyly tucked in.
We weren't sure what was going on. Two little girls stood in front of us with their hands clasped together as if they were praying.
Augusto jumped in, "You have to do the sign of the cross" he said.
By now the girls had already started to scatter wondering why their new guests wouldn't even bless them as we should have done.
Apologetically, we restarted the process and did the sign of the cross towards them.
I have to admit, I'm not 100% kid-savvy, surely not as much as Andrea who teaches children back home. The first 5 minutes, which seemed like 1 hour were very awkward. We sat around, not able to speaking each other's language and stared across at each other.
Chickens and their tiny little chicks pecked at our feet and clucked all around us. It seemed that live stock lived amongst the families here. Pigs rummaged for food, their pony walked freely and stray cows wandered over into their yard from time to time as we sat flipping through our English to Spanish dictionary looking for things to say
We brought out some sweets and gifts we had bought in Canada which helped break a little ice.
"Let's play with the kids, play breaks any language barrier" Andrea suggested.
A seemingly simple idea which completely eluded me, thank God for Andrea! I picked up the Frisbee and we spent at least an hour tossing the disk around with the girls and other local kids who'd stopped in.
Between playing with the kids and a very long photo session, which the kids absolutely couldn't get enough of, the ice had successfully been completely broken.
The family's home
Their home was a very modest one. It consisted of one room with a straw roof, an attached kitchen with walls made of loose sticks contained a brick oven. The oven was a new addition. As with other projects, the oven was built by the locals ( the father in this case ) but the parts were purchased by Plan
The father and mother slept in one bed and next to them, in a second stray mat bed, slept Fabiola and her sister.
The yard was shared with the animals. A small water-well, was their main water supply before the Plan water-supply was installed 2 months before. Their home's well wasn't deep enough to provide clean water. Next to their well was the new clean water tap which they were happy to show us.
Hotel Santani
By the end of our visit we were exhausted and headed back to check into our modest hotel in Santani City a small town 1 km from Edith's home. Santani only had 2 hotels and compared to our digs in Asuncion, this place wasn't much to write home about. A bed made of a long piece of foam which would reek havoc on Andrea's back, a small TV and a closet. The shower had a heater mounted on it for hot water with electrical wires precariously dangling from the shower head.
It wasn't much, but it would do just fine.
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Luc, thanks for sharing this with us! The organization you are working with sounds like a winner. That is awesome that you volunteered to work with the organization. Now maybe it will be seen as a regular option for those going to visit their sponsored children. It inspires me to keep thinking how I need to personally strive to make a difference.
Great way to start your trip, Luc! Best of luck to Andrea and yourself on the rest of your travels!


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First, kick your brother's @ss. If you can't do that, slash his tires so he knows how much time and effort he's just cost you. Kidding. Where are you located?
First, kick your brother's @ss. If you can't do that, slash his tires so he knows how much time and effort he's just cost you. Kidding. Where are you located?
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I have had success helping 3 extremely gun shy dogs by reapplying shots in a different manner, every time u feed back off 50fy shoot low grade noise like just a 209 primer if he acts nervous stay at that distance,when the dog acts comfortable from the distance move up 10 ft till u work rite on him. May take a whole month to be nx to the kennel.
What Pete said.
No guns, not for quite awhile. You need to completely take his mind away from guns altogether for now. Get him so bird crazy he can't stand it, for a few weeks...and this means three or four times a week, not just once on the weekend. And nothing...repeat nothing...he does when chasing birds is wrong or bad...just let him party.
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To be honest something doesn't add up. If the dog was used to gun fire how did a fire work screw it all up.
Not to be an ass, it sounds to me like you fired a gun off to close and now you have a problem.
If I'm wrong, sell your brother for a decent price and send the pup to a pro.
Win Win.
The foundation to a great retriever is obedience.
Firestorms Full Throttle Chevy aka Callie-Roo 7/5/2007 - 10/25/2013 I miss you every day
Proud owner of Kona's Surfer Girl, aka Loki.
"So what is big is not always the Trout nor the Deer but the chance, the being there. And what is full is not necessarily the creel nor the freezer, but the memory." ~ Aldo Leopold
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BParcells, Diamondring, 420, SuperNYGiants
Me. Duh. :)
BParcells is entertaining and adds a different style for the forum, love it.
MattMeyerbuddy - this guy was an awesome mod back in the day, and he was the best mod to reach out to. Also a great guy.
Rudy - she's fun to talk to, in and out of the message board. Also, she's a chick on a giants forum, that's awesome.
ProfessorCrue - because every message board needs someone to abuse, and he hits the spot. His delusions are insane, his lovefest for an awful team is insane. Sometimes I wonder how he became a Professor though.
And I forgot GameTime, his weekly avatars are amazing and I wish I can steal them.
For anyone else I've missed, sorry...I will get back to you.


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Tip 1 of 6: Discover everything you need to know about sharing on PS4.
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Do you see that innocent looking SHARE button on your DUALSHOCK 4 wireless controller? That's your key to unlocking an incredible variety of features. Your PS4 is constantly recording gameplay footage automatically in the background, while you play. You can save, distribute and share recorded gameplay video, captured gameplay screenshots and livestream gameplay footage in real time, all without any additional cost.
Up to 15 minutes of footage is recorded before you press the SHARE button, so if you've done something spectacular, give it a quick jab and your moment of triumph is captured for all to see.
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Before you blast your victory onto the Internet, why not trim your video using the SHARE button interface? There you can specify a starting and ending point to make sure your video has only the best bits for your adoring public.
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Once you've recorded your super sharp skills to your PS4 Hard Disc Drive and given it a quick edit, you're probably ready to share them with more than just your loyally observing cat. So, upload your game video to Facebook, any game screenshots you have via Facebook and Twitter, and your gameplay livestreams via Ustream and Twitch. Take in mind that some footage won't be recordable due to developer and game specific restrictions, so don't get too carried away.
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Long drive home today from Klamath to Lodi. Was nice to get a little AM reception in remote areas. Got NPR and the topic was how a virus spreads. Bird Flu-Swine flu--etc...
According to the expert (dunno name, but very well spoken) most , if not all, come from migratory birds, and then mutate --blood born. The assertion was, that hunters that eviscerate their own game not only carry the biggest risk to themselves, but also are the most likely carriers for transfer. He was asked how is a hunter supposed to handle game. He evaded the question.
Interesting topic. I have seen many hundreds of dead birds due to avian cholera, but the pundit here says that is possibly a different issue.
His thesis was that migratory birds carry the biggest threat to a pandemic spread of some of are most "viral" viruses.
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It's never too early to start speculating about bowl trips, but now that November has arrived the projections are a bit more grounded.
Both Mississippi State and Ole Miss turn up this week in ESPN.com's bowl projections.
Both Mark Schlabach and Brad Edwards like MSU in the Dec. 31 Chick-fil-A Bowl on Dec. 31 against Clemson. They've been rather consistent on that in recent weeks.
The new twist this week is finding Ole Miss projected to the Dec. 31 Liberty Bowl in Memphis. Schlabach sees the Rebels paying Tulsa, while Edwards goes with Central Florida as a possible opponent.
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Oysters will be served up beginning at 11:30 until 2 p.m. You'll also be able to purchase other food items such as chowder, clams and hot dogs.
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Cain & Abel v2.8 Released
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11/27/12 - 12/31/12
Congressional candidates 2 (including unopposed candidates and candidates whose names do not appear on the ballot) who seek nomination in the special election must file the above reports and notices. 3 Before a committee can stop filing with the FEC, it must file a termination report with the Commission. See 11 CFR 102.3. Committees must continue to file reports until the Commission notifies them in writing that their termination report has been accepted.
PACs and party committees filing on a quarterly basis in 2012 are subject to special election reporting if they make previously undisclosed contributions or expenditures in connection with a special election by the close of books of the applicable report(s). 11 CFR 104.5. For more information consult the Federal Register Notice [PDF].
Reports sent by Registered or Certified Mail must be postmarked on or before the mailing deadline to be considered timely filed. A committee sending its reports by Certified Mail should keep its certified mailing receipt with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) postmark as proof of filing because the USPS does not keep complete records of items sent by Certified Mail. A committee sending its report by Registered Mail should keep its proof of mailing. Please note that a Certificate of Mailing from the USPS is not sufficient to prove that a report is timely filed using Registered, Certified or Overnight Mail. See 11 CFR 100.19, 104.5.
Reports filed via overnight mail will be considered timely filed if the report is received by the delivery service on or before the mailing deadline. "Overnight mail" includes Priority or Express Mail having a delivery confirmation, or an overnight service with which the report is scheduled for next business day delivery and is recorded in the service's on-line tracking system. See 11 CFR 100.19, 104.5.
U.S. Senate committees that file with the Secretary of the Senate are not subject to the mandatory electronic filing rules, but may file an unofficial copy of their reports with the Commission in order to speed disclosure. See 11 CFR 100.19, 104.5.
Reports filed by any other means--including first class mail and courier--must be received by the Secretary of the Senate Public Records Office before the close of business on the last business day before the filing deadline. See 11 CFR 100.19, 104.5.
The principal campaign committee must file notices if any authorized committees receive any contribution (including in-kind gifts or advances of goods or services; Loans from the candidate or other non-bank sources; and guarantees or endorsements of bank loans to the candidate or committee) of $1,000 or more per source, during the period of October 18 through November 3, 2012.
The notices, which may be filed using Form 6 [PDF], must reach the appropriate federal filing office within 48 hours of the committee's receipt of the contribution(s). Campaign committees that file electronically MUST submit their 48-hour notices electronically. See 11 CFR 104.5(f). U.S. House candidates faxing 48-hour notices should transmit them to the Commission by fax at (202) 219-0174. Paper forms are available on the website.
The reporting period for the Post-General Election Report spans two election cycles. For this report only, committees should instead use the Post-Election Detailed Summary Page (FEC Form 3, Pages 5-8 [PDF]) instead of the normal Detailed Summary Page.
Principal campaign committees, party committees and Leadership PACs that are otherwise required to file reports in connection with the special elections must simultaneously file FEC Form 3L [PDF] if they receive two or more bundled contributions from lobbyists/registrants or lobbyist/registrant PACs that aggregate in excess of $16,700 during the special election reporting periods (see charts above). See 11 CFR 104.22 and 110.17(e).
Treasurer Responsibility. Treasurers of political committees are responsible for both the timeliness and the accuracy of all reports. They may be subject to monetary penalties if reports are inaccurate or are not filed on time. For additional information, see the Commission's Statement of Policy Regarding Treasurers Subject to Enforcement Proceedings [PDF].
Administrative Fine Program. Under the Administrative Fine Program, political committees and their treasurers who fail to file their reports on time may be subject to civil money penalties up to $17,600 (or more for repeat late- and non-filers). 4
Report Format. In addition, political committees that file illegible reports or use non-FEC forms (except for FEC-approved, computer-generated forms) will be required to refile their reports.
Electronic Filers Must File Electronically. Electronic filers who instead file on paper, or who submit an electronic report (either by direct transmission, 3.5" diskette or CD) that does not pass the validation program by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the filing deadline, will be considered non-filers and may be subject to enforcement actions (including administrative fines). 11 CFR 104.18.
In response to the anthrax threat, the U.S. Postal Service is irradiating mail directed to many federal agencies, including the FEC and the Secretary of the Senate. 5 This process has not only delayed mail delivery, it has also damaged and in some cases destroyed pieces of mail. As a result, committees that file reports with the FEC may want to consider submitting their reports by some means other than U.S. mail. Alternative methods include electronic filing, overnight mail service, and hand delivery.
1 These dates indicate the beginning and the end of the reporting period. A reporting period always begins the day after the closing date of the last report filed. If the committee is new and has not previously filed a report, the first report must cover all activity that occurred before the committee registered up through the close of books for the first report due.
2 Generally, an individual becomes a candidate for federal office (and thus triggers registration and reporting obligations) when his or her campaign exceeds $5,000 in either contributions or expenditures. If the campaign has not crossed the $5,000 threshold, it is not required to file reports. See 11 CFR 100.3(a).
3 If a candidate has more than one authorized committee, the principal campaign committee must also file a consolidated report on Form 3Z [PDF].
4 Penalties for late- and non-filing of 48-hour notices are based on the amount of contributions not timely disclosed. As a result, these penalties may exceed $17,600, even for first-time violations.
5 Senate committees should contact the Secretary of the Senate at (202) 224-0322 for more information on filing reports via US mail.


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Congrats to Goose (12 months old) in his first derby.
Congrats to all others who did well this weekend!
Congrats to Goose (12 months old) in his first derby.
Congrats to all others who did well this weekend!
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Amateur callbacks to the last series
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It is FREEZING HERE! I thought we were in the south!?
Saw your weather/temps on the news here this AM...WOW, freezing was the description and temps shown!
Good luck in the AM..looking forward to update!
Choctaw's Daring Greatly (10/19/2015)
Choctaw's Piscataquis Sebec UD MH CGC WCX ***(All-Breed AM 2nd)
UCDX HR SR Sand Dancer's XX MTB Ranger UDT, MH, WCX **, UKC HR Finished & U-B Legs, OTCH Points, Utility B Win, Agility HIT (1/20/2001-7/24/2015)
HR SR Scarlett's Andi O'Malley CD SH OA NAJ CGC (OAJ-2 Placements) 9/16/1995-3/31/2011
Open results
1st-#3 Dude H/Dave Ward O/Elly Muth
2nd-#15 Stormy H/ Dave Ward O/ Charlie Hines
3rd-#11 Punch O/H Alex Washburn
4th-#50 Maddie H/Dan DeVos O/Diane Howard
RJ-#40 George O/H Carl Ruffalo
Congrats to All !!!
Wow, great day for Dave Ward and so well deserved...and I'm especially delighted for Elly - wahoo!
Congratulations to Elly and Dave....and...DUDE! It couldn't happen to nicer folks. I remember when Elly got Dude fromGrady's first litter ever long before he was a field champion and boy did it all work out for everyone involved. Cheers!
Amateur Results
1st-#3 George O/H Carl Ruffalo
2nd-#25 Raider O/H Jack Unbehaun
3rd-#54 Rosie O/H Ken Neil
4th-#15 Sweets O/H Bruce Hall
No Jams only 4 dogs did the test
Congrats to All !!
FC Tribute to Justice, JH "Honor"
FC AFC Contempt of Court "Ruckus"
Medal Of Honor, QAA "Valor"
HRCH Kirby's High Sierra, SH, QAA "Kirby" Feb. 19, 2002 - Aug. 14, 2014
HRCH Niki Snowbird, SH, QAA "Niki" July 22, 2001 - May 11, 2015
Southland Order In the Court, QAA "Gavel" July 17, 2002- March 24, 2013
Southland Rusty Nail - derby points, qual placements "Rusty"
Disoderly Conduct "Chaos" -qual placements
Way to go CARL & George, great teamwork. also to Jack, Ken & Bruce for the other placements!
Glenda Seivert
"The support team"


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(For Friday Flashbacks I feature recipes from the past that have been my personal favorites, and this recipe for Easy Strawberries Romanoff is something I've been making for summer parties ever since I worked at Le Parisien Restaurant in college. I have some happy food memories of that place, and their signature salad dressing is something I still buy at Costco and use all the time.)
When I keep noticing ripe juicy strawberries every time I go to the market, I start thinking about Strawberries Romanoff, a dessert that I learned to make in college, when I worked at a French restaurant in Salt Lake called Le Parisien. The restaurant closed in 2001, but I have great memories of the place, and Strawberries Romanoff was one of their signature desserts.
The restaurant served the strawberries with small bowls of sour cream and brown sugar for dipping, but through the years I developed a preference for whisking the brown sugar and sour cream together and mixing it with the cut strawberries. Now that I'm not eating much sugar, I make this with a mixture of Stevia In the Raw Granulated Sweetener and brown sugar. Of course you can also use regular brown sugar or another type of sweetener of your choice. Make this soon, while you can still get those ripe juicy strawberries that taste so good this time of year.
Easy Strawberries Romanoff
(Makes 4 small servings, recipe inspired by Strawberries Romanoff at Le Parisien Restaurant.)
1 pound fresh strawberries
1/2 cup sour cream (You can use light sour cream, but I wouldn't recommend fat free)
1 T Stevia In the Raw Granulated Sweetener
1 T brown sugar
(You can use all Stevia or all brown sugar, or any combination of sugar/ sweetener that you prefer.)
In a small bowl, whisk together the sour cream and sweetener, brown sugar, or a combination of the two. Taste for sweetness to see if you want to add more sweetener. Gently combine sour cream mixture with cut strawberries, divide into four small dishes, and serve.
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i figured i would start a new post...so that a hijack was not taking place on the other one.
i will be a couple of hours north from ya'll that weekend. i will be filming/hunting near barnesville,ga.
i wish you both success and good luck and safe travel to texas.....i am not hunting texas this year at the king ranch. i am still hoping for a hunt in wyoming or new mexico to happen, if not this year, i am definitely gonna make it happen next season.
and jim....you be careful on your travels as well.....don't let bobby hen-hole you while you are visiting....you know a contest is in place and people will do the darnest things.
you know i am kidding bobby....i am sure you will take care of our contest ruler.


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Here's a trivia question for you...
Who is Jill Stein ? Do you know ?
My liberal blogger friend, the Reverend from the Blog Of Mass Destruction, wrote a post yesterday citing a study by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). The EPI study determined that President Obama's economic plan would create more jobs over the next couple years than would Republican challenger Mitt Romney's economic plan.
For those of you not familiar with the EPI, it is a progressive think-tank (that laughably bills itself as "nonpartisan".) A quick look at EPI's board of directors puts to rest any notion that EPI is nonpartisan.Thus, when the progressives at EPI say Obama's economic plan is better than Romney's plan, it is akin to the Republican National Committee declaring Romney's plan to be the superior one. You must consider the source. The outcome is almost predetermined.
Both Democrats and Republicans agree that America needs more jobs. The disagreement comes over how to create them.
Thus far, the Obama administration's solution has been to borrow a trillion dollars on stimulus efforts, enact thousands and thousands of pages of new regulations on the business sector, and add new taxes and mandates on the business sector. Presidential challenger Mitt Romney's solution is to do exactly the opposite of what Obama has done. He wants to reduce regulations on business, reduce taxes on business and investment, and get rid of the Obama mandates.
Our vaunted mainstream media (aka, Obama supporters) keeps telling us Romney had a really bad week, that his campaign is hanging by a thread. To illlustrate exactly how bad a week Romney had...the latest polls show Romney has gone from being down five points to drawing even with President Obama.
In fact, Romney has had a really bad month. Here's a graphic from Gallup that shows how bad it's been:
CBS reports - According to witnesses, there was no anti-American protest at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. There was only a terrorist attack, planned for the anniversary of 9/11:
"The American people will never knowingly adopt socialism. But, under the name of 'liberalism', they will adopt every fragment of the socialist program, until one day America will be a socialist nation, without knowing how it happened" - Norman Thomas, U.S. Socialist presidential candidate
Thousands of American Christian protestors stormed the British embassy In Washington D.C. today in protest of the Monty Python movie, Life Of Brian, which mocks Christianity. The protestors murdered the British ambassador and set the embassy afire. Protestors in other western countries took to the streets in a show of Christian solidarity, chanting "Death To Great Brittain !!!" and "There is but one religion, Christian !!!". Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton condemned the Python movie, calling it "disgusting" and "reprehensible". Protestors also ransacked and burned the HBO television studio where the program Real Time With Bill Maher is filmed. Maher, a high-profile Christian basher, has gone into hiding, and now communicates only via e-mail, using the pseudonym Theo Kratzinger. As the violent Christian protests escalate, fears of worlwide Christian terrorist attacks mount. A group called the Christian Brotherhood has demanded that insults to Christianity become criminal offenses, saying free speech should not extend to such "barbaric aggression" as the Python film, which humiliates Christians.
You might be a liberal if you speak proudly of how President Clinton balanced the budget, but are voting to re-elect President Obama, who has run up more debt than any American President in history.
You might be a liberal if you thought Bush was a war criminal who should be imprisoned for waterboarding 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, but are voting to re-elect President Obama, who executed American citizen Anwar al-Awlaki and other terrorist suspects via predator drone without a trial.
"Just like we've tried their plan, we tried our plan — and it worked. That's the difference. That's the choice in this election. That's why I'm running for a second term." - President Barack Obama, in Oakland.
Obama says his economic plan has worked. Let's examine that claim.
The Democratic National Convention is over. Thank goodness. What an embarrassing charade.
Here's what I learned from the nation's top Democrats.
I've been watching the Democratic Naitonal Convention over the last couple days, where the lies and disinformation crash down on you like the mighty waters of Niagara Falls. I don't know if I've ever witnessed so much subterfuge concentrated in one spot like that. It's been a true wonder, a veritable factchecker's dream. If the Democratic jobs plan is to create employment for factcheckers, then, congratulations Dems, your economic plan is working after all.
Being an industrious lttle blogger (at times), I began watching the spectacle with a notebook and pen in hand, making one-line notes of each odious emanation wafting down on the people from the convention stage. I had filled up nearly three full pages, when all of a sudden, it happened. The Red Sea parted, a holy light shone down from above, and a deity appeared...
But first, my summary of Day One of the Democratic Natonal Convention - "Abortion, Abortion, Abortion !!! Gay Rights !!! Minorities !!! War On Women, War On Women !!! Spend, Spend, Spend !!! Tax The Rich !!! We're All Victims !!!"
This concludes my coverage of the Democratic National Convention.
Are We Better Off ?: Just as the Democratic National Convention tips off on tuesday, the national debt will surpass $16 trillion, putting an exclamation point on how much things are "improving" under President Obama. Forward !!!...into the abyss.
Suprression ?: Here are the instructions from the Democrats on how to get into the Democratic National Convention:
Who creates more jobs, Democrats or Republicans ?
The Democrats just answered, "Democrats !".
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Tell that to AT&T so the HTC One X can be rooted eh? But but but it's open source? You mean carriers can still lock it down?
The AT&T One X can be rooted and the bootloader can be unlocked.
On the old firmware, not the current 2.2 Firmware.
have you even used apple maps or you just talking out your ass?
If you are already unlocked and rooted why would you want to unroot and relock to download a factory update
Not really about that, it's about competing with other smartphones on the market.
If you go buy a One X now, or have in the past month or so, it comes with the 2.2 firmware which is locked down by AT&T and not rootable.
You can brag about Android being open source all day, matters none when the carrier can lock it down, just like the Nexus on Verizon and the One X on AT&T.
You have to resort to patience and waiting for an exploit by the hackers in the dev community, just like iPhone owners have to wait for a new jailbreak for iOS 6 while they search for exploits.
On the old firmware, not the current 2.2 Firmware.
Nice try.
You're right Android is completely locked down and not open because of two devices.
If you want to root and unlock then you'll know this and you'll find a phone that someone hasn't updated. You made a blanket statement that the AT&T One X couldn't be rooted and that's not true.
First, let's mention that the iPhone 5 costs just as much as its predecessor the iPhone 4S. Prices start at $199 for the 16GB model, and go up to $299 for the 32 gig iPhone and $399 for the 64GB version.
That is interesting because those $100 increments do not have anything to do with declining memory prices. While other companies like Amazon now have lowered prices on their models with more memory, Apple continues to go with a $100 premium. What's the gross margin on that? How about 93%. Yes, that's right Apple is selling you a gigabyte of additional memory for $6.25, while it buys it for merely $0.42.
Is it possible to walk into apple store/AT&T in br and buy an iphone5? Or are they still back ordered?
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Central African Republic cannot face another year abandoned
Ahead of an international donor meeting in Brussels on Thursday, Oxfam warns that the people of Central African Republic cannot face another year of the present dire situation which has left half of the 4.8 million population in need of humanitarian assistance.
Time for an EU U-turn: Fortress Europe is only harming vulnerable people
The European Union's response to migration is just creating more problems and causing unnecessary suffering to vulnerable people on the move.
EU ministers must change course on migration cooperation with Africa
EU foreign ministers assessing the six months since November's Valletta Summit on migration from Africa must shift their focus to the urgent needs of people fleeing from violence and human rights abuses, said Oxfam and ICMC.
EU border closures worsen humanitarian crisis with people used as bargaining chips
European border closures and restrictions are dramatically worsening the humanitarian crisis for refugees and migrants and a decision to shift the EU's responsibility for refugees to Turkey would see the bloc bargaining its core values and abandoning fundamental legal obligations.
Juncker missing out on €120 billion a year for EU investment plan by failing to crack down on tax dodging
The proposed European Union (EU) investment plan could receive an annual boost of €120 billion in public money if Europe clamped down on tax dodging, says Oxfam.
Number of billionaires doubles since financial crisis as inequality spirals out of control
Rising inequality could set the fight against poverty back by decades, Oxfam warned today as it published a new report showing that the number of billionaires worldwide has more than doubled since the financial crisis.
Europe seeks to expand big pharma monopoly at expense of poor people, warn NGOs ahead of TTIP talks
The European Commission is putting the interests of multinational drug companies above those of millions of people with no access to affordable life-saving medicines, warn Oxfam and Health Action International.
G7 and Europe face energy wake-up call as food and fuel crisis looms
Russia's absence from the G7 summit is a stark warning to Europe that political turmoil on its doorstep risks an energy price crisis, at the same time as the effects of climate change on food imports could drive up costs.
Film stars team up to urge Robin Hood tax in Europe
Some of Europe's biggest film stars came together to launch today a new short film Future News, directed by David Yates, which brings to light the enormous potential of a Robin Hood Tax.
EU aid in €36billion funding gap ahead of 2015 UN targets
European aid to poor countries is stalling two years ahead of the UN Millennium Development Goals deadline, with aid cut or stagnant in 19 member states, reveals the new Concord AidWatch report.


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Thank you Tom! Yes, I am registered once again for mt now 9th Relay for Life cancer walk.
Click on or copy the above link to make a donation. The last two years I have raised over $2,000 each year to help fund cancer research. I would appreciate any help from my fellow SSGer's! I'm not on here as much as I used to be, but only because I have a house now, and between the cost of keeping up the house, and the many projects I have to do, it just doesn't leave much surplus money to collect.


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Feb 5, 2009
Abby... A Post You Might Like On My Blog
Abby is still in the hospital and looks like she will be for a while. We don't know much more today than yesterday, but later this evening, we'll put up the Daily Update on Abby and tell you what we do know.
We appreciate all your kind prayers and notes of encouragement. I know Michelle especially appreciates your comments and notes since she is stuck up there all the time while I shuffle back and forth.
Brent's Blog
Over on my blog, I just put up a post talking about evolution, blind faith and supposed "mistakes" that prove God is a fairy tale.
If you like that kind of information/discussion, you'll find it on my blog today. I keep that kind of writing over there: advice, answer questions, controversial Christian issues... our family blog is not the right forum for that kind of blogging and I've been doing it for years on my "Brent blog".
You can sign up to be notified when I post something on either BrentRiggs.com (my blog) or SeriousFaith.com (my Bible teaching site) if you want.
Just wanted to let you know since we get a lot of new readers every week.
13 comments:
- Carrie S said...
I cannot imagine watching my child suffer as much as you guys have had to. I pray for comfort and peace over her little body and continued strength to you, Michelle and Brend, and your whole family.
God bless you.
- February 5, 2009 at 12:26 PM
I will say a prayer for sweet Abby.. She is always in our thoughts.. I have asked a few times with NO REPLY.. I was wondering who won the caption contest of you and Landis.. If I am bothering you I will not ask no more.
Best wishes to you and your family.
- February 5, 2009 at 12:45 PM
So sorry for Abby ... she's in my prayers.
I was wondering if you could help out, if you know of anyway to get the story out there a little more. It's for a friend of mine ...
She has leukemia. She's been in and out of the hospital for the past year and recently had a bone marrow transplant. They just found out she's relapsed. She has a one year old at home. She's just been admitted to the hospital again and in need of blood.
Her site is private due to the rudeness of people. Here is the link ... http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/clairethomas
Thanks for reading this ... and hopefully some people will be able to help, even just prayers.
- February 5, 2009 at 1:38 PM
- fmattso said...
We will continue to pray for sweet Abby and your family. I bet she is still smiling even though the pain! Thanks for the updates. Then I know what specifically to pray for. Since Michelle likes praying for others can you please pray for these guys? http://www.kayleighannefreeman.blogspot.com/ They are being attacked pretty bad by Satan right now and could use all the prayers they can get! Thanks!
- February 5, 2009 at 2:03 PM
I cant imagine watching my child let alone any child suffer. It breaks my heart. You are all angels of GOD. I pray for Abby and hope she soon will feel better. She is in our every thought. Give sweet little Abby a ((((HUG)))) from us.
- February 5, 2009 at 3:45 PM
- The Snyder's said...
I have just learned about you all and I am so sorry that you all are facing this.. May God continue to bring you strength throughout this trial in life.. God Bless you...
You all will be in my prayers.
- February 5, 2009 at 4:18 PM
- Shelley said...
100% Praying for Abby.
- February 5, 2009 at 4:31 PM
- The Byrd's Nest said...
Lottie and Emma Jane are sending Abby and her sweet Mommy big hugs and kisses from Texas!
- February 5, 2009 at 5:14 PM
- Sarah Rose said...
Thanks so much for the info. I am a full time Nursing student and have one professor who is very anti Creationism. I just wanted you to know that both of your blogs have really encouraged me. We are praying for Abby and for your whole family. Thank you so much for allowing people to share in your journey.
Sarah and Larry Rose
- February 5, 2009 at 5:50 PM
Hi Michelle and Brent,
I've been reading about your sweet little Abby, and I'm so sorry she's not doing well. I read about the sores she's suffering from right now, and am wondering if the diaper cream my sister uses for my nephews would help her. My nephews have extremely sensitive skin, and if they have one bad diaper, their skin actually blisters and gets big sores on it. My sister had tried everything and nothing worked until she tried this diaper cream from Arbonne. She said it's miracle cream and even when the boys had the roto virus she put it on their blistered little bottoms and they were healed by morning. The cream is all natural and hypoallergenic. I know she has an extra un-opened/sealed tube of it that I can overnight to you. My sister swears by this, and if it could give any relief to Abby, it would be wonderful. If you'd like me to send this, please e-mail me at email@example.com with where to send it. You will all be in my thoughts and prayers.
Angie =)
- February 5, 2009 at 6:27 PM
- Dawn said...
Continuing to keep your family and Abby in our prayers!!!
- February 5, 2009 at 7:50 PM
My kids and I continue to pray for Abby every morning...
- February 5, 2009 at 9:57 PM
- Grace said...
Thank you for the update. I keep Abby and all of you in my thoughts and prayers. Just wanted to add that last week I posted in the 'pray for me pray for others' and tonight I have a blog follow up on my prayer request (What Power!)... TY for doing this feature.
- February 5, 2009 at 11:05 PM


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