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(Host) Today marks the Vernal Equinox: one of two times in the year when the sun is directly over the equator. The equinox officially marks the first day of spring. In Vermont, the most obvious signs of the season are yet to come but VPR's Steve Zind went out in search of spring.
(Sound of a running brook.)
(Zind) When you think of spring, what sound comes to mind? A brook running with snow melt? More likely it's spring peepers or songbirds. In Vermont, the Spring Equinox arrives earlier than these things. So is it really spring? If you look closely, you can find a few emerging clues. It takes a detective like naturalist Bryan Pfieffer to find them:
(Pfieffer) "Is it spring? Yea, I think it is spring!"
(Zind) Pfeiffer says budding pussy willows and flowering silver maples are among the harbingers of spring. In fact many of the early signs are in the trees:
(Pfeiffer) "If you look around in areas where there are lots of lichens on trees, you'll just start to see them looking a bit greener, or a bit oranger or yellower. It's getting into the time of the year when there's better opportunity for photosynthesis and the algal component, the photobiant part of the lichen, they start to glow a little bit."
(Zind) If you're a little rusty at spotting photobiants, Pfeiffer says there are some more obvious signs of spring:
(Sounds of Pfeiffer making bird calls.)
(Zind) The male Redwing Blackbirds have arrived for the season. They're staking out territory around marshes and ponds. Pfeiffer tries to coax a song from one. (Sound of Pfeiffer making a blackbird call, no blackbird answers.) On this overcast, chilly day with a fresh layer of snow, even the blackbird seems skeptical about spring's arrival.
(Sound of horses pulling a sled.)
(Zind) In Braintree, Jim Crossley and his son John are collecting sap from a hundred buckets scattered through the woods around their house. The Crossley's two workhorses, Abby and Cal pull a galvanized tank strapped to a sled over the rocky ground of the Crossley's hill farm. For Crossley, sugaring is a sign that spring is at least on the way:
(Crossley) "I think a lot of the old timers did it because there wasn't anything to do in the springtime, so I kind of have the same attitude. It's a good time of year to get out and get in the sunshine get ready for the springtime. But it's not really springtime. No it isn't. Not yet."
(Zind) There are a few places in Vermont where you could say spring has arrived, wrapped in plastic. The air is warm, the ground is soft under your feet and you can run your hand over green seedlings. Tim Sanford's spring starts at the beginning of March inside his South Royalton greenhouse:
(Sanford) "It does feel like spring. 'Nothing like coming into the greenhouse. The scent of warm moist soil and humidity makes it feel like spring."
(Zind) Sanford's two dogs play underfoot while Sanford and a helper carefully seed rows of flats of flowers and vegetables. (Sound of baby chicks.) In a corner of the greenhouse, there's a box of baby chicks. They'll grow to be laying hens:
(Sanford) "It's very enjoyable to be out here this time of the year. When our kids were younger, they used to come out here and have their trucks, playing around in the soil. We'd have a great time."
(Zind) Chicks and newborn animals are another sign of spring. At Bill and Suzan Nixon's Braintree farm, lambing is well underway.
(Zind) "Is this a sign of spring for you?"
(Nixon) Oh yes, you mean the lambing. Absolutely, we've been lambing now for about two weeks."
(Zind) Some people claim there's another way to prove spring has arrived: the balancing egg. Each year at the equinox, the sun is positioned directly over the equator. Theoretically, at that moment the sun's gravitational pull is at a 90-degree angle to the earth's axis. Somehow that means you should be able to balance an egg on end.
(Sound of a gate opening, chickens.)
(Zind) They say it works best if you use a fresh egg. Ideally, one that's been laid on the day of the equinox. It takes a smooth, level surface and a steady hand.
Scientifically minded people say the equinox has nothing to do with standing an egg on end. They argue that some people have egg-balancing talents, others don't. They've even conducted experiments to prove that getting an egg to stand upright is a matter of skill, not timing. (Sound of an egg rolling across a table.)
(Zind) Of course, there could be a different explanation. Maybe in order to stand an egg on end on the spring equinox, you have to first really believe spring has actually arrived in Vermont. Those who can't are still waiting for spring.
For Vermont Public Radio, I'm Steve Zind in Braintree.


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After a solid month of purchases in June to end the first half of the year, it's time to set sights on the second half of 2011. Will the money be there to spend? Will the CDs be there to buy? What treasures will be found? The answers start now…..
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Metalium – Hero Nation: Chapter III (2002) – $6 used: I started off the month of July with a very easy purchase…..a used copy of Metalium's third album HERO NATION for $6. You may be asking why this album has so much significance, and there really isn't any, the price was right and I have been watching this CD sit in the Used Metal section for at least six months! Over the last six months I think I've checked my collection at least a dozen times to see if I already own this CD but I would forget everytime I'd be in the record shop. Finally, I wrote it down on the growing Want List but I never got around to buying it until now. I never like to miss a bargain and my online research tells me that this CD still gets at least $15 regular price so I decided to make the purchase and saved myself around $9. This puts the Metalium collection a little closer to being completed, now I just need Chapters IV, V, VI, VII and VIII! Bonus enhanced CD included on this also so it was a great find.
Deep Purple – Phoenix Rising (Special Edition DVD/CD) (2011) – $14: I love Deep Purple, all lineups, all albums…..they are one of the founding fathers of Heavy metal as we know it and the credit is well deserved. I saw an add for this DVD in Classic Rock Magazine so I checked it out when it received a U.S. release. The special edition DVD is based on the Mark III and Mark IV Purple lineups that include David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes and Tommy Bolin along with founding members Ian Paice and Jon Lord and it's a great snapshot in time of a Deep Purple era that so many have for gotten about. There is a DVD with a Japanese concert from 1975 and a documentary, the CD version of all the live tracks and two special booklets. Add in a bonus interview with Lord & Hughes and the COME TASTE THE BAND press kit and you get a little more for the money. The difference between the standard DVD and the special edition was $4 so I went for the extras as I always do. Regular price for the special edition was $20 so I saved $6.
So on one shopping trip, I made it over to the Newbury Comics location in Warwick, RI…..this was my usual store until a location opened near my house a few years ago. If it wasn't for the 20 minute drive (I know, 20 mins is nothing but it is to a true Rhode Islander!), I'd be down there all the time because it's a bigger store and they get some great used bargains. I went diving in the used bins, especially the real cheap CDs, and here's what I pulled out…..
Project X – Blueprint For Xcess (1996) – $2 used: I knew nothing about Project X but I noticed that the album was released in 1996 on Escape Music, distrubuted by MTM Music…..that's a Hard Rock/Melodic Rock label! Closer inspection at the back tray card revealed the name Don Wolf who used to be the lead singer for White Wolf and was Don Wilk back then. I remember White Wolf from back in the early '80s, I tried to win a cassette copy of STANDING ALONE (1984) from an ad in Hit Parader magazine. Never won that tape but I did get to dub a copy of the record from a friend of mine…..remember dual cassette decks? So with the Escape Music link and the White Wolf pedigree, I picked this up used for a cool $2. How can you go wrong with $2 for a used disc? I did some research on my phone when I got to the car and it seems that you can get this CD online anywhere from $7 to $20 depending on where you shop. Assuming we go by a regular price of $12, I saved about $10.
Brother Cane – Seeds (1995) – $3 used: This is where the Collectorz software I use came in handy! As the long time readers know, I've had the Collectorz Music Collector software software for awhile and I'm slowly putting my collection in the database…..I also have the Android app that lets me put what I have on my main computer on my cell phone. Well, I'm not too far along (in the D's) but I was able to double check to see if I owned this Brother Cane disc. Lead singer/guitarist Damon Johnson is in Alice Cooper's band and he's played with Sammy Hagar, John Waite and Jack Blades. I remembered Brother Cane from their first record and 'Got No Shame' so I decided to grab this used for $3. The funny thing about it is that there were three other used copies in the same spot priced at $5, $7 and $10! I'm the lucky one I guess! Considering a regular price around $12 for an older album from the early '90s, I saved $9.
Twisted Forever (A Tribute To The Legendary Twisted Sister) (2001) – $4 used: Tribute albums, cover albums, cover songs…..I could generally do without them but it seems that I own a ton of them! Chalk that up to getting them cheap in used bins over the years! Of course, there are a few essential ones I need because the tributized band adds a song or two in there. This time around, it's this Twisted Sister tribute that I wouldn't have bought if it wasn't for the low price and the fact my oldest daughter's favorite Hard Rock band is Twisted Sister. There's some good bands on here paying tribute (doing covers!): Motorhead, Anthrax, Overkill, Hammerfall, Sebastian Bach…..and some questionable ones like Chuck D. from Public Enemy and Lit. Of course, Twisted Sister is on there last with their cover of AC/DC's 'Sin City' which is nothing I hadn't heard before but it's a nice package overall. Last copy I saw in a record store was going for about $10 brand new so I saved $6 since spotting it last and I made my daughter ultra-happy!
Jimmy Page – Outrider (1988) – $4 used: OUTRIDER is an album I've had on my list for a while, seen it hundreds of times new for $12- $15, but never pulled the trigger because it's not the best record in the world. I remember a lot of my Rock friends getting psyched for this album back in the day because it was Jimmy Page, guitar god from Led Zeppelin, with Jason Bonham drumming on six out of nine tracks! This fuelled the Led Zep reunion rumors and my group was heavy into it. I've never been an overly huge Zeppelin fan even though I like them but I was more interested into where Page was going to go from after The Firm broke up (an underrated band by far!). I remember having a taped copy from a friend (there's that dual cassette deck again!) and listening to the lead single 'Wasting My Time' but that's about it. I wasn't going to pass this up at $4 and I assume I saved around $10 by passing on all those new copies over the years!
Ian Parry – Visions (2006) – $4 used: You might remember Ian Parry as the lead singer for Elegy or The Consortium Project, at least that's how I know Ian Parry! Obviously name recognition went into this purchase as well as the label was Escape Music. Taking a look at my collection it seems I have most of the Elegy albums so I figured that spending a whole $4 on an Ian Parry solo album wouldn't be much of a stretch musically. To be honest, outside of his name and his work with Elegy, I really don't know much else about Ian so I'm taking a chance in a way. I don't own any Consortium Project CDs which is actually odd because I see them used everywhere. The cool thing is that I found another copy of this in the Metal used bin for $8 so I saved $4 off a used price and my research online shows that this album still lists for $15 in most places…..overall I saved about $11.
Carmine Appice Project – Ultimate Guitar Zeus (2006) – $5 used: All right, the only reason I picked this up was because I know Carmine Appice and I heard an interview with him on the Talking Metal podcast. From what I know, GUITAR ZEUS and GUITAR ZEUS II were released in 1995 and 1997 respectively and released to fan club members only. The songs include originals and a few covers that Carmine, bass god Tony Franklin and singer Kelly Keeling teamed up to record along with some of the biggest names on guitar like Zakk Wylde, Ted Nugent, Slash, Brian May and Neal Schon. ULTIMATE GUITAR ZEUS is a compilation of songs from volumes 1 and 2…..of course, when I heard the Talking Metal podcast, Carmine was promoting GUITAR ZEUS: CONQUERING HEROES (2009) which I believe is a double disc that is both volumes in a nice package. Considering that this CD, the first two original albums, and all the Japanese pressings are out of print and go for various prices on Ebay, all I have to go buy is the newest installment that retails at $15 via Carmine's website. I'll assume I saved $10.
Enough used bin diving…..back to the new releases! More trips to the local store near my house for the new albums on Tuesdays…..
Rhapsody Of Fire – From Chaos To Eternity (2011) – $10: Rhapsody Of Fire, formerly just Rhapsody, seems to release album after album, and E.P. after E.P., and I always pick them up! Didn't I just buy a new CD from Rhapsody Of Fire recently? The problem with Rhapsody Of Fire is their distribution to North America is later than Europe and Japan so something released everywhere last year might only see a release in the States this year…..at least FROM CHAOS TO ETERNITY is brand new and released worldwide on Nuclear Blast. What's crazy now is that I just read today that the band is splitting in two and keyboardist Alex Staropoli and lead guitarist Luca Turilli will be parting ways in a friendly manner. Staropoli retains the Rhapsody Of Fire name and all previous rights and Turilli retains the name "Rhapsody" and will have a new band under that name. Confused yet? At least I bought their last offering on sale, regular price was $16, so I saved $6.
TYR – The Lay Of Thrym (2011) – $12: THE LAY OF THRYM came out months ago but I've kept this album on the want list because of the insane amount of copies at every record store I've been to. Is TYR that popular? I seem to acquire all the TYR albums and I like their Viking Metal sound but I just couldn't bring myself to buy it, even when it was on sale, knowing that eventually the record stores is going to discount the price further to get rid of overstock…..I was wrong. I went into the store for the new Rhapsody Of Fire and Iced Earth releases and I noticed that all the copies of this album were off sale and at a $16 regular price. Further investigation found a copy of this disc in the Misc T. section still on sale for $12 so I grabbed it right away. When I got to the register the CD rang up at the $16 regular price, of course they price adjusted it so I ended up saving $4 with the sale price.
Iced Earth – Festivals Of The Wicked DVD (2011) – $16: I've been an Iced Earth fan since 1997 when I picked up THE DARK SAGA (1996) and the DAYS OF PURGATORY (1997) double disc compilation so I was looking forward to getting this DVD of the latest Iced Earth lineups at some of the biggest European Metal festivals from 2007 and 2008. two DVDs, three concerts, an hour long documentary and some bonus material totalling over foive hours of footage, that's a bargain for $16 the day of release! Regular price was $24 so I saved $8. Here is where I complain a little…..there's an audio CD of FESTIVALS OF THE WICKED that was released the same day and I planned on buying that too. The sale price was $13 for the CD so I figured I was going to get a 3 CD set of the concerts kind of like I did when I bought the ALIVE IN ATHENS live set back in 1999. So I grab the CD immeadiately but I never checked it until I got to the register…..the CD version is a compilation of songs from all three concerts and only 12 songs! Absolutely disappointed and I never bought it. I'm not sure who thought of this at Century Media but you've got to be kidding! With other bands releasing DVDs with bonus CDs of the music, and vice versa, all the time you would think that Century Media could have easily released a 3 disc audio set of the DVD. I would have put that on my Ipod and enjoyed that like crazy! Somebody dropped the ball at the label!
Twisted Sister – Double Live: North Stage '82 & New York Steel '01 DVD (2011) – $18: Here's another Twisted Sister release that had my oldest daughter going crazy! Nothing beats a good DVD and you can't miss with Twisted Sister finally releasing both of these concerts on DVD, especially New York Steel 2001 because it was a benefit for the New York Police & Fire Widows & Children Benefit 11 weeks after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. I read about New York Steel back in 2001 and it was not only a great cause for the band to unite for but it was also the rebirth of the band as a touring and recording entity. The North Stage show from 1982 is there last club performance before the band flew to engalnd to record their '82 debut album UNDER THE BLADE. A little vintage footage, some recent footage (although 10 years old!) and you've got two solid concerts. Add in the bonus interviews with the band talking about each show and it's a nice package. There was no audio companion release but I would have bought one had it been listed for release. Regular price was $25, I paid $18, so I saved $7.
George Lynch – Kill All Control (2011) – $12: I grew up a Dokken fan so I ended up as a Lynch Mob fan back in the day too. George has such a cool guitar style and I've been listening to WICKED SENSATION (1990) a lot lately so I kept this release on my list. The only problem with buying this is that I didn't get into some of his last few albums I bought like SYZYGY (1998), SMOKE THIS (1999) and the Lynch/Pilson album WICKED UNDERGROUND (2003) and I didn't want to get burned. You've got some guest stars here as this isn't Lynch Mob but George solo: London LeGrand (Brides Of Destruction) is singing and touring with George right now, Marq Torien from the Bullet Boys, Fred Coury from Cinderella is on there and a few more. I read a few good reviews online so I decided to take a chance. The record store had only one copy so I grabbed it figuring I wouldn't see it again on sale…..regular price $15, saved $3.
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Total (year) = $669
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Total Savings (month) = $99
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Total DVDs (year) = 5
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Looking back at the historical data, it's clear that the Google application which has the most issues is Gmail. Another Google service that shows a detailed status dashboard is Google App Engine and it would be nice to show similar information for other Google services.


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June 19, 2014
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Micah Ali, Compton Unified School District Board president, recently urged Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. to support a $1 billion investment over five years in Early Care and Education and Transitional Kindergarten.
"Governor Brown has shown himself to be a champion of education for children from families at all levels of income, especially low-income families that would benefit the most from his sponsorship of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF)," Ali said.
"CFF is already helping tens of thousands of children including many from Compton.
"But we call on Governor Brown to join the Legislature in investing more money into Early Care and Education and Transitional Kindergarten.
"By reinvesting $1 billion over five years in early childhood education, specifically the California State Preschool Program, CalWORKS Program, General Childcare, and the Alternative Payment Program the Governor would empower even better outcomes from all children, particularly those in lower income communities," he said.
"Bolstering preschool and childcare programs strengthens California's entire education system. Every child deserves a strong start in life, and it's time for California to lead the way in providing early education for all," he added.
"The children in Compton are making great strides in improving academic achievement and raising test scores at schools that had previously been lacking in achievement. In addition to the dedication of our trustees, administrators, teachers and parents, Governor Brown and Superintendent Tom Torlakson can be credited with helping achieve those results.
"But we need more help," Ali said. "Early childhood education is one of the best investments we can make, as it helps ensure that all children have the cognitive, motor, literacy and social skills needed to be successful throughout their academic careers. From birth to the age of five, children's brains undergo the most explosive growth, forming the capacity for their future success."
He joined many of his colleagues around the state in urging the Governor to support more funding for Early Care and Education.
Compton Unified School District serves the communities of Carson, Compton, East & West Rancho Dominguez, Enterprise, Mona Park, Rosewood, and Willowbrook.


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I am still swimming in applesauce over here, so what better to make than an applesauce cake. If this doesn't say "Fall", then I don't know what does. The cake is moist and is paired with a maple frosting that totally makes the cake.
Here is a picture of the cake, frosted, a little messy. I almost forgot to take a picture I was so excited to eat it! LOL!
This cake is very easy to make. I used Pamela's Baking Mix, but you could use any combo of GF flours or even regular, all-purpose flour if you don't have to eat GF. I think the most time consuming part is the frosting. The frosting is very sticky and wanted to create a bunch of crumbs on my cake. I had a long, stressful day and was not feeling the love when I frosted the cake, so I really didn't care. I just wanted to eat it! LOL! Maybe a tsp or 2 of milk or water in the frosting will help smooth it out. I also left the nuts out b/c I ran out and my kids aren't wild about them.
Applesauce Cake
Applesauce Cake
2 1/2cups all-purpose flour (I used Pamela's. Don't forget to add Xanthan Gum if you are making this GF and your mix doesn't have Xanthan gum or guar gum in it).
1 ½ cups applesauce (unsweetened, but I am using sweetened)
1 ¼ cups sugar
½ cup stick butter, softened
½ cup water
1 ½ tsp baking soda
1 ½ tsp pumpkin pie spice (if you don't have this, use this site for subs)
1 tsp salt
¾ tsp baking powder
2 large eggs
1 cup raisins (I leave these out b/c my kids won't touch the cake with them in it; may add chocolate chips instead)
2/3 cup chopped nuts
Maple-Nut Buttercream Frosting or Cream Cheese Frosting if you want instead.
1. Heat oven to 350. Grease bottoms & sides of 13 x 9 x 2 pan or 2 round pans, with shortening; lightly flour.
2. Beat all ingredients except raisins, nuts and Frosting in a large bowl with electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on high speed 3 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Stir in raisins & nuts. Pour into pan(s).
3. Bake rectangle for 45 – 50 minutes, rounds 40 to 45 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool rectangle pan on wire rack. Cool rounds 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely.
4. Frost rectangle or fill and frost layers with Maple Nut Frosting.
Maple Nut Frosting
3 cups powdered sugar
1/3 cup stick butter, softened
½ cup maple flavored syrup
¼ cup finely chopped nuts
1. Mix sugar and butter in medium bowl. Stir in syrup.
2. Beat until smooth & spreadable. Stir in nuts.
3. Frosts one rectangle cake or fills and frosts one 8 or 9 inch layer cake.
So, last week I had posted about baking being a stress reliever for me. I think I may want to revise that statment. The baking itself is relaxing for me. The clean-up, not so much. Since my baking spree began a few weeks back, I have done more loads of dishes than I care to count. Last night was the final straw. I just simply couldn't do any more. I am taking a hiatus from baking at least through the weekend so that I can concentrate on some other stresses that I have going on right now. Yes, I will still cook our meals, but the added disasters I was creating need to come to an end for the short time being. I think my new goal will be to aim for only 1 baked good per week. That doesn't count our bread b/c it goes in the breadmaker and really doesn't make much of a mess. Also, Jon and I go through a loaf in a week, easily. Especially with his new found love of Cinnamon-Sugar Toast in the AM.
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A shot from the mini-bar costs roughly $7.
Tonight I have spent over $140 on the mini-bar.
I feel like I'm inside of a washing machine. Everything's oozy and spinning so god damn much.
I've been leaving messages on Tanya's phone.
Hi Tanya. It's Mark. Um. Call me.
Hey. It's… well, it's me. Call me when you get this. It's been probably three weeks since we've talked.
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If you are satisfied with your message press one.
Does it cost money to make phone calls using a hotel phone? Can they track your calls?
I'm watching Late Night with Eric Creed, and the musical guest is some Irish band I've never heard of. Some band called "The Last Calls".
Right now, Eric is interviewing this girl, Elizabeth Bends. I shouldn't say some girl, this girl is gorgeous. Elizabeth Bends. She is flirting with the entire room, and she's not even breaking a sweat. Her skin looks like it's never seen sunlight or a bruise or a scar. She's wearing this soft looking dress with her toned legs sneaking out underneath. She crosses her leg away from the camera. If you think that's an accident, you are bat shit crazy.
I am standing less than six inches away from the television. The static is jumping to the little hairs on my forehead. I don't feel that drunk. I'm close, really close to Elizabeth Bends.
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"Yes, it's called Scandals and the People Who Pay for Them. I believe we have a clip."
They say something, and cut to the trailer. I fall back on the bed and count the tiles on the ceiling. It's a nice hotel. The mini-bar, I mean, it is stocked. I'm alone in the hotel room. There are 25 tiles going one way on the ceiling, 26 going the other way. They each look about a foot long.
Tanya? Is this Tanya? Call me, okay? I'm in room 917."
I can't believe someone put those tiles in one at a time. There are 14 floors in this hotel, probably 30 rooms on each floor. That's, I don't fucking know, a shit-ton of tiles to install.
I wonder if one person put each and every single tile in, or if there was a team. I wonder if Elizabeth Bends works hard. Do you think her parents instilled good work ethic and good moral values into her? My stomach hurts. I unzip my pants, and I start to think about Elizabeth Bends naked. I'm touching myself, but I'm not hard.
Do you think she cares if a guy is bald? She's got to be loaded. I wonder if she thinks about money when she dates a guy. I wonder if she gets nervous on dates.
Elizabeth Bends is whispering naughty things in my ear. I sit up, my chin pressed against my chest. My stomach feels like it's on fire, like it's filled with rubbing alcohol. Elizabeth is no longer on. That band, The Last Calls, is playing. They sound more Irish than I even expected them to.
"Thank you for calling 719-555-3221, please leave a message after the beep."
"Hey, Elizabeth. Shit. Hey, Tanya, or whoever. I don't know if this is Tanya. Just calling again. I mean, it's 2:40 something but I haven't talked to you since I left. How are you? I'm doing fine. Denver's treating me well enough. What are you up to? I'm just about to do some painting and…" I blink, and the room resumes its soap spin cycle.
I'm having a conversation with myself.
I'm having a conversation with a telephone number.
"Hi, Elizabeth?" Aw, fuck it. "Yeah, hi. Elizabeth Bends, it's me, Mark. I just wanted to say you did great tonight. You looked gorgeous. Give me a call back when you get a chance, sweetheart. I'm in room 917. I've got a queen-sized bed here, and I wish you were in it with me. I hope your movie does well. It looks wonderful. I can't wait until your home, and I'm home and we can just lie together and discuss your long days on set, and I can tell you how beautiful you look without makeup on. How beautiful you look when I wake up beside you. I can't wait to kiss your neck and tell you about my newest painting. I miss hearing your voice. I miss talking to you. Telling you how I'd love to paint you, but you're never here. I feel like it's been years since our wedding. I talk to your mom, now and again. She's lovely. I know when you're older you'll be like a great painting, just like her. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I miss you. It's hard being in hotel rooms in weird cities and only seeing you through the television screen. It's hard looking at empty pads of paper in hotel rooms and realizing those are there for lonely people like me. Like a coloring book for kids on a long car ride."
If you're satisfied with your message, press one.
To listen to your message, press two.
To erase and re-record, press three.
To continue with your message, press four.
I don't press anything. I just stare at the hotel phone for a second. There's a button for room service. There's a button for the front desk. There's a button for the restaurant.
Are you still there?
The phone knows I'm drunk, I think. It's checking in on me. If I press five, I wonder if it will bring me a glass of water.
I press four.
"Elizabeth, I want you to know that there's a lot of guys out there. I know how Hollywood is for a young, beautiful starlet like you, but they don't love you like I do. They don't know how I would kill for you. They don't see the twinkle in your eye that I do. They don't hear your beautiful voice or the effortless way you speak. They just see a nice pair of legs. A good screw. I want you to know that what we have is all that is keeping me living right now."
I breathe into the phone. My lips pressed against the mouth piece, I can feel the condensation of my breath on it. The phone smells like a Long Island Iced Tea.
I press 3. I erase my message and I re-record.
"Hi Tanya," I say, and that's about it. I'm looking at my reflection in the window. I'm looking out at the city. I'm counting the buildings in the Denver skyline.
One, two, three. I literally say one, two, three into the phone. I am so embarrassed.
"Sorry, Elizabeth. I'm not going to lie. I'm drunk."
I set the phone down on the table, next to the note pad. I pick up the hotel pen and I write on the note pad "I am in love with Elizabeth Bends," I set the pad down on the desk and I retire to the corner of the hotel room, a dark corner near the front door, but it's uncomfortable. I move into the closet, I scoot the ironing board to the side, so I can sit cross-legged on the ground. I start to cry. No tears come out, which makes me feel even more pathetic. I just sob, like I'm forcing it, but I can't stop. I look up and the ceiling light hits my eyes, and I'm squeezing them shut. Trying to kill this headache before it can start.
I grab my suit-jacket off the hanger and I hold it like it is Elizabeth Bends. I try to remember what Tanya looks like naked, but I can't. I just met Elizabeth tonight on the television screen, and I can picture her naked more clearly. I close my eyes and there she is, straddling me, biting her lip. In my college dorm. Maybe, on our honeymoon.
My stomach starts doing back-flips and I run into the bathroom. I puke right before I get to the toilet. There, splotched all over the nice tile floor. Imagine what your vomit would look like if there was nothing in your system but booze. That's what my vomit looks like. I close my eyes and its Tanya straddling me. I can still smell the vomit, and it's no longer me Tanya is straddling. It's some guy. Some stranger with a better body than me.
I look out in the hotel bedroom, and my easel is set up and there's a canvas on it, but there's nothing on it. The television is something about some product for making life easier.
I can hear the telephone in the background. The dial tone, like the sound of robots dying.
Are you there, God? It's me, Mark. Was it written in my life story that I would deplete my 401k one expensive hotel room at a time? Was it written that I would be here, marinating in my own body fluids, pondering my marriage to the girl on the television? That I would confess my love to Elizabeth Bends on a hotel room note pad? That I would hit the mini-bar before I even touched my paint brush? I've been dragging that same easel into hotel rooms for two weeks now. It's like my cross. My burden to bare. It's like an ugly child from a one night stand that I have to drag around with me.
God, why is it that if I make money selling paintings, if my art makes it into fine museums that I'm a success, but if it doesn't, I'm just some child doing finger paintings, avoiding reality? If I kill myself, will I get to talk to you in person? Or do I have to call you on some God-awful payphone from the bowels of hell?
Tanya, where are you tonight?
I'm here in the bathroom of a nice hotel, debating whether I want to order room service: a snack off the late night menu. I can't even find the menu, let alone read it.
This washing machine is tossing me hard now. I'm on the floor now, cursing it for the rug burns.
There are 25 tiles going one way on the ceiling. There are 26 going the other way. There is a man in a warm bed with his wife tonight who runs all 14 floors of this hotel; all 30 rooms on each and every floor. His wife wakes him up every morning so he can do this. There are companies that run half the hotel rooms in this city. One person runs that company.
There is a company responsible for every light I see in the Denver skyline. Someone made the machine that made those bottles of shots I took tonight. Someone invented the wheel so there's a legitimate reason why Tanya chose not to be here tonight. Some guy invented the telephone so I could leave messages to fictional characters. Someone looked at Elizabeth Bends and said the world will love you. Let's put you on a piece of art that is in constant motion called a television. Let's enlarge your face on screens.
God, it's me. Do you even get to rest on Sundays? Do you ever find yourself lonely, drunk and sick on bathroom floors? Do you think it's funny that I have no hair left on the top of my head? God, I'm drunk. Do you ever take a drink from the mini-bar? If your blood is wine and your flesh is bread, how can you tell me you aren't self-absorbed? Maybe we really are made in your image.
I crawl to the living room, my knees bleeding with carpet burn, and I bite down on the telephone cord. I need something to chew on, so I don't swallow my tongue. This is me clicking the trigger on the phone to make a new call.
The tiles are laughing at me. I can't prove it, but if I could reach the note pad I would leave a note to hungover-tomorrow-morning me telling him the ceiling tiles aren't your friend.
"Tanya, Elizabeth meant nothing to me. Please take me back. Please. Call me. I know I'm an asshole, but I'm an asshole who loves you. I would do anything for you."
I erase and re-record. Beep.
"I would do anything for us."
I press four. Beep.
"I just want you to be happy."
I press four. Beep.
"I just want us both to be happy. I need to know that still exists."
I press four. Beep.
"Hi Tanya. It's Mark. Listen, I loved you, but I think if I keep holding onto what we have left, I will go crazy. I'm sorry."
If you are satisfied with your message, press one.
Are you still there?


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Today's project is a perfect present for a little girl. I have tested it out at preschool with 3 and 4 year olds and they absolutely love it. You will need wooden cups and peg dolls. I bought mine at Michael's. I also mod podged a little box to put them in.
I painted a cup and a peg doll in matching colors with craft paint. I didn't do anything fancy... just basic colors and a few simple patterns.


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On a wet Wednesday evening in Seoul, six government employees gather at the office to prepare for a late-night patrol. The mission is as simple as it is counterintuitive: to find children who are studying after 10 p.m. And stop them.
In South Korea, it has come to this. To reduce the country's addiction to private, after-hours tutoring academies (called hagwons), the authorities have begun enforcing a curfew even paying citizens bounties to turn in violators.
The raid starts in a leisurely way. We have tea, and I am offered a rice cracker. Cha Byoung-chul, a midlevel bureaucrat at Seoul's Gangnam district office of education, is the leader of this patrol. I ask him about his recent busts, and he tells me about the night he found 10 teenage boys and girls on a cram-school roof at about 11 p.m. "There was no place to hide," Cha recalls. In the darkness, he tried to reassure the students. "I told them, 'It's the hagwon that's in violation, not you. You can go home.'"
Cha smokes a cigarette in the parking lot. Like any man trying to undo centuries of tradition, he is in no hurry. "We don't leave at 10 p.m. sharp," he explains. "We want to give them 20 minutes or so. That way, there are no excuses." Finally, we pile into a silver Kia Sorento and head into Daechi-dong, one of Seoul's busiest hagwon districts. The streets are thronged with parents picking up their children. The inspectors walk down the sidewalk, staring up at the floors where hagwons are located above the Dunkin' Donuts and the Kraze Burgers looking for telltale slivers of light behind drawn shades.
At about 11 p.m., they turn down a small side street, following a tip-off. They enter a shabby building and climb the stairs, stepping over an empty chip bag. On the second floor, the unit's female member knocks on the door. "Hello? Hello!" she calls loudly. A muted voice calls back from within, "Just a minute!" The inspectors glance at one another. "Just a minute" is not the right answer. Cha sends one of his colleagues downstairs to block the elevator. The raid begins.
South Korea's hagwon crackdown is one part of a larger quest to tame the country's culture of educational masochism. At the national and local levels, politicians are changing school testing and university admissions policies to reduce student stress and reward softer qualities like creativity. "One-size-fits-all, government-led uniform curriculums and an education system that is locked only onto the college-entrance examination are not acceptable," President Lee Myung-bak vowed at his inauguration in 2008.
But cramming is deeply embedded in Asia, where top grades and often nothing else have long been prized as essential for professional success. Before toothbrushes or printing presses, there were civil service exams that could make or break you. Chinese families have been hiring test-prep tutors since the 7th century. Modern-day South Korea has taken this competition to new extremes. In 2010, 74% of all students engaged in some kind of private after-school instruction, sometimes called shadow education, at an average cost of $2,600 per student for the year. There are more private instructors in South Korea than there are schoolteachers, and the most popular of them make millions of dollars a year from online and in-person classes. When Singapore's Education Minister was asked last year about his nation's reliance on private tutoring, he found one reason for hope: "We're not as bad as the Koreans."
In Seoul, legions of students who fail to get into top universities spend the entire year after high school attending hagwons to improve their scores on university admissions exams. And they must compete even to do this. At the prestigious Daesung Institute, admission is based (diabolically enough) on students' test scores. Only 14% of applicants are accepted. After a year of 14-hour days, about 70% gain entry to one of the nation's top three universities.
From a distance, South Korea's results look enviable. Its students consistently outperform their counterparts in almost every country in reading and math. In the U.S., Barack Obama and his Education Secretary speak glowingly of the enthusiasm South Korean parents have for educating their children, and they lament how far U.S. students are falling behind. Without its education obsession, South Korea could not have transformed into the economic powerhouse that it is today. (Since 1962 the nation's GDP has gone up about 40,000%, making it the world's 13th largest economy.) But the country's leaders worry that unless its rigid, hierarchical system starts to nurture more innovation, economic growth will stall and fertility rates will continue to decline as families feel the pressure of paying for all that tutoring. "You Americans see a bright side of the Korean system," Education Minister Lee Ju-ho tells me, "but Koreans are not happy with it."
South Koreans are not alone in their discontent. Across Asia, reformers are pushing to make schools more "American" even as some U.S. reformers render their own schools more "Asian." In China, universities have begun fashioning new entry tests to target students with talents beyond book learning. And Taiwanese officials recently announced that kids will no longer have to take high-stress exams to get into high school. If South Korea, the apogee of extreme education, gets its reforms right, it could be a model for other societies.
The problem is not that South Korean kids aren't learning enough or working hard enough; it's that they aren't working smart. When I visited some schools, I saw classrooms in which a third of the students slept while the teacher continued lecturing, seemingly unfazed. Gift stores sell special pillows that slip over your forearm to make desktop napping more comfortable. This way, goes the backward logic, you can sleep in class and stay up late studying. By way of comparison, consider Finland, the only European country to routinely perform as well as South Korea on the test for 15-year-olds conducted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. In Finland, public and private spending combined is less per pupil than in South Korea, and only 13% of Finnish students take remedial after-school lessons.


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SRAM's 1×11 system (XX1/X01) has many exceptional characteristics, including simplicity, functionality and smoothness, but the price tag and the requirement of mostly using a full set of SRAM parts for the drivetrain has kept many people away from enjoying the benefits of the product. It didn't take long for third party companies to jump into the fray to give consumers workarounds for the 1×11 system, so we now have cassette adapters from Wolf Tooth Components and OneUp Components that use portions of a 10-speed 11-36T along with an additional large cog to give a wider gearing range to more closely emulate the SRAM 11-speed 10-42T cassettes.
The Wolf Components GC 42T cog comes in either a Shimano and SRAM specific model, and fits Shimano XT and XTR, and SRAM X5, X7 and X9 11-36T cassettes, and you remove the inner 17-tooth to keep it as a 10-speed system. Another interesting aspect of this system is that you can run it as a 2×10 if desired, though I am not sure what front gearing you might use. The GC 42T cog is made from aluminum, weighs 85 grams, retails for $89.95, and comes with a longer (25mm) steel "B-screw" with a hex head. The cog has six special ramp section around the circumference to aid in shifting, and to keep the cog from digging into the soft material of most freehub bodies it has wide tabs by the spline for better load distribution.
My initial test setup on my Ibis Ripley 29er is an XTR 11-36 cassette, a medium caged X0 Type 2 rear derailleur and an E*thirteen TRS+ crankset with a 32T chainring (original 2×10 was 24-34T).
I pulled the XTR cassette off the rear hub and tossed out the 17 cog and its accompanying spacer. I added the GC 42T cog to the hub, and then the rest of the XTR stack (minus the 17t), and cranked it down to specs. I liked that the GC cog had a small dot pointing at the notch, so it made it easy to line everything up on the free hub body. Swapping everything out increased the XTR cassettes weight by 65 grams (85g for the 42T cog – 20g for the 17t/spacer), which should be about the same weight difference (give or take) for any of the appropriate models since the 17t is usually made from stamped steel.
Note: I located an old Shimano 16t cog in my parts bin, so I swapped out the 15t with the 16t to create a more even range in gearing: 11-13-16-19-21-24-28-32-36-42. The difference in shifting using the 16t vs 15t isn't really that significant, but does make for slightly smoother transitions.
I wasn't sure how long of a chain I might need for the 42-tooth rear and 32-tooth front combination, so I bought a new 120 link SRAM PC 1071 chain, and ended using 112 links plus the PowerLock connector. As shown above, that chain length worked fine for both the highest and lowest gearing options.
I replaced the standard B-tension screw with the kit's steel 4x25mm hex bolt, since it gave me additional length if required, and the toughness of a non-alloy bolt and the functionality of a hex head. I had to play with the B-tension until it shifted smoothly between the 36T and 42T cogs, else it would shudder, and I ended up getting it close to its limit to keep the pulley the proper distance from the cog. I also found it was best to alter the B-tension screw when it wasn't under pressure, so downshift to the middle of the cog when making major changes. According to Wolf, if you're using a Shimano derailleur, you might need to reverse the B-tension screw to gain additional length.
Continue reading for more on the Wolf Tooth Components GC 42T and full photo gallery.


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Judge Expected to Rule Today in Oracle-HP Lawsuit Over Itanium
Today, Oracle and Hewlett-Packard will hear from the judge in their bitter legal fight over the Itanium server chip, sources at both companies tell AllThingsD.
The case concerns Oracle's decision last year to stop building software that's compatible with Intel's Itanium chip. Intel is not a party to the suit. But HP is the only server vendor of note that sells systems using the chip, and makes a lot of money supporting customers who buy them. Oracle's software is widely used by those customers.
HP sued in June of 2011, after publicly arguing that when it and Oracle settled a 2010 lawsuit over Mark Hurd's joining Oracle as president, the two agreed that Oracle would continue to create Itanium-compatible software.
Oracle has argued that it is not bound by that agreement, that its decision doesn't affect any products currently available, only future versions of its database software, and that HP and Intel had quietly planned to end production of Itanium chips. Either way, the fight has hurt HP's business pretty badly.


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Last week we have sent the alpha testing emails (request for address for headphones, and UDID request for iPhone so we can build the alpha for your iOS).
Around half have replied, we wait until Saturday 25th for the remaining emails. If no reply is received by then, we will ship the headphones to the address from payment details.
You can PM message me these details if you have not received the email.


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Young Spiff (Feat. Chingy. Luey V. & Ludy) - Arrogant
The Official Music Video of Young Spiffy's new record "Arrogant" featuring Chingy, Luey V. & Ludy
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Featuring C Murder Fiend Mr. Serv On Silkk]
Huh what!
These niggas have got me so and so.
Shit they can't get out of.
Man shit.
Picture I got my niggas Gambinos.
Serv On Fiend.
The whole No Limit niggas behind me.
This ain't about no rappin no more.
Fuck that.
Why yall wanna start with us?
Fuck a rap fuck a rhyme nigga fuck a dollar.
I gots to get a nigga now.
This ain't no motherfuckin threat.
This some real shit bitch.
I'm military minded, motherfuckin livin the life of a soldier
I gots to eat, now picture streets keep a nigga like me rollin
So yall done fuck with my dollars now I gotta take off my suit and my
Bitch every nigga that fuck with my click, automatically them niggas
Goin have to die
They done fuck with my dogs and I gotta break jaws like I break laws
Got them niggas all fucked up havin them have to sip through a straw
Walk up to his casket nigga laughing, put a slug up in his jacket
Tell him if I ever see him again even if it's hell, I think about it
Started blasting
Oh they don't know, but I bet they goin know now
When I get to bust niggas duck, ?????????
The rubbers still there, then they confined to a wheelchair
Is he asleep, wakin him up, remember me
I go to war
I make em bleed nigga
Nigga what nigga
Make em bleed nigga
Nigga what
Watch my enemies bleed nigga
Make em bleed nigga
Make my enemies bleed
Watch em bleed nigga
What nigga what
Make em bleed nigga
Hm, watch my enemies bleed nigga
Watch em bleed
??????, womp womp
Them bullets that ricochet have them niggas chomp chomp
And that goes for anybody that wanna do sumpn sumpn
Aint no almost dyin for nothing
No lying or bluffin boy, I'm high and I'm dumpin niggas
Soldiers prepare for war and rest in peace
??????, so run up the streets
Showin up for heat, makin it hot until it burns
Steady combat for sure it better to learn
Capital F-I E-N last letter D
Aint no nigga out here goin up and wetter me
Fiend, Silkk The Shocker, Gambinos and Mr. Serv
Smokin away our nerves, compressions and by the bird
You ain't heard, on the one seven them niggas do dirt
And I bet my serve occur yall felt my every word
When I observe love to see you coppers solve me
Remember I see murder before murder done saw me
[Mr. Serv-On]
Now motherfucker ask yourself, do you want your motherfuckin life to
Be fair
I didn't think so, when I close my eyes and crush my tank
You better pray to your favorite saint that I'm shooting blanks
Sorry for you, that ain't possible
Cause when Pheno get Gotti to go to war to be between us nigga, it
Aint droppable
If it's possible before the trip
Let me split your chest so I can feel the stress you feel when you
Look me eye to eye
Surprise, everybody around me tonight without a tank dies
Until you cowards realize my military intellect
Engraved to me like a dead nigga name on a bitch neck
Select one more three and you get a nigga like me
The S to the E to the are to the V
Believe in this war shit you better believe that bitch
Get against the war I'm do or die, battle ready
Always holding this motherfucking tank steady
Nigga I make em bleed nigga
Nigga nigga what
Make em bleed nigga
Huh, I make my enemies bleed nigga
Nigga make em bleed nigga
Make em bleed
Make em bleed
Deliver me father from this war all my enemies wicked devils with
Wanna destroy me over jealousy
Losing my faith, my every step I see a stumble
So much envy from niggas who hold they nuts wishing I crumble
When they start some hell
Try to escape the shadow of my death
Know that it's coming for me could be my last final breath
How long will it last
Till my fortyfive is empty
Got no mercy for niggas I'm innocent till proven guilty
Who the fuck niggas takin us for
Better be ready for war
Cause I'm clutching uzi machines to blow up your car
Let the tables turn nigga, deadly bullets burn
When will you bitch niggas learn you got to earn your stripes
Nigga my life aint right
It's quite bland living on the streets, I'm playin for keeps
I never let you bitch made niggas worry me
I got a team of young breeders catch us killing machines
Quick to run up your dreams
With fully automatic mini fourteens by any means
We bloodin up your scene, talkin bout beef
I take this war shit deep, ready to die
For what I believe is mine, see the money in my eye
Goin squeeze the four five and I'm blastin till my last day
Label me a thug breeder till my grave
I make em bleed nigga
What what what
Make em bleed nigga
Nigga what
I make my enemies bleed
Nigga what
Make em bleed nigga
My enemies goin bleed
I make em bleed nigga
Nigga what nigga what
Make em bleed nigga
Huh, watch em bleed
My enemies goin bleed


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Good morning and happy Tuesday, all! Is everyone enjoying the unseasonably warm weather? I so am NOT! It's December and I've got my A/C running here in Texas to counteract the 80 degree weather. I want my chilly air and snow flurries–wahh! Even though it's warm out, my mind is still on snowmen, snowflakes, coats and mittens! Since we might not get winter again this year, I want to scrap some older pictures from back when Texas was included in winter. This week I'm spotlighting a challenge with a freebie that will help me do just that: the mini kit challenge hosted by Kathy Winters! I absolutely adore Kathy's designs and this mini is no exception; take a look!
Cute, right?! I just love the doodly snowflake with the stitching! I've got to find a good photo to use this mini with for sure. With a freebie this cute, you know the layouts are already rolling in the forum. Here's some scrap inspiration…
By mom2triplets04
By Deanna
By True North Scraps
I love them all! You all captured the snowy fun of this mini and put it to great use. Now it's your turn to snag the freebie while it lasts and scrap us up something pretty! Pop it in the gallery for some love and post it in the challenge thread so everyone can ooh and ahh over your creation. 🙂
Of course, you'll also need to keep track of your completed challenges in the December Challenge Points Tracking thread if you want to snag a reward at the end of the month! Post your spot today and keep track all month long. 🙂
That's it for today; y'all have a wonderful week and I'll see you back next Tuesday! 🙂


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If Knesset elections were held today, the Likud-Beytenu list would receive 35 Knesset seats and the Jewish Home (HaBayit HaYehudi) party would receive 17.5 seats, making it the third largest party in the Knesset, right on the heals of the Labor party which would receive 18 seats, according to a poll commissioned by Israel's Reshet Bet.
Strength to Israel, the offshoot from the National Union following the latter's merger with the Jewish Home, would receive a 6 seats, a shocking result as other polls have shown that Strength to Israel would not even pass the threshold to enter the Knesset. Shas would drop to 8 seats, and UTJ would get 6.5 seats.
That would give the Israeli Right 73 seats in the next Knesset. Am Shalem, the party of ousted Shas MK Rabbi Haim Amsalem, would not enter the next Knesset.
While the poll shows a drop of seven seats for Likud-Beytenu, it shows the joint list may be nearing the end of its free fall from the 42 seats it currently maintains in the Knesset, as 72 percent of those who said they were voting in favor were sure about their vote, higher than any other party except United Torah Judaism and two Arab parties, Chadash and Ra'am Ta'al.
Fifty-nine percent of those who said they were voting for the Jewish Home were sure about their vote and only 33 percent were sure about their support of Strength to Israel, by far the lowest level of certainty among supporters of any other party.
On the Left, the Labor party would be Israel's second largest party with 18 seats, Tzipi Livni's the Movement would get 6 and Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid would get 5. Meretz would receive 7.
The three Arab lists Chadash, Balad and Ra'am Ta'al would receive 11 seats between them.
The poll also asked Israelis if they were "for or against the view that two states for two peoples was the desired solution for a peace agreement with the Palestinians."
A plurality, 45.4% said they were opposed, while only 40.6% said they were in favor. Fourteen percent did not answer or were unsure.
The poll of 500 potential voters was conducted by Geocartographia by telephone yesterday and had a 4.2 percent margin of error.
The previous poll by Geocartographia showed Labor receiving a low 14 seats an anomaly among almost all other polls. That last poll, conducted December 24th, 2012, also showed Shas receiving 12 seats, four more than the recent poll.
If the numbers shown by the most recent poll are accurate and hold until elections, that would ostensibly give the Right 73 seats and leave the Left 47.
Recent sparring between the Likud and Shas since the return of Aryeh Deri and Netanyahu's recent statement that he would want the Likud to retain the Ministry of Housing and Construction – currently held by Shas – however, leaves roomto doubt whether Shas will be included in a Netanyahu-led coalition.
The Strength to Israel party is also viciously anti-Netanyahu due to his Bar Ilan speech, the settlement freeze, and the destruction of several unauthorized outposts and the eviction of whole neighborhoods in Judea and Samaria where it was claimed that the property belonged to private Palestinians.
In addition, the UTJ has in the past sat in government on the Left and agrees with the Left on a variety of social and defense issues.
Nevertheless, no government has ever been formed with an Arab party. Practically, the Left's initial potential for a coalition is 35 seats. In addition Yair Lapid (5 seats) has indicated he would join a coalition with Netanyahu and Tzipi Livni (6 seats) has not ruled out that possibility.
For Labor to form a government, party chairwoman Shelly Yachimovitch would have to make the leap of including three Arab parties in its coalition and convince Shas and UTJ to sit in that government, all while keeping Livni and Lapid behind her. That unlikely scenario would only result in a weak coalition of 61.5 seats, according to the polls numbers.
That means that even with the Likud-Beytenu's drop in seats, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is on track to forming Israel's next government.
Meanwhile, Yisrael Beytenu Chairman MK Avigdor Liberman said he believes the case against him is weak, that he will be cleared of all charges and that he believes the joint Likud-Beytenu list will receive 40 seats in the Knesset.


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January: the peak of the wet season; it's the wettest month of the year.
Weather & climateWe're often asked "When is the best time to go to Zambia?", and the answer is often complex. It will depend on many things including your interests, exactly where you want to visit and why you're travelling. One person's best time can be another's worst!
However, often a concern about the weather underlies the question of 'the best time to go'.
So below is a broad guide to the climate of Zambia. Please remember that this comes from records and our experience, not from a crystal ball. Weather patterns across Africa are becoming increasingly unpredictable, probably due to global warming; we're seeing downpours in the middle of deserts and damaging droughts when rains should be falling.
The rains in Zambia come mostly in December, January, February and March though the further north you are, the earlier the rains arrive and the later they leave. Eastern areas and higher areas generally receive more rain than western and lowland areas. This is Zambia's 'Emerald Season' – when most camps close and many unsurfaced roads in Zambia become impassable.
By April and May most of the rain has faded away, leaving a landscape that's still green, but starting to dry out. Nighttime temperatures start to drop, especially in higher and more southerly locations.
In June, July and August the nights have become much cooler, but the days are clear and warm. Make sure you bring warm clothes to wrap up if you're out at night, as some nights get very cold! Most of Zambia's small 'walking bushcamps' open at the start of June, when the roads have dried out sufficiently to allow access. This is the start of the 'peak season' for these countries – with often cloudless days and continually increasing game sightings.
Into September and October the temperatures climb: the lower-lying rift valleys – Lower Zambezi, Mana Pools and Luangwa Valley – can get very hot in October. However, you'll see some superb game as the animals concentrate around the limited water sources.
November is variable; it can be hot and dry like October, or it can see the season's first downpours. Often it's a very interesting month as you can see both patterns on successive days.
Weather in other African countriesFor comparison, see similar climate charts and information for our other African destinations:
► Botswana climate – Very similar weather pattern to Zambia, but with a slightly shorter rainy season.
► Congo climate – Completely different weather pattern from Zambia.
► Kenya climate – Slightly different weather pattern from Zambia's, with more than one rainy season.
► Malawi climate – Almost identical weather pattern to Zambia.
► Mozambique climate – Very similar weather pattern to Zambia's.
► Namibia climate – Much drier than Zambia, but following a similar pattern.
► Rwanda climate – Completely different weather pattern from Zambia.
► Seychelles climate – Completely different weather pattern from Zambia.
► Cape of South Africa climate – Almost completely 'opposite' weather pattern to Zambia's.
► Tanzania climate – Slightly different weather pattern from Zambia.
► Zanzibar climate – Slightly different weather pattern from Zambia.
► Zimbabwe climate – Weather follows a similar pattern to Zambia, but perhaps with a slightly shorter rainy season.


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- Title: Bound to Be a Bride
- Author: Megan Mulry
- Genre(s): Historical
- Publisher: Sourcebooks, April 2013
- Source: NetGalley
- Length: 87 pages
- Trope(s): Runaway Bride, In Disguise, Kidnapped, Bondage, Mistorical, TSTL
- Quick blurb: Runaway bride kidnapped by fiancé she's never met.
- Quick review: Not painful, but more than a little ridiculous.
- Grade: D+
She had proved quite amenable, showing admirable equestrian and culinary skills and generally not making a nuisance of herself.
This story was all over the place, especially the wildly inconsistent, nearly-TSTL heroine and her education at the Convent of Handy Outdoor Survival Techniques.


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CHICAGO -- It looked for a while like rookie callup Hernan Perez would make the biggest impact during this big league stint with his glove. Then he hit an inside-the-park home run.
Well, technically it was a triple and an error. But Perez will take it. It would have been the young infielder's first home run, but instead he'll settle for his first triple.
"When I saw [third-base coach Tom Brookens] sending me home, I said, 'I have to get there however I can,'" Perez said.
During the sixth inning of Tuesday night's 6-2 victory, Perez laced a line drive into the left-center-field gap and White Sox left fielder Dayan Viciedo misplayed it badly, allowing Perez to come around to score. On a day in which he made some shining plays in the field, his race around the bases stood out.
"Usually when I'm pitching, I don't show much emotion, but I was pretty pumped for him," starting pitcher Rick Porcello said. "An inside-the-parker -- or a triple. That was awesome for him. I was happy to see it. He swung the bat well and played great defense. He had a heck of a game."
With Omar Infante on the disabled list, Perez has gotten the at-bats this week against Chicago's left-handed starters. He was batting .300 with 28 doubles, two triples, four home runs and 35 RBIs in 86 games with Double-A Erie this year.
"He's got great instincts," Porcello said. "He breaks to the ball real quick. A lot of those balls he was making plays on are base hits normally, and he just did a heck of a job. He's quick, he's got a great arm, which allows him to make some tough throws. He's been doing a great job while Omar's been out."


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Unranked Vanderbilt upsets No. 16 Georgia, causes coach to cry
- Vanderbilt finally has a Southeastern Conference victory this season
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. —Vanderbilt's first victory over a ranked team since 2008 drove third-year coach James Franklin to tears in his press conference.
It may have come at a cost.
The Commodores delivered under difficult circumstances, rallying from a 13-point fourth-quarter deficit without their starting quarterback to stun No. 15 Georgia 31-27 before a sellout crowd of 40,350 in Nashville on Saturday.
Vanderbilt (4-3, 1-3 SEC) not only snapped its winless start to conference play this season, but also ended a 15-game slide against ranked teams and a six-game skid against the Bulldogs (4-3, 3-2).
Franklin did not address Austyn Carta-Samuels' status after the game, but his comments made it sound as if the injury was serious. The senior left late in the second quarter when his left leg got twisted during a sack.
Redshirt freshman Patton Robinette, a former Maryville High standout, connected on 9 of 15 passes for 107 yards and ran for a touchdown in Carta-Samuels' absence.
"They just determined that I wasn't able to go today," said Carta-Samuels, who left McGugin Center on crutches about an hour after the game ended. "Don't know beyond that."
"I feel for that kid," Franklin said. "I feel for his family. But that's why you're at Vanderbilt, so when you do have an issue like this in terms of from a health perspective, that you're going to have a chance to go on and do great things for the rest of your life. … Austyn's going to go on and do great things."
Vanderbilt outgained Georgia 337-221 and limited Bulldogs quarterback Aaron Murray to 114 passing yards, the third-lowest total of his career and his lowest mark this season.
The Commodores outscored Georgia 17-0 over the final 10:38. The Bulldogs, who were without starting tailback Todd Gurley (ankle) for a third consecutive game, totaled just four yards of offense on 12 plays in the fourth quarter while producing one first down.
"(Defensive coordinator Bob) Shoop came in at halftime and wanted to adjust on different plays and different reads," Vanderbilt linebacker Darreon Herring said. "Our d-line was getting off the ball really good in this game. All the linebackers were stuffing the holes and playing great."
Georgia freshman running back Brendan Douglas fumbled and Vanderbilt's Andre Hal scooped it up with 1:59 remaining to essentially seal the outcome. That was the last in a string of Georgia miscues during its collapse.
"It's definitely one that's going to hit us deep," Georgia linebacker Jordan Jenkins said. "We thought we had it won. We should have won. Some unfortunate things happened today."
The Bulldogs led 27-14 when Vanderbilt caught a break. Damian Swann fumbled a fair catch on Colby Cooke's punt with 19 seconds to play in the third quarter. Torren McGaster recovered and Vanderbilt was in business.
Robinette cashed in the turnover on a 2-yard draw with 10:38 remaining in the game. Georgia's Ramik Wilson kept the drive alive when he was flagged for a personal foul against receiver Jonathan Krause on a fourth-down incompletion.
Wilson was initially ejected for targeting. The ejection was reversed, but the penalty stood. A targeting call was upheld against Georgia defensive end Ray Drew early in the game that led to his ejection.
The Bulldogs led 27-24 with three minutes to play when Georgia punter Collin Barber fumbled a high snap. Vanderbilt took over at the Georgia 13 and one play later running back Jerron Seymour ran around the left side for the go-ahead touchdown.
Georgia had one last shot after a Carey Spear missed field goal with 14 seconds to go, but Murray's pass on the final play was intercepted by Javon Marshall for the Bulldogs' third turnover.
A rollercoaster second quarter ended with Georgia leading 24-14.
Bulldogs cornerback Shaq Williams read a receiver screen pass and returned his interception of Carta-Samuels 39 yards for a touchdown and a 17-14 lead. After the Bulldogs knocked Carta-Samuels (12-of-20 passing, 111 yards) out of the game, Murray capped the half on a 2-yard bootleg run on fourth-and-goal.
Spear surprised Georgia early in the second quarter when he lined up for a 20-yard field but instead took a handoff from holder Taylor Hudson and ran 3 yards for a touchdown to put Vanderbilt up 10-7.
"I think the fake field goal was an important play in the game," Franklin said. "We're at a point in our program that we're building here where we have to take some calculated risks, some chances. We've been committed to doing that for three years."
Jordan Matthews and Jonathan Krause each had 89 receiving yards to pace the Commodores. Douglas tallied 84 rushing yards for Georgia.
Jeff Lockridge also writes for The (Nashville) Tennessean.


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JONESBORO, AR (News release) – The Arkansas State University Department of Athletics will hold a 2 p.m. press conference today announcing its new head football coach.
Director of Athletics Terry Mohajir tweeted this morning that the new coach is Blake Anderson from North Carolina.
This afternoon's news conference will be held on the Arkansas State University campus at the Convocation Center auditorium.
Watch it live here on the web or on the air at FOX 16.
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Anderson's bio from goheels.com:
In just one season as Carolina's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, Blake Anderson helped the Tar Heels re-write the school's offensive record book. Carolina established more than 35 school records in 2012 including most points, most points per game and total offense.
The Tar Heels finished eighth in the country in scoring, averaging 40.6 points per game and were 14th nationally with 485.6 yards per game. Carolina's passing attack was 26th nationally with 291.8 yards per contest, and the Tar Heels also rushed for 193.8 yards per game, their highest average since 1994.
Individuals excelled in Anderson's system at every position. Quarterback Bryn Renner set the single-season record for touchdown passes with 28, wide receiver Quinshad Davis established new freshman records at UNC with 61 catches and 776 receiving yards and tailback Giovani Bernard led the ACC in rushing and all-purpose yardage. Renner also set school records for total offense and 300-yard passing games in a season. Eric Ebron tripled his output from his previous season and set UNC marks for receptions and receiving yards by a tight end.
All three of Carolina's senior offensive linemen were selected in the 2013 NFL Draft, led by No. 7 overall pick Jonathan Cooper, who became the highest guard taken in the draft since 1985. Tackle Brennan Williams was a third-round pick and guard Travis Bond was taken in the seventh round. Bernard was picked in the second round by Cincinnati.
Anderson came to Chapel Hill after a record-setting run as USM's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. The Golden Eagles established school records for total offense in each of Anderson's last two years. He was part of a Southern Miss staff under head coach Larry Fedora that won a school-record 12 games in 2012, including the Conference USA championship over previously unbeaten Houston and the Hawaii Bowl over Nevada.
Anderson spent his first two seasons as USM's quarterbacks coach and run game coordinator and developed Austin Davis into one of the nation's top signal callers. Davis broke nearly every school record in an outstanding four-year career.
Under the eye of Anderson, the Golden Eagles were one of 14 teams in the country that averaged more than 200 yards per game in both rushing and passing in 2011. The Golden Eagles had nearly 6,500 yards of total offense and set a school record with 461.4 yards per game. In addition, USM was 15th nationally in scoring offense, 16th in total offense and 21st in rushing offense. Anderson's offense posted 30-or-more points in 10 of 14 games in 2011, including a season-high 63 in a win over Navy.
In 2010, Southern Miss was 18th in total offense, 20th in rushing offense and 35th in passing offense. The Golden Eagles also averaged 36.9 points per game to rank 15th in the nation. That season, Anderson's quarterbacks were among the most efficient in the nation with only eight interceptions thrown – including one by a wide receiver – to 24 touchdowns. Davis accounted for 10 of the team's 28 rushing touchdowns, more than any other back.
In his first year in Hattiesburg in 2008, Anderson mentored then redshirt freshman and first-year starter Davis, who responded by having the best season ever for a freshman QB at the school, while also putting together one of the better years that any signal caller has had at the university.
Davis, who was the first freshman to start in his opening game since 1991, notched 15 school records, including six season marks – passing yards (3,128), completions (261), attempts (454), total offense (3,636) and touchdowns responsible for (30).
Anderson came to Southern Miss after spending the 2007 campaign at Louisiana-Lafayette as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
The Ragin' Cajuns posted the No. 6-rated rushing offense nationally (251.6) in 2007 and became the Sun Belt's first ever 3,000-yard rushing team (3,019).
Anderson, who was in private business from 2004-2006, previously worked at Middle Tennessee, where he helped direct an offensive unit as co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach from 2002-04.
Anderson spent three seasons at New Mexico before landing at MTSU. He served as the wide receivers coach in 2001 and running backs coach from 1999-2000. The UNM rushing attack was responsible for a major share of the Lobo offense in 2000. The Lobos averaged 148 yards per game on the ground, which accounted for 56 percent of the team's total offense.
Anderson worked at Trinity Valley Community College (1995-98) before joining the Division I FCS ranks at New Mexico. In 1998, he was the offensive coordinator and the Cardinals went 7-3. He helped lead the Cardinals to the 1997 NJCAA National Championship.
Anderson began his coaching career at Eastern New Mexico in 1992 (graduate assistant) and 1993 (full-time) where he tutored the wide receivers. He then moved on to Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas, to coach wide receivers in 1994. HPU won the Texas IAA conference title.
A two-year letterwinner at wide receiver for Sam Houston State from 1989-91, Anderson was named Southland Conference All-Academic as a senior. He also played for two years as a quarterback and receiver at Baylor (1987-89) before transferring. A native of Hubbard, Texas, Anderson graduated with his bachelor's degree in kinesiology from Sam Houston State in 1992. He also attained his master's degree in sports administration from Eastern New Mexico in 1994.
Anderson and his wife Wendy have one daughter, Callie, and two sons, Coleton and Cason.


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Argus Leader Features Incoming Freshman Softball Student-Athlete
Shelby Thompson is now a senior in the final days of her high school experience - and the future looks bright. Thompson will try to blaze new trails at Augustana, just like she did coming up through the Sioux Falls school system.
Honorary Degree Recipient Dedicated Life to Serving Native Americans
Rev. Larry Peterson will receive the honorary degree Doctor of Humane Letters and address the graduating class at Augustana's 149th Commencement Service May 24 at the Sioux Falls Arena.
Sioux Center Junior Wins Library Associates Research Award
Amy Hulstein, a junior from Sioux Center, IA, is the recipient of the 2009 Augustana Library Associates Research Award. Her winning paper is entitled "In the Steps of a Soldier: Captured at the Bulge."
Nef Family Gift Creates Augustana's First Endowed Faculty Chair
Dr. Robert E. Wright, acclaimed writer and economic historian, has accepted the appointment as Nef Family Chair of Political Economy. Dr. Wright currently serves as Clinical Associate Professor of Economics at the Stern School of Business, New York University.
Student Research Presented at National Physics Meetings
On May 21, research work completed by current and former Augustana students will be delivered at an invited talk at the American Physical Society (APS) Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (DAMOP) meeting in Charlottesville, VA.
May 14 Proclaimed Augustana College and Community Band Day
Sioux Falls Mayor Dave Munson has proclaimed May 14, 2009, as Augustana College and Community Band Day. Twenty-five people attended the first rehearsal in the fall of 1989. Today, there are more than 100 members.
Mark Hecht Receives NIRSA Regional Award of Merit
Mark Hecht, Director of Recreational Services at Augustana College, received a Regional Award of Merit from the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) for outstanding contributions made on a regional and statewide basis.
Together in Ministry South Dakota Gathered on Campus
Twenty-seven pastors and other ministry professionals from across South Dakota met at Augustana for the first large group gathering of Together in Ministry South Dakota (TiM) last week.
Augustana Has Teamed Up With Club Colors
Augustana College announces a new partnership with Club Colors, Inc. to offer a wide selection of customized, high-quality, Augustana-branded products and apparel for alumni and discerning fans.
Sioux Falls Senior Wins Covenant Award for Excellence
Joe Coppock, a senior from Sioux Falls, is the recipient of the Augustana Covenant Award for Excellence. Coppock has pursued a double major—chemistry (ACS) and biology—and will graduate cum laude on May 24.


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A New York City taxi driver is accused of avoiding bridge tolls more than 3,000 times in two years by tailgating cars in front of him and slipping through the tollbooth before the barrier came down, prosecutors said Thursday.
The 69-year-old driver, Rodolfo Sanchez, is charged with third-degree larceny, theft of services and fifth-degree possession of stolen property, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said.
Authorities discovered him after noticing that an inactive E-ZPass tag was regularly crossing the RFK Bridge without paying. The bridge, formerly known as the Triborough Bridge, is actually made up of three bridges, a viaduct and 14 miles of approach roads that connect Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx.
Upon further investigation, surveillance video was matched to that E-ZPass, showing a yellow cab tailgating closely behind the car in front of it, crossing through the tollbooth before the barrier came down.
Additional examination of the E-ZPass tag showed it had crossed the bridge 3,017 times between 2012 and 2014 without paying tolls, allegedly costing the MTA more than $28,000 in lost revenue.
"This type of behavior is egregiously unfair to the millions of honest, motorists who pay tolls every day, and we will continue efforts to root out toll evaders and prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law," said MTA Bridges and Tunnels Chief of Security Donald Look.
Sanchez was released on his own recognizance. His attorney did not immediately respond to a call seeking comment.


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Delivery of the Holy Message to the Whole of Mankind
In conveying Allah's message, regard must be had to every fact that may influence the attitude of the person concerned. It should be remembered that the object is that he should appreciate and respond to the Divine call. This principle is well illustrated in the directions given to Moses and Aaron concerning the manner in which Pharaoh was to be approached and admonished.
41:34. And who is better in speech than he who invites men to Allah and does righteous deeds and says, `I am, surely, of those who submit?'
41:35. And good and evil are not alike. Repel evil with that which is best. And lo, he, between whom and thyself was enmity, will become as though he were a warm friend.
41:36. But none is granted it save those who are steadfast; and none is granted it save those who possess a large share of good.
16:126. Call unto the way of thy Lord with wisdom and goodly exhortation and argue with them in a way that is best. Surely, thy Lord knows best who has strayed from HIS way; and HE also knows those who are rightly guided.
16:127. And if you decide to punish the oppressors, then punish them to the extent to which you have been wronged; but if you show patience then, surely, that is best for those who are patient.
16:128. And, O Prophet, endure thou with patience; and verily thy patience is possible only with the help of ALLAH. And grieve not for them, nor feel distressed because of their evil designs.
16:129. Verily, ALLAH is with those who are righteous and those who do good.
9:6. And if anyone of the idolaters seeks protection of thee, grant him protection so that he may hear the Word of ALLAH; then convey him to his place of security. That is because they are a people who have no knowledge.
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- Filing your current period sales and use tax return
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Please Note: If your mailing address is outside the United States, you will not be able to use these services.
I want to file my return on-line. How do I do that?
You must first register by creating a new user account. You will be asked to provide some initial information such as your name, phone number, and e-mail address. A 10-digit phone number is required and must be entered without any characters (i.e. no dashes, spaces, periods, etc.). You will also create a User Name and Password. After doing so, you will then be able to log in. Logging in will permit you to file your current return.
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Choose a user name that is easy for you to remember and that is unique to you or your business. Don't make it so complicated that you will forget it. The User Name is case sensitive, so if you use capital letters when it is created, you will need to use capital letters every time you log in.
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Your Customer ID is the account number that appears on your City of Colorado Springs Sales Tax License. If you are currently receiving a sales tax return from our office, the Account Number is listed at the top of the form.
Why do you ask for a mailing zip code?
This helps to further authenticate your account and to prevent unauthorized users from accessing your information.
Can I have someone file and pay on my behalf?
Yes, if you have authorized that individual to do so. They will be required to register and provide the requested information above.
Why do I have to enter gross and net taxable sales?
Entering both ensures the information you have entered is mathematically correct. The data may also be used to gather certain statistical reporting information .
My tax due for the filing period is less than $1.00 and my payment was rejected when I submitted payment.
Currently, you must owe at least $1.00 in sales or use tax before your payment will be accepted. If the amount due is less than $1.00, you will have to file a paper return.
What happens if I make a mistake when I am entering my sales tax return numbers?
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I file returns for multiple different customers. Can I use the same user name and password for all accounts?
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I have more than one location in the City. Can I file my consolidated return online?
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That option is not currently available, but we hope to offer that in the future. If you need specific information about your account, please contact our office.
Does the City of Colorado Springs charge a convenience fee for filing online?
I just applied for a sales tax license online. When am I given my account number/Cust ID?
An account number is assigned once your application has been received in our system. The information you provided online will be reviewed by the sales tax office and when approved, your sales tax license will be sent to the mailing address provided on the application. Your account number is shown on the license. Please allow 2-3 weeks for approval and mailing.