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Psalm 143
...5 "I remember the days of old;
I meditate on all Your doings;
I muse on the work of Your hands.
6 I stretch out my hands to You;
My soul longs for You, as a parched land.
7 Answer me quickly, O LORD, my spirit fails;
Do not hide Your face from me,
Or I will become like those who go down to the pit.
8 Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning;
For I trust in You;
Teach me the way in which I should walk;
For to You I lift up my soul.
9 Deliver me, O LORD, from my enemies;
I take refuge in You.
10 Teach me to do Your will,
For You are my God;
Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
11 For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me.
In Your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.
12 And in Your lovingkindness, cut off my enemies
And destroy all those who afflict my soul,
For I am Your servant."
UPDATE - As you know, big things in my life have kept me away for a while and I am so very grateful to those of you who are so dear to follow the blog. So here are the highlights in one great big fat paragraph!
My oldest daughter's house was destroyed in the April tornadoes in Alabama. My best friend and father-in-law have been in hospice. My youngest daughter bought her first house 12 hrs. away. My oldest needed a break and took a week to go see her sister's new house and took me with. It seemed clear that my friend would not recognize me when I got home. After that very long drive, I lost my credit card. Praise God, within the hour it was recovered. My youngest had to work till 2pm each day and the plan was for her sister and I to work on the house (1908 and needs EVERYTHING) until she got off each day. The very first morning Grandpa dies...here. We had only a couple of hours there and then would have to come home. She showed us some of her community, took us to work to meet her co-workers and got friends together to meet us at dinner. Dinner was an unmitigated disaster and took 2 1/2 hrs. just to get seated and then everything else went wrong. She got special permission to show us the new church building, in the dead of night and a raging storm. I know that the "church" is the people, the boy of Christ and not the building, but oh, it was breathtaking and brought tears to my eyes for longing to go to the altar and pray. Prayer rose from my heart that He inhabit this place with His precious presence. Then at 5:30am we started back. We got back a bit after the wake started and then the funeral was the next day followed by my girls leaving before the sun again to drive back to West Virginia. They pulled in just in time to go to the church retreat they had planned to attend that night and then all day the next day. And just a bit ago my oldest arrived home again. She took the trip because she so needed to rest and recover from her loss and ended up making 4 - 12 hr. trips in six days and back to work at 5am tomorrow!
It was devastating to have to leave my baby girl without having gotten to help her at all with her major fixer-upper, and so sad I didn't get to worship with her. I have so looked forward to being there after her being part of that fellowship for a year and a half. I should have gotten two services and instead got none. But God knew all this ahead of time and since He allowed all this, it must be for the best. I am still so busy with working with the insurance for my daughter's house and being involved with the contractor too. Praise God, work began on the rebuilding while we were gone!!!
I have noticed an interesting reaction I am having from all the selvage work at the house, first moving all we could grab to the still standing garage, then spreading it all daily in the sun to try to dry (no power) and turning it all every little while trying to avoid mildew, the sorting, boxing and moving it to storage, the sorting through the storage for anything she could use in her empty apartment, the trying to pull pieces of furniture from the storage unit to send for refinishing, the trying to remember every item, list it, age it, put a price on it for the insurance, the negotiating every single item for permission to replace it and what would be allowed, shop to replace it, get my daughter's approval, return some, scan receipts and submit them to insurance, all the endless muck that is still messed up with them etc. BTW there are still expenses she had to pay from her own pocket the first couple of weeks, that the insurance TOLD her to pay to get into an apartment, that we still haven't been able to get her reimbursed for. It happened 4-27!
I found I was suddenly driven to reduce my own household. I spent quite a while before the ill fated trip going through my house top to bottom and giving away lots of things I simply wasn't using. Paring down. Down-sizing! It was a while before I made the connection with what was going through with my daughter and this need to reduce possessions. Interesting. I now remember the thought floating briefly through my mind as I was doing what had to be done for her the first two days and my body suffering so for it, thinking that I could never do this for my own house. LOL isn't it funny what we will do for others, but couldn't for ourselves? Overcoming physical barriers simply because your child needs help, no matter what it costs you? :) God knew what He was doing when He made mamas!
And I needed order. There has been such chaos since the disaster, chaos not only in our lives from the loss, but in our community at large and our state even larger. So, as I went through virtually everything I own, I returned it all to it's previously ordered existence that had fallen by the wayside as I became more and more busy these last years with the daily freebie blog, the teaching Bible class having to make everything I used, etc. So now my home is greatly de-cluttered and orderly, the way I always used to keep it. It is more "me" again. But I do find it interesting.
I found it excruciating to leave my youngest's house in such bad condition and not be able to help her. Parts remind me of the tornado destroyed house of her sister that I have worked so endlessly trying to help, but I cannot help my youngest. She has no money, no equipment, no experience in this to speak of. Being an apartment dweller she had no reason and frankly no interest in all of this. She bought the house because she couldn't afford the unheated basement she'd been living in the last year and a half. This house with utilities included still costs less than that basement. So it made sense. But oh she needs so much help, and I can't help her. It's hard. I knew it wasn't in great shape, but was not prepared for what I found actually being there. Both my girls, single young women, have houses in varying degrees of destruction, their first houses, one bought just a year ago, the other just 3 weeks ago. One has insurance and mom helping. The other has nothing.
I have had to "let go and let God", to borrow a phrase form Alanon. I'm resting in the fact that as I said before, God knew all this ahead of time. He's not shocked. He has a plan. I can't see it, but that doesn't mean it's not there. He loves them. They belong to Him. He has promised to take care of those who love Him and obey Him, and they do, so He will. Amen!
So, that's the update. The passage I shared above I really love from today's Bible reading. I hope it blessed you too. Is anyone still keeping up with their daily Bible reading? I'm still loving the chronological plan I'm following this year. I really want to encourage you, if you haven't started yet, there are plans on www.biblegateway.com that you can start on any day you choose! It's never too late! Who said we had to start at the first of the year? Did you start this year but have fallen behind? Don't be discouraged!! Nothing worth doing is easy! Just start from where you left off and get going again! Remember, there's someone very invested in your NOT doing this and he is filling your head with all manner of excuses and discouraging arguments. He's a liar! Don't listen to him!!!! Listen to your Father who loves you and tells you to meditate on His Word daily so that it can live in you and direct your steps toward heaven and not let you wander to hell! This is worth doing and I'm right here with you encouraging you to keep fighting the good fight of faith! Keep walking that straight and narrow path. There's one less day now to deepen our relationship with the Almighty. We had time for a lot of less important things today. Truth be told, we had time for a short Bible reading too. We always find time for what's important to us. Tell satan to shut up and invest a few minutes in your eternity.
I want to give you something as it's been a while, and these are such gorgeous kits, so here's the freebie that I give away with this kit. Hope you enjoy it! I'll be back asap. Please keep us in your prayers and thank you so much for your support! Hugs!
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Japanese pop pineapple recovers from Swede mashing
Full of beans, music vid shows
We're delighted to report that Japanese pop pineapple Hideki Kaji evidently recovered from the mashing he received at the hands of thieves in April, and was able to complete the video for his musical meisterwork Passion Fruits.
To recap, Kaji was shooting in Malmö, and "when the film team took a break and the cameramen left the site to photograph their children who had also accompanied the team [Kaji] was left to guard the equipment, dressed as a pineapple".
Mattias Attin of Malmö police reported: "Three men then walked towards him, beat him up and robbed him. He was hit so hard that he lost a filling. He then passed out."
Naturally, you're all wondering just what a Japanese pop pineapple looks like, so here you have it:
What a trouper. Despite being reduced to human piña colada, Kaji was able to battle on and deliver a little bit of pineapple-based delight to kiddies everywhere. Good show. ®
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RV Warranty Forever (NWAN Inc.) announced Camper Clinic RV Super Center as its first dealer in Texas. According to a press release, Camper Clinic operates stores in Rockport, Buda and Corpus Christi.
"We wanted a strong presence in Texas," said Kelly Price, president of NWAN. "The Camper Clinic team is top notch and all their stores strategically located within an easy drive of the largest metro areas in the state."
Price noted that the Camper Clinic II in Buda is the largest Airstream dealer in the state. "The three stores offer a huge inventory of RVs that are now protected by a lifetime warranty, including those ever-popular Airstream trailers."
Les Dodgen, Camper Clinic II's service director, added, "When something goes wrong with your RV refrigerator, or the A/C, you can't just run down to the big box store for a replacement. RV Warranty Forever helps protect your investment and gives you real peace of mind out there on the road."
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A month ago, I followed the coverage of the 70th anniversary of D-Day with great interest, particularly a special section in the New York Daily News featuring the few surviving veterans of the Normandy invasion of June 6, 1944.
Those still around are in their late 80s and 90s. Some can no longer recall the details of that extraordinary day. Others speak with the humility and reticence typical of men of their time.
Some 73,000 Americans stormed the beaches and fields of Normandy along with 83,000 Brits and Canadians. A total of 4,400 Allied troops lost their lives on what became known as the Longest Day. But their efforts helped break Nazi Germany's stranglehold on Europe and led to the defeat of Adolf Hitler's monstrous regime within a year.
Gen. George C. Marshall told Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower, who led the invasion, that it was "the greatest victory in the history of warfare."
It was much more. World War II and its aftermath — the occupation of Germany and Japan, which transformed the Axis powers into prosperous democracies; the Marshall Plan; the Cold War and the protection of freedom in Europe and elsewhere — were in my opinion the single greatest achievement in American history since the nation's founding.
Yes, there were many problems (which I'll discuss later). But an emerging superpower used its economic might and "can-do" spirit to further the ideals of democracy and freedom on which this country was founded. Everything since — except maybe the civil rights bill of 1964, the moon landing of 1969 and the final victory over Communism in the Cold War — pales in comparison.
And that's our problem. The malaise Americans express so often now reflects a sense we've seen our better days, that future generations will not enjoy the freedom and prosperity we had. If you polled Americans, I believe most would say we're not the country we were.
And we're not, not because the Greatest Generation were superior people, but because their life experiences were dramatically different.
The vast majority of the 12 million Americans who served in World War II lived through the poverty and desperation of the Great Depression.
They were literally lean and hungry. The average World War II soldier was five-foot, eight inches tall and weighed 144 pounds. (In 2008, nearly 39% of Americans from 18 to 24 were overweight or obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control.)
A mere one in 10 had attended college. One in three had only a grade-school education. But even America's most favored sons thrust themselves into the heat of battle. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. and Theodore Roosevelt Jr. gave their lives. John F. Kennedy and George H.W. Bush were war heroes.
On the home front, five million American women entered the labor force and, alongside the men, in America's factories built the Arsenal of Democracy. They produced 80,000 landing craft, 100,000 tanks and armored cars, 300,000 airplanes, 15 million guns and 41 billion rounds of ammunition.
Americans pulled together in ways that would be unthinkable today. They saved bacon fat, planted "victory gardens" and lived with rationing of meat, sugar and gasoline.
Still, reported historian Allan M. Winkler, "seven out of 10 Americans said they had not had to make any 'real sacrifices' as a result of the war."


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Buckner Elementary teacher Cheri Graf said her wish for her kindergarten and first-grade students is that they'll all stay healthy!
Graf said her favorite holiday tradition is watching silly Christmas
movies while decorating the Christmas tree with her family.
She thinks her students are probably included on Santa's nice list this year.
"My students have been extra nice this year! They are such a compassionate, sweet group of kids," she said.
Dear Santa Claus,
How are your deer doing? I hope they are not sick because we will not get
prasins and that will be bad. We wish you a Merry Chrismas and a happy new
year. You're the beste prson ever. I would like a feather for my hear
because it will make my hear colorful. It is a feather that is a colorful
feather that you put in your hear. You have to clip it on in to your hear.
Frst you just put it in your hear then clip it. But one thang I forgot to
put up there is it is real and that I want it to be Chrismas colors. It is
good to make my hear blond and Chrismasy colors. I want it because I done my
jobs at home and I done my moms too. I dusrvue it because I've been good.
I dursrvue it because I done the longry too. I duzrve it because I clend my
room. I clend my playroom. I clend my dining room. I clend the dishis. I
clend the cloths. I promis I will catch up with it. I clend my brothrs
trash can. I clend my moms trash can. I did the bathroom trash cans. I
hope you have a fun trip putting the prasins under the tree. I love you
Santa Claus.
Alana Potts
Dear Santa Claus,
How ws yur day? I had a good day. Is the deer good? I love you Santa
I love Krismis. I wod like a orbs jolre makrr (Orbie's jewelry maker). It
maks jolre. My mom an I can mak jolre. I love jolre. I love jos (jewels)
so dos my mom. Jos are so buotfol. Jolre are so so buotfol. I love jolrey.
Jos are so so so grojis (georgous). Me and my mom like to wer jolre. You
do not ned to rap it. Just put a bow on it. Hape noo yir Santa Claus. I am
gunna mak los of jorey. I thek jolre are so prite. I have bin wrk very hrd.
Dear Santa,
Is it cold up there? I would think it's freezing up there. Do you have
your list going good? I hope you do. Are your reindeer getting ready for
the big long slay ride? If I was you I would be getting them ready and
choosing the teem that you want this year. Normally it is warm down here and
I was going to ask if you could get me penbo and friends because when it is
time to go to bed I will be able to sleep and cuddle up with it. When I
cuddle up with it I can open the middle of his belly and there is a chick
inside of it's belly. I will be able to cuddle up with it because it is
fuzzy and fluffy. I want it because my sister has more noisy alive stuffed
animals then me. I only have about 1 of them and my sister has about 6 of
them. I also want it because it is a good friend to everybody. I should get
it because I have been working hard at school and doing my jobs at school.
If you give me penbo and friends I will share it with my sister for a week.
I hope you have a safe slay ride home. Merry Christmas.
Dear Santa,
I wish I could be in the north pole with you. How was your thanksgiving
feast? I had a graet one. I hope you have a graet Christmise. I want a dog
for Christmise. A real dog. I want it because I want to tran it. And I
will share it. Win its trand I will want to play with the dog. I want it
because it can be my best friend. I want it to be a boy dog because I'v
allrdy had a girl dog. You don't have to rapp it. A bows just fine. We
can by a tennis ball and I could play with it. Next year I'll be beter
then thes year.
Chase Brednich
Dear Santa,
I wode like to lerne more about the Noth Pole. I am reley inrstide in it.
I wode asow like to lerne more about you. How was your thasgiving? Mine was
grate! I wode like a Bleserd Maker for Crismis. My mom and Dad wode like
it. Me and my bruther wode make the bliserd. I wode giv my mom and dad
desert. I wode give you a bleserd with cookies nexst Crismis. I have bene
good this yere. I got all EPs on the last report card at school. If you giv
me this Blezerd Maker I will be beder nexst yere thin I was this yere. By
clening out the dish wosher at home. I deseve it because I have bene good at
school. I have got lots of marbls at home. I like school a lot. My favrit
sugekte is math. Plese add a Bliserd Maker to Tucker Payne's list.
Dear Santa Claus,
How was your thanksgiving? At my thanksgiving I ate a lot of turkey. I
hope your thanksgiving was realy great. How was your Christmas? Last year
my Christmas was awesome. I want a 3DS because Iv never got to see 3D
before. It doesn't cost a lot of money. I wont bug mom a lot or dad I
promise. If you get me this 3DS I will clean my bedroom every Saterday. I
hope you have a good Christmas.
Aaron Leite
Dear Santa Claus,
How are you in the Nof Pol? I am grat down here. I am have lots of fun
with my friends. How are your friends? I bet they are the raders. For
Casmes I wod like Kit the marokin girl dall. You probe wor wondereg why I
wot it. Because my markn girl dalls needs a friend and I need a new friend.
I will shar her with my friends. I will play with her karfol because she is
a lot of mone. It woud be bater if you wod brig it to me because it wod be a
lot of mone if my mom and dad bot it. Odeyos.
Dear Santa Claus,
Did you have a great feest? I did because my friends comd over, my gyperis
(grandparents) and my cusis comd over. Last yeyr did you have a gret
Christmas? I have bin haveg fun. I all so bin playeg with my bruthr. We
bin playeg a lot together. We bin playeg bascitball and paseg together. I
have bin miseg you. I mis you a lot like 100 prsit. Your like my gredpo.
You are rle nis.
I wud like a now wii geme. A now wii supos (sports). I wud like it because
it's cool. It has baseball and I need to puredis (practice) on baseball
and tinis. I need to puredis on that too. I also need a now moreo cort
geme. Moreo cort is cool to. Coconut mall is rle cool. Where do you git
all thos puresis? And how do you fid are howsis? I will play with my
buruthr. The wii geme is my buruthrs. It wud have now gemes and I like now
gemes. If we git a now geme it wud make my buruthr hepe. I dezrv it because
I'm beg good. I all so bin playeg with my sistr. I wud like a now DSi
like my buruthers Dsi. I wut it because it's cool. It has a moreo geme
that is cool and it has rle cool thegs in the geme. You need a lot of cowns
white and yellow cowns
I wud like a now football for Christmas thats all cids of culrs like red
blue gray green orange white brown black and yellow all thows culrs. If you
gev me that all shair it with my bruthr and all play with it a lot all so. I
wod have to play with thows not very shine futballs like black and gray
futballs. I wud allso like a now tinis reckit that is blue and red and green
and brown. If you give thows thegs all be good for the rest of the muth. If
I got that I woud love it. I wud play with it all the time. I wud also like
a now futball geme. I play with my futball geme all the time. I allwes bet
the uthr teme. Ones I bet thim and the scor was 95 to 33. I wun by 129 pos
and ones on the wii I play pol vot (pole vault). I wun frst ples. If I git
thows stuuf all clen all my bruthrs and sistrs rooms.
Christian Veirs
Dear Santa,
How was your Crismise last yer? I likte mine. My Crismis was grat because
I got a lot of prass. I wate a aigry birds pillow. It is a fun pillow. It
is a rilly fun pillow. I can lay on my aigry birds pillow. I will swep for
a week. I hop yar ride is safe. I will clen my room for a moth. Good Biy.
Dear Santa,
How ar the redr? We tuk or pisr wf cape (Captain) las nit and we hav a
cape rdmt (ornament). I wat a mec r on bac pac (make your own backpack).
Bcs I wl clr (color) it. And I wl ben it to sol (bring it to school). My
stf wil go in fastr. My mom can kirer (carry) it eiser. Hav a gud now yew.
Dear Santa,
Hao was you Kres? Mn ws kt. I wt a moticiko. I wil rit it at hom. (How
was your Christmas? Mine was good. I want a motorcycle. I will ride it at
Dear Santa Claus,
How was your thanksgiving fest? I had a good thansgiveing because I ate
trky. Did you eat trky? How was your Crismis last yer? My last yer Crismis
was asome. I wode like a barbe dole haus pless because I ust to play with
them win I was a littol kid at KK's hows. It will make me get dstid
(distracted) from Nates ball gams. It will not make me git mad at Nate
because I will play with my stuff. Pleeess. I mopt the flor. I clend my
room. I help my mom put up the Crismas dakrashins pleess. You can put a bow
on top of the boks. I hope you have a safe trip on your slay putting the
prasins undr the tree. I love you Santa Claus.
Maria Noel McClellan
Dear Santa,
How do you get to the North Pole? Do you just folo the north star? Im sher
youll come to my hows ferst because I'll buy you 100 coocees for Chrismis.
I want a 3DS because it has super Mario 3D land and you poot hed fons in it.
It makes stuff in 3D. I lost my charger for my DS. I wont it because I lost
my DSi yesterday and I cant sleep without its soft myoosic. If you bring it
I will cleen my sisters room and mine. I hope you injoy my cookys.
Aaron H
Dear Santa Claus,
How was your thacing? (Thanksgiving) My thacsing was asom. Or do you have
one? I did. Last yeer my Crisms was grat. I hope it is this yeer. I have
my Crims tree up arte. Do you have a Crisms tree? For Crisms will you git
me a playmobell mancin? It will mac me not bord. It will not destrb my mom.
I aswo love dolls. My mom can play with me to. Last yeer my prcits war
grat. I love Crisms. Do you? I have ben wocing very hard at scool and
balle. I hope you have a safe reyd. If you give me the playmobell manchn I
will clen my room two tims. I will help my mom do chors to. I wndr win it
will snow. Do you?
Dear Santa,
My Chrismiss was grat last year. How was yoers? I want a password jornol.
Why because nobody can get in it. I can right in it. I can use it all the
time. All be so good all help my mom all year and my dad too. Santa can you
find the perazint for you?
Good bye Santa Claus
Dear Santa,
I oredy have presents under my tree! I like school very much. I like
December because it snows!!! Your cool Santa because you hand out presins.
I was thiking about a pet bird. You can pick the bird!
I want a bird because me and mom will not be sick. I'm not elergik to
birds. There not so messy as a dog. Santa you wont need to rap it. Just
put a bow on and put it in the sled then go. I deserve it because I go to
school wen I don't want to go.
Flese Noveedo
Dear Santa,
I had a good Cismis lat yar. Did you have wun to? I wut to opin my as
(aunt's) pas. I wot some litl pet shop. I hop I git som because my friend
has sum. And thr sprle (sparkly). It can go in sand because it do not have
magits (magnets). I wud be happy if you got me pasis. I hop you have a good
day. I will be a good grl.
Dear Santa,
Haw wos yr Crismis? My Crismis wos grat becos I got prasis. Last yers
prasis wr grat. The prasis that I got wr osom. If you breg me a fak
cinpyodr (fake computer) I will clen my room. I will be nis and drol nis
Dear Santa Claus,
How was your tasgnfen? Do you have tasgnfen? Min wos grat. I am wrge very
hart at scol. Tac you for ol of my towes las yeyr. Me and Emma love all of
are towes las yeyr. Im sow (sure) we will love all of are towes this yeyr.
If you gif me the traplen (trampoline) I will mac you a Chrismis prast for
Dear Santa,
How was your taksgive? Why do you have to war that sote (suit) all the
time? How do your ranedeer fly in the air? How do you delevre all those
pszst in one nite? The pszsts from last yer was very grat! Taks for the
I wate Sonke genershens. You get chast by a truk. Sonke runs very fast and
thares two Sonkes. I want it because I do't have a lot of Wii games. I
do't have it. It's coole to. If you give me the game I will be good.
Christian D.
Dear Santa,
Do you have Thaxgiven? I had a wundrfll Thaxgiven because we got to go to
the form and my ayts (aunt's) haos. Do you know why I had to go to my ayts
haos frst? Because that's how we sellbrat Thaxgiven. I wat a Ituch. If
you giv me a Ituch I will sher my Ituch with my sistr. It wot bother my mom
and I will sher it with my friend. I love cleeneen my room. You dot hav to
rap it. A bo wud be jest fine. Oso rapen papr wud be fine but a bo wud be
finner. If you giv it to me that wud be wudrfll. It wud be fun. I will
sher it with my sistr. It wood be grat. I love myoosik. I do a lot of jobs
and I do my jobs and I wrc rillee hard at school.
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UDOO QUAD and UDOO DUAL help you move your first step in the world of makers with the reliability of a powerful open source, open hardware Arduino-powered Android / Linux Mini PC.
Launched and funded in 2013 on Kickstarter with the name of UDOO, UDOO DUAL and UDOO QUAD are the first single board computers of the UDOO family. Both the boards follow the same concept of an agile yet powerful next-generation computer, equipped with Linux or Android OS and enhanced by the simplicity of Arduino.
Born for educational applications, the project has sparked many interest in the world of makers and inventors, that have used the platform for the widest range of scopes, including Lunar Rovers, self-driving rovers, 3D printers and Electronic Control Units for cars. Although it is now a 3 years old baby, UDOO QUAD stays indeed among the most powerful maker boards in the market, ensuring a smooth user experience thanks to an i.MX6 processor by NXP (Quad Core for UDOO QUAD, Dual Core for UDOO DUAL), combining together an Arduino DUE-compatible platform based on a SAM3X8E and a Linux / Android computer based on a Cortex-A9.
The board can also be used as a computer for everyday use, but you'll take the most out of it if you exploit it as an ARM dev board and/or as an Arduino-compatible board. UDOO QUAD finally is designed to be the cornerstone of an embedded Linux development kit, counting on a useful SATA port to attach an external hard disk, as well as Wi-Fi to be ready for the IoT environment.
Warning: UDOO QUAD and UDOO DUAL I/O pins are 3.3V only compliant. Providing shields with higher voltage, like 5V, could damage the board. Use only shields Arduino DUE-compatible (3.3V).
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A woman who attended one of my cooking classes recently emailed an excellent question: her daughter kept kosher, and she wondered whether any Chinese pantry staples can be purchased kosher.
I was curious about this myself. So to start, I went through my own pantry for the OK and OU symbols. Then I dug a little deeper online. Not surprisingly, Soy Vay was one of the top brands that surfaced on Google (During my undergrad days at Brandeis, I cooked with their Veri Veri Teriyaki sauce religiously....pun completely accidental.)
Here's a list of pantry ingredients I commonly use for Chinese cooking and where to find them kosher.
Soy sauce - My big bottle of Kikkoman soy sauce carries the kosher parve symbol. And Kikkoman is pretty much available everywhere, in many different bottle sizes. They also have kosher low-sodium and gluten-free versions. Lee Kum Lee, a brand found in every Chinese market, also fits the bill.
Hoisin sauce - Lee Kum Kee and Soy Vay produce kosher hoisin sauces. Soy Vey products can be found at Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, and other supermarkets.
Sesame oil - Eden Organic makes a kosher sesame oil.
Chili sauce - Lee Kum Kee makes kosher chili sauces and chili garlic sauces.
Rice vinegar - Marukan rice vinegar, according to my bottle, is certified kosher.
Chinese black vinegar / Balsamic vinegar - Whenever I list Chinese black vinegar as an ingredient in a recipe, I also mention balsamic vinegar as an alternate ingredient. That's because a good balsamic vinegar makes an excellent substitute, since both are aged, slightly smoky, and slightly sweet. While Chinese black vinegars aren't kosher, you can definitely substitute your favorite kosher balsamic vinegar.
Chinese rice wine / Dry sherry - Same situation as above. Dry sherry is a great substitute for Chinese rice wine, and while Chinese rice wines don't come kosher, sherry does, though I've heard it can be hard to find.
As for books on kosher Chinese cooking, check out these titles:
- Chinese Kosher Cooking by Betty Goldberg
- The Complete Asian Kosher Cookbook [Hardcover] by Shifrah Devorah Witt and Zipporah Malka Heller
- Millie Chan's Kosher Chinese Cookbook
Or The Kosher Cookbook Trilogy. I picked up this particular copy below two years ago at Housing Works. The Chinese portion includes gems like Matzoh Brei Foo Yong, "Shrimp Puffs" that use gefilte fish, and Fortune Strudel. I haven't tried cooking from the book yet so I can't vouch for how the recipes turn out, but at least the titles and headnotes make for interesting reading.


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The Republic of Nauru is one island in the Pacific that has been actively fighting to regain their island biodiversity following a decade of mining.
The scenario is devastating, after years of unsustainable phosphate mining on almost 80% of the land area on the small rock island of Nauru. The impacts are tremendous – affecting all ecosystems, wreaking havoc on terrestrial resources, and impacting upon people's health and livelihoods. For an island where the main source of revenue is mining, the issue of the environment and biodiversity is yet to receive the attention it deserves. But despite the condition of the island's environment, it is encouraging to see the fighting spirit of the Nauruans as they toil one step at a time towards a better environment for their future generations.
As a party to the Convention on Biological Diversity the government of Nauru will soon produce its first National Biodiversity Strategy Action Plan (NBSAP) after nearly four years of being in the pipeline. Titled 'Rehabilitate and Conserve' the first draft of the action plan is now under review and is expected to be finalized in June this year. The NBSAP promises to provide a foundation for future rehabilitation and conservation work for Nauru and will seek to coordinate various efforts by government, non-government organizations and other stakeholders.
The Nauru Rehabilitation Corporation is one of the organizations on the steering committee of the NBSAP and very actively involved in the rehabilitation of the island. With a five year plan in place, work has been on-going to rehabilitate mined land areas with indigenous plant species. Nurseries have been set up specifically for this purpose with about 1000 seedlings grown. Replanting of these indigenous plant species is envisaged for 2013 once secondary mining has been completed and land areas leveled and filled with soil. Other activities for the corporation include the setting up of a waste management site which is already active and aims to gather organic material for the rehabilitation project. Work is progressing slowly but surely. The formal adoption of the NBSAP will ensure the alignment of the activities with national targets and create opportunities for future partnerships.
Nauru is one of the newest members of IUCN, having joined in November 2009. IUCN welcomes the opportunity to work with the Government of Nauru to assist in the process of ecosystem rehabilitation. The picture is clear, nature is inextricably linked to people's future and livelihoods, and IUCN will continue to push this agenda and work with its members and regional partners to ensure the environment supports sustainable futures for our Pacific people.


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The full form of IFSC code is Indian Financial System Code.NA IFSC code has 11 digits and it is a collection of number and letters.Ordinarily, The code can be found on the registration given by the NA . we find IFSC code on the first page of our NA passbook and also our bank cheque.IFSC code of bank also finds on RBI website.IFSC code is also found on the NA website and you can also find IFSC code on ifsccodeofbank.in by a simply select NA bank, state, city, and branch
we use IFSC code for transfer money online it means wire transfer like NEFT, IMPS, or RTGS etc.ex. if you want to give money to your friend without going to a bank you can transfer it by using IFSC code of your friend bank account. every bank's branches have there owned IFSC code and its give by RBI(Reserve Bank of India).every bank's branches have there owned IFSC code and its give by RBI(Reserve Bank of India).
NA IFSC Code comprises of 11 Characters: (ex. AAAA0010576).
MICR code means Magnetic Ink Character Recognition.MICR code use for bank cheques clearance.it uses to verify cheques for clearance in a secure and faster way. MICR code works like a barcode but it is better than bar code because it can be read by humans.
NA MICR code have night digit code : (ex. 600211005).
MICR code is a result of very propelled Character Recognition Technology (CRT) utilized by banks to confirm checks for free. MICR innovation is utilized for other bank archives too. A MICR code is set at the base of a check. It incorporates subtle elements such as the bank code, account points of interest, sum, and check number, nearby a control pointer. The greatest preferred standpoint of MICR innovation is that it emerges among comparative ideas, for example, scanner tags, as MICR can be perused and recognized by people effectively.
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|It is utilized to encourage electronic cash exchange between the banks in India.
|It is utilized to encourage electronic cash exchange between the banks in India.
|It is a 11-digit alpha-numeric code.
|MICR is a 9-digit code.
|The initial four characters show the name of the bank.
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|Last 6 digits speak to the bank area
|Last three digits demonstrate the bank office code.
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The Federal Trade Commission is looking into just how BFF Cupertino-based Apple and Mountain View-based Google really are, according to reports.
The two companies nominally compete in the mobile phone business and in online services like photo sharing.
They also share two board members. Google CEO Eric Schmidt and former Genentech CEO Arthur Levinson sit on the boards of both Apple and Google.
The nature of the mobile phone business and online services business is only getting more closely tied -- a user of the T-Mobile G1, a phone which runs an operating system developed by Google, could conceivably post pictures to an Apple MobileMe account, or an iPhone user post pictures on Google-owned Picasa.
In other words, as mobile and Web services become more related and interoperable, there is possibility for collusion. Apple and Google could combine to set standards which competitors would have to follow, for instance.
The overlapping boards also serve as a sign of just how small and clubby the power brokers in Silicon Valley really are.
Photo by Karl Baron.
Jackson West is running Gmail on his MacBook right now.


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LOS ANGELES (AP) Madison Bumgarner pitched two-hit ball over eight innings, giving the San Francisco Giants a 3-0 win against the Dodgers while overshadowing the major league debut of high-priced Los Angeles pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu on Tuesday night.
Bumgarner (1-0) struck out six and walked none in the second straight gem at Dodger Stadium. The only hits were a pair of doubles by Andre Ethier and A.J. Ellis. Left-hander Clayton Kershaw homered and pitched a four-hit shutout in the Dodgers' 4-0 victory on opening day Monday.
Sergio Romo worked a perfect ninth to earn his first save of the season.
Ryu's debut helped draw 45,431 fans to see the left-hander who signed a $36 million, six-year deal with the team in December, making him the first player to go directly from the Korea Baseball Organization to the U.S. major leagues.
Ryu (0-1) gave up three runs one earned and 10 hits in 6 1-3 innings. He struck out five, walked none and threw 80 pitches against the defending World Series champions.
CARDINALS 6, DIAMONDBACKS 1 PHOENIX (AP) Matt Holliday, Pete Kozma and Jon Jay homered as St. Louis beat Arizona to even their season-opening series at a game apiece.
Jaime Garcia (1-0) gave up two hits, one of them a homer by Miguel Montero, in 5 2-3 innings for the Cardinals. Holliday's two-run shot off Trevor Cahill broke a 1-all tie in the sixth.
Kozma added a leadoff homer and Jay a two-run drive off the right-field foul pole, both off reliever Heath Bell in the seventh.
Kozma's homer came on Bell's first pitch with the Diamondbacks. Matt Carpenter doubled twice for St. Louis.
Cahill (0-1) allowed three runs and five hits in 5 2-3 innings. He struck out seven.
ROCKIES 8, BREWERS 4 MILWAUKEE (AP) Troy Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez each homered for the second straight game, leading Colorado over Milwaukee and giving Walt Weiss his first win as a major league manager.
Tulowitzki is off to quick start after missing the last four months of the 2012 season with an injured left groin that required surgery. The All-Star shortstop went 2 for 5 with a homer and two RBIs in Monday's opening day loss.
Ryan Braun hit his first homer of the season for Milwaukee, a two-run shot.
Edgmer Escalona (1-0) pitched 1 2-3 innings of scoreless relief for the win. Rafael Betancourt got one out for his first save.
The Rockies broke it open in the seventh by scoring three runs off relievers Michael Gonzalez (0-1) and Burke Badenhop.


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Google's April surprise for state / Big chunk of record tax receipts from insiders' stock sales
Internet giant Google's stock has soared since it went public almost two years ago -- and that has created a windfall for state government coffers.
California took in a record $11.3 billion in personal income tax receipts in April, $4.3 billion more than it collected last April. It's almost certain that a significant chunk of April's haul came from Google employees -- perhaps one-eighth or more of the tax receipt gain.
The fact that a single high-flying Silicon Valley company is giving such a big boost to the state treasury can be determined by examining insider stock trading information filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Fourteen of Google's top executives and directors sold $4.4 billion worth of stock last year, according to Thomson Financial. That includes founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, each of whom sold about $1.3 billion worth of stock.
Assuming the 14 insiders had acquired the shares at very low cost and that all were in the top 10.3 percent state-tax bracket, they could have owed the state close to $450 million in capital gains tax on their stock sales.
And it wasn't only the top executives. Many lower-level Google employees also sold stock in their company last year. They don't have to publicly disclose their sales. We don't know how much tax this group paid, but it clearly lifted the state's total take from Google well above the $450 million figure.
It's not clear exactly when the Google insiders paid their tax bills. It's possible they made estimated state-tax payments last year when they sold the stock. In that case, their tax payments would not be included in April's state-tax haul.
But it's much more likely that they paid all or some of their capital gains tax in April when they filed their 2005 tax returns or requested an extension.
What we do know is that the Franchise Tax Board received a lot of very large checks with extension requests last month, says Brad Williams, director of fiscal forecasting with the state legislative analyst's office.
"We did get a little information from the Franchise Tax Board about where the biggest payments were coming from, and a lot were coming from Silicon Valley, the San Francisco area. That tends to suggest it is sales of stock, maybe by founders of companies, people with large numbers of shares," Williams says.
Tech stocks had a good year in 2005, and insiders at lots of companies cashed in options and sold shares. But their gains were dwarfed by the fortunes made by Google insiders.
In 2005, officers, directors and other insiders at the largest 200 publicly held companies in the Bay Area sold a total of $9.6 billion in stock, up from $7 billion in 2004, according to Thomson Financial. Google alone accounted for almost half of the 2005 total.
The Google founders still own the vast majority of their shares, which means they could make more contributions to the tax kitty if they decide to diversify their holdings and the company's stock price holds up.
So far this year, a dozen Google insiders have sold $1.9 billion worth of stock, according to Thomson.
But it is risky for a state to rely on capital gains taxes, and April's big payoff doesn't mean that the state can count on Google bolstering the budget indefinitely.
In the late 1990s, taxes on capital gains and stock options started flooding into the state treasury. In fiscal 2000-01, they reached $17.5 billion, representing 39.3 percent of personal income tax revenues.
Thinking those gains would last, the state embarked on a spending spree. But stock-market income fell off a cliff after early 2000.
In 2002-03, capital gains and stock options contributed only $5.4 billion, or 16.6 percent to personal income tax revenues.
Capital gains from Google and other companies aren't the only factors behind the surge in tax receipts.
Another likely source of April's tax take, which could be less volatile than stock-based capital gains, is real estate.
There are no figures yet for 2005, but for tax year 2004, personal tax returns included $15.5 billion in gross capital gains from real estate, up from $9.6 billion the previous year.
Most of those gains came from the sale of rental property and second homes, but they also included the taxable portion of capital gains on the sale of primary residences.
If real estate capital gains grew at the same rate in 2005 as they did the previous year, they could have reached $25 billion in 2004. Assuming an average state-tax rate of 9 percent, they could have generated $2.3 billion in tax revenues for 2005. Again, a good portion of those gains could have showed up in the April tax figure.
Real estate gains "are more widely distributed" than stock market gains, says Williams.
"You're not depending on a handful of people making decisions about huge stock sales. You're talking about a large number of people making individual decisions. It's not as volatile; it's probably more recurring. However, it is subject to conditions in the real estate market, and right now we're worried about a real estate bubble and what it will mean for both the volume of transactions and the rate of appreciation."
Small businesses could have accounted for another portion of the April surprise.
Many companies that do business as sole proprietors, partnerships or limited liability corporations report their business income on their personal income tax returns.
"Last year was an extraordinary year for profits. We knew that going in, but they may have been even better than we thought," says Williams.
California is not the only state with burgeoning tax coffers.
"The surge is being seen by many states," especially those that -- like California -- have rising property values and progressive tax structures, says Tim Blake, a senior municipal-debt analyst with Moody's Investors Service.
Federal-tax revenues are also coming in much stronger than expected, a large part of the increase coming from capital gains and business profits.
"High-income taxpayers are doing better than low-income taxpayers, generally," says Blake.
California's tax structure is highly progressive, which makes it highly volatile.
For the 2004 tax year, 38,000 California tax returns reported more than $1 million in income. They represented just 0.2 percent of all state-tax returns, yet they accounted for 14 percent of total adjusted gross income and about 30 percent of the total personal tax.
The top 3 percent of the returns, those with incomes exceeding $200,000, paid about 60 percent of all state taxes.
"What happens to the top 1 percent is of great interest to the Department of Finance," says David Hitchcock, a debt analyst with Standard & Poor's.


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The Winder Police Department's planned hand-off of emergency dispatching to the Barrow County E-911 Center last week ran into an unexpected technological obstacle. For the time being, the E-911 Center will continue to accept the city's emergency calls, but communications officers during the day shift will dispatch the calls from the E-911 Center to city police cars via the city's CAD system. In the evenings from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., the city will continue to use its own dispatch center. The merger of the county and city communication systems was expected to take place on Sept. 27.
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Things are really good for PlayStation 4 owners right now with a string of top titles and a major update on the way soon.
The console's new 3.50 firmware - which is still in beta - will give PS4 gamers the ability to stream their games to PC and Mac, Sony announced on Tuesday.
The feature will be out for testing by select PlayStation users "soon" and will also include revised social features, such as the ability to appear offline to your friends.
As yet there has been no mention of a release date for the update, codenamed "Musashi" but the major firmware updates usually come along soon after testing.
The streaming feature is called Remote Play and allows PlayStation 4 owners to stream gameplay to select devices over their home internet connection - similar to the way it works with PS TV.
Up until now, the service has been locked to PlayStation Vita, the recently discontinued PlayStation TV microconsole, and certain lines of Sony phones.
While it is an exciting advancement for PS4 owners, Sony are in many respects just playing catch-up to Microsoft.
The PS4's main rival the Xbox One already has the ability to stream its gameplay to Windows 10 PCs over a home network.
It's unclear how the implementation will look on PC and Mac with mixed reports on the use of the same feature on PSTV.
Using Sony's micro wireless streaming box, gaming was very hit and miss and obviously hugely dependent on internet speeds.
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In other news, gamers are in for a treat next week when the new Hitman game is released.
The cult action-adventure stealth video game will be available on PS4, Xbox One and PC from March 11 in an episodic release format.
It will be the sixth entry in the Hitman video game series and the game takes place after the events of Absolution.


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I've listed some renovations below that can help you to achieve that quintessential spa bathroom. Some are more costly than others, but any one would be a great start to transforming an ordinary bathroom into your spa retreat.
First, warm your floors! Generally speaking, your bathroom is one of the smaller rooms in your home and so adding electric radiant heating under tile flooring will add lots of warmth and comfort, without breaking the budget.
Second, include a towel warmer. There are lots of styles available for just about every décor imaginable, so you can easily find one that compliments your bathroom's design. Not only can a towel warmer be a beautiful accessory, it will keep your towels warm and dry. Both plug-in and hardwired models are available, so you can add a towel warmer during new construction or as part of a simple bathroom remodel.
Third, steam up your shower. Right now, steam showers are the hottest luxury item in bathroom design (no pun intended). Not only is the steam shower lovely, but it's is also a great way to relax and let go of the pressure and stress of the day. With all that steam, how will you ever be able to see in the mirror when it's time to shave or put on make-up? Well, there is a low cost solution for that too… so, read on.
Fourth, add mirror defogger. Easy to install behind your wall mirror, the defogger will prevent the glass from steaming up during showering or bathing. No matter how foggy your bathroom becomes, the mirror will stay crystal clear.
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Happy Friday! It's been a long week, but now that we have made it, treat yourself to a healthy dose of Suburban Wow this morning at 10 edt/9 cdt/ 7 pacific. Here's the cheat link.
It's also Fatherhood Friday at Dad-Blogs, so click on over there (when you are finished here, of course) for some great postings on everything parenthood.
With the week that I've had around here, it's best that I offer you a post in the form of FatherHood Friday Fragments, because my brain has been sucked dry from well, parenthood. Go visit Mrs 4444 for some more awesome nuggets.
- Last weekend Eldest Weasel's Cross Country team competed extremely well in their Regional Meet (so well that I had to celebrate 4444's style) and thus this Saturday, yes- on Halloween, are moving onto the Sectional Meet. Next stop, State!
- Saturday is Halloween and as of yet I don't have any costumes ready or planned out for the Weasels nor am I properly stocked for trick or treat.
- I will earn my Mother of the Year award on Saturday when I will cheer Eldest Weasel and her team mates on, get pumpkins carved, candy bought, costumes put together and adorned on Weasels, prepare for dinner and have everything go off smoothly and swimmingly. Now I just have to find my magic wand.
- I am used to being asked "you lip too?" every time I get my eyebrows waxed, but now to have "you toes too?" added to the list hits below the belt.
- Dog Weasel is almost finished with puppy class and doing very well. She's smart and catches on fast. I wonder if I could teach her to carve the pumpkins. Nah, poor thing doesn't have any thumbs.
- May Snowball the hamster rest in peace. He passed away this past Wednesday and funeral services will be held in about 30 minutes, as soon as I hear the trash truck coming. I better get a fresh cup of coffee ready.
- The other night Boy Weasel (13) sat down to talk to me. Mid conversation he had a eureka moment and stated "Mom, I always feel so much smarter when I am near you". Translate that one however you wish.


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It's a question we're not supposed to ask ourselves (quash useless regrets before they grow, says mother). But it's also a question that makes for an irresistible novel.
As in, what if Princess Diana hadn't died in that tragic car accident in Paris?
That's the premise of Monica Ali's new novel, "Untold Story," and it's already raising eyebrows.
In it, Diana fakes her own death in the famous car crash, later jumps off her boyfriend's yacht, swims to a Brazilian beach, has a bit of plastic surgery, then finds her way to a little American town called Kensington (that's right) and settles into a quiet, ordinary, suburban life as a tall, slim brunette named Lydia.
Tantalizing, sure, but here's another what if. What if Diana were alive? What would she have thought of this? Does it make you just a wee bit squeamish?
Ms. Ali, high-brow Brit author of Booker-nominated "Brick Lane," is facing heat on this, her most daring novel. It's been called low-brow, exploitative, in poor taste.
But Ali isn't the only one pushing the envelope with a fictionalized account of a real person. Mark Helprin's "Freddy and Fredericka," a playful parody of a future king and queen of England, is a thinly veiled satire of Charles and Diana. And Curtis Sittenfeld's "American Wife," about a bookish woman with liberal tendencies who marries a ne'er-do-well rake – who happens to be the son of a famous politician – and who loves booze and parties and eventually becomes President? We don't even have to tell you it's the fictional account of Laura Bush's life. (Ms. Sittenfeld gently, but firmly, criticized "Untold Story" as bland, simplistic, and banal, in a review in the New York Times.)
Here's how Ali responded to criticism that her novel was a low-brow story on celebrity, in an interview with NPR: "To certain members of the literary establishment, it's a kind of crime to write a book that's entertaining and easy to read," she says – but easy reads can also be thoughtful. "I certainly had to grapple with as much complexity and social situations and issues in writing this book as I did in anything else I've ever written…. Anyone with two brain cells to rub together knows that issues of fame and celebrity, whether you like it or not, are an important part of modern life."
And then there's that ghoulish Newsweek cover that's already sparked thousands of outraged comments.
It depicts Diana, smartly styled as always, in a cream-colored sheath, purse, and hat, strolling alongside Kate Middleton, the daughter-in-law she never knew.
The accompanying story, written by Newsweek editor Tina Brown, imagines Diana at 50, had she lived. (Her 50th birthday is approaching).
"What would she have been like? Still great-looking: that's a given. Her mother, Frances Shand Kydd, with her cornflower-blue eyes and striding sexuality, was a handsome woman to the very end. Fashionwise, Diana would have gone the J.Crew and Galliano route à la Michelle Obama, always knowing how to mix the casual with the glam. There is no doubt she would have kept her chin taut with strategic Botox shots and her bare arms buff from the gym. Remarriage? At least two, I suspect, on both sides of the Atlantic."
As with "Untold Story," "American Wife," and "Freddy and Fredericka," is the Newsweek cover warranted? Is writing fictionalized accounts of actual people (living or not) the horrible union of literature and pop culture celebrity obsession? Is it fair? Is it worthy literary exploration or low-brow fluff?
Perhaps the Los Angeles Times framed the question best: "Shocking, brilliant or just plain cheap?"
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Now is the time of year where people write about credit card strategies. I've done this in the past, but in 2013 I had an epiphany about credit cards, and I realized I'm juggling way too many for very little benefit (or the benefits I was getting were silently costing me money). Yes – feel free to get credit cards for their bonuses and then cancel after 11 months. That's not what I'm talking about here. This is my strategy for everyday spending.
Here's my foolproof, so-easy-your-spouse-won't-hate-you credit card strategy:
1) Ask yourself these 2 questions:
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– Do I primarily redeem my points at Starwood properties?
If the answer to either of those questions is yes, then you should get the Starwood Preferred Amex and use that for your everyday spend.
2) If the answer to those questions is no, then you should get a cash back card. You have 2 options here: If you ever travel anywhere, then I recommend the Barclays Arrival since it pays 2.2% cash back towards travel, though you're paying an annual fee. If you really don't travel, get the Fidelity Amex – it's 2% cash back with no annual fee, but the money sits in a Fidelity account which, unless you have it in a money market, isn't particularly liquid. I like the idea of using the cash back toward travel so I put all my spend on the Barclays Arrival.
I also get the Amex Blue Cash Preferred because it earns 6% cash back (up to $6500 spend) at grocery stores and 3% cash back at gas stations. That seems like easy money.
That's it. Simple, right?
If you want to get one level more complicated, and I would really only recommend this if you've gone the Amex SPG route above, get the Chase Ink Bold and set it up for autopay for your cellphone, cable and Internet. The 5X Ultimate Rewards points will cover the cost of the annual fee – and you don't even have to carry the card anywhere with you. Then you can get the NO FEE Chase Sapphire card (NOT the Chase Sapphire Preferred card). That card will earn 2X points at restaurants (so you'll just use it at restaurants) and because you have the Ink card, you'll earn them as Ultimate Rewards points. You don't need to pay the annual fee on a Chase Sapphire Preferred card if you have the Ink Bold – use that no-fee Chase Sapphire card.
Now THAT'S it. Is this 100% perfect for everyone? No. But it's probably the right call for 90-95% of people. If you're a heavy United flyer and you want lounge access, perhaps getting the MileagePlus Club card would make sense for you. But I don't think it's worth, for example, getting the Amex Premier Rewards Gold and spending $30,000 to earn 15,000 extra Membership Rewards points. That $30,000 spend would earn you $660 cash back – I'd rather have that than 15,000 MR points.
If you fly Delta and you want lounge access, getting the Amex Platinum card may make sense since you'll get $200 in airline credit to offset the $450 annual fee, which means lounge access is basically costing you $250, which seems pretty reasonable.
But like I said, the strategy above will serve most people well, and will remove most of the complexity from this operation. Plus, all those annual fees start to add up quietly — once you start to look at the true cost of paying fees on a whole bunch of cards, I'm not sure the benefits outweigh the costs of my simple Cash Back or SPG strategy.
Happy New Year.
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Similar to engine oil, taking care of the fluid inside the transmission is just as critical to maintain longevity. Put it this way: Transmissions are constantly under load and any vehicle enduring the demands of stop-and-go traffic, including highway jaunts can generate an ample amount of heat. Add in spirited driving at the autocross or flat-footing it down the quarter-mile, and there's a good chance you're already taxing the system. It's excessive heat in the transmission that can damage friction plates, burn seals, and destroy gaskets.
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Clip and save: A reusable post on the bullpen
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"The Jays' bullpen really looked bad out there last night."
(Clip along the dotted line)
Excuses, apologia, and the GoBau! movement
Because our mancrush on Brett Cecil and his Thrilling Thunderous Thighs remains strong, and because we fear that we may have jinxed him with our ruminations on his ace-dom, we won't discuss the six runs that he gave up, nor will we give much of an airing to the fact that this was his second cruddy start in a row and his ERA has just popped up over 4.00.
Instead, we'll focus on José Bautista and his two mammoth home runs. GoBau! Ballots for Bautista, yo! Get your vote in now!
13 comments:
- Ty said...
It's becoming completely pointless to even discuss Cito's bullpen management, but why would you use Shawn Camp for one inning, and immediately follow that by using Jason Frason for two innings? Unless it was an honest mistake: "Hey Bruce, let's use one kid, the short one with the funny ears, for one inning. Then we'll use that other kid for the next two, you know, the short one with the funny ears."
- June 23, 2010 at 10:12 AM
- Ty said...
Also, crazy coincidence time: you used the words "Clip and Save" in a post about the bullpen the night after the Nationals had a promotion called "Clipp and Save Night" in celebration of the surprisingly solid 8th and 9th inning guys in their own bullpen. That's pretty neato, unless you were aware of said promotion, in which case I guess it's not such a crazy coincidence after all.
- June 23, 2010 at 10:17 AM
- eyebleaf said...
Ty, I have no problem with Camp coming in for one inning, the 6th, of a 6-2 ball game. I don't. And take this for what it's worth, about Camp:
Pitch 1-15: 27.1 IP, 0.33 ERA, 0.70 WHIP, .176 BAA
Pitch 16-30: 9.0 IP, 9.00 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, .286 BAA
Camp is, this season, clearly superior when he's not given the opportunity to throw more than 15 pitches. He threw 10 last night, 7 for strikes, and got out of the inning 1-2-3.
I'm as frustrated as you by Jason Frasor; he's nothing like what he was last year. But that game was lost by Cecil, not Cito.
- June 23, 2010 at 10:20 AM
- Tao of Stieb said...
It's a crazy coincidence. And therefore, it is Neat-O Mosquito.
- June 23, 2010 at 10:29 AM
- Ty said...
eyebleaf, it's not that I don't trust Camp -- he's actually my favourite member of the Jays bullpen -- but I've been operating under the impression that one of his biggest strengths is his ability to pitch multiple innings, and my gripe was that Cito should have stuck with him for more than just 10 pitches. Looking at those stats, though, I guess my eyes have been deceiving me.
And yeah, bullpen management notwithstanding, the game was already lost before either of those guys came in to pitch. I was just mostly baffled by the idea of using your two-inning guy for one inning, and your one-inning guy for two innings all of a sudden.
- June 23, 2010 at 10:39 AM
- eyebleaf said...
Ty: Camp's been NAILS. After your comment I was interested to see how many times he's gone two innings; he's done it 5 times, by my count. But as his pitch breakdown shows, he's much better in short spurts. As for Frasor, you're right: it was a wacky move to leave him in. That was his first two innings appearance all season.
Frasor's splits are strange.
April: 9.2 IP, 8.38 ERA, 2.59 WHIP, .370 BAA.
May: 11 IP, 0.82 ERA (only 1 earned run!!1), 0.73 WHIP, .167 BAA
June: 7.2 IP, 8.22 ERA, 2.22 WHIP, .324 BAA
Perhaps Cito was giving him a chance to work out some kinks last night. Trying to get him back to the GLORY days of May. Damn Sausage King.
@ Tao: You order your Camp jersey yet, or what?
- June 23, 2010 at 10:53 AM
- Tao of Stieb said...
I had a moment this weekend where I heard someone mention Camp as a potential closer, and I thought "That's not the craziest thing I ever heard."
So I guess that means I'm coming around.
- June 23, 2010 at 10:57 AM
- Ty said...
I liked the idea of Camp as closer until somebody else pointed out that he's a ground ball machine and he's most useful coming on with runners on base to induce double plays like nobody's business - if he was closing games, he wouldn't have the chance to do that anymore, I'm not sure I trust anybody else in the bullpen in those types of situations anymore.
- June 23, 2010 at 12:17 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Alright. It's settled. Camp is the designated ground ball machine.
- June 23, 2010 at 12:58 PM
- June 23, 2010 at 2:24 PM
- Darren Priest said...
From the Bleacher Report:
Red Sox.
Needs: Backup Short Stop (defensive specialist), Bullpen, and a veteran fourth Outfielder.
Targets: Toronto's John McDonald could be the perfect defensive specialist for Boston but good luck getting the Jays to trade him.
What? A team would need luck to get us to trade Johnny Mac?
- June 23, 2010 at 4:20 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
The Blue Jays love Johnny Mac with such an irrational passion that I doubt they'd deal him for Pujols, Hanley or Strasburg.
- June 23, 2010 at 4:47 PM
- Darren Priest said...
Oh, and sorry for referring to the team as "us." I realize that offends certain quarters of Jays followers -- both professional and amateur.
- June 23, 2010 at 5:23 PM


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Portsea Estate Birthday Hill Pinot Noir
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Birthday Hill Pinot Noir is made in exceptional years. Our new release 2015 vintage experienced perfect growing conditions, producing low yields of tight, petite bunches of MV6 fruit. The wine is bold and concentrated with classic aromas of rose...... Read full article
Rahona Valley Single Vineyard Pinot Noir
Made exclusively from our Rahona Valley Block from five clones - MV6, 115, G5V15, D2V5, D5V12. Pinot Noir is the holy grail of grape varieties. It must be grown in the right place and be given much love to get fully ripe but do so slowly.... Read full article
Paradigm Hill Pinot Noir L'ami sage
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L'ami sage in 2014 reflects more perfume and elegance, yet, paradoxically exhibiting both subtlety and power. The fine tannin structure builds on the palate and as with the Les cinq, there is a generosity together with a long complex and balanced...... Read full article
Pt Leo Estate Pinot Noir
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Pt Leo Estate Pinot Noir smells of mixed spices, herbs and background fruits such as plums, cherries and raspberries. Complex aromas of plums and dark berry fruits with hints of herbs and spices.... Read full article
Panton Vineyard Pinot Noir
by Panton Vineyard on
Very aromatic and seductive with an abundance of pure red berries and hints of rosewater. An array of lovely red fruits from raspberries and plum to bright red cherry, which are persistent and carry the wine for a long finish.... Read full article
Panton Vineyard Sangiovese
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A glimmering ruby colour, lifted cherry and olive aroma with a hint of spice. The palate is fresh and floral with very fine fruit tannins. This savoury wine is a delight to enjoy with tomato based pasta dishes or a simple pecorino cheese.... Read full article
Panton Vineyard Rosé
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Made from our Sangiovese grapes, this bright, clean rosé has many attributes of that variety; a rose petal aroma, summer berries and red cherry fruit with an overlay of fresh earth. The dry, clean finish with a natural acid line makes makes it an esp... Read full article
Paradigm Hill Riesling
Fruit is crushed, stems removed and the must is left to soak a while before pressing off the juice & overnight cooling. The clear juice that is fermented in open 2000 litre vats [14oC to 16oC]. Wine is bottled after a further 6 months.... Read full article