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The fresh fragrance of fall has greeted my nose as my golden retriever, Gracie, and I have been out for our brisk morning walks together. It's that exhilarating smell that signals the transition of summer to autumn. It prompts me to say good-bye to the comfort I've settled into during one season and get ready to embrace new experiences of the days ahead. I remember feeling the same way when I was a child anticipating the start of a new school year.
For Midwesterners who love to eat food fresh from the garden, this is the best time of year. Local gardens are teaming with bright heavy tomatoes, slender green beans, colossal cabbages, a variety of peppers, zucchini almost as long as my arms - all kinds of vegetables - fresh and full of flavor. I am getting a few tomatoes and some gorgeous Hungarian and Bulgarian peppers from my own garden, but other than herbs, that's all I can get to grow.
Last summer when I was spending time with my young granddaughter, the ice cream truck rolled down the street. We could hear the lilting, clearly recognizable music coming from the truck when it was a block or two away. Suddenly, I was a child again. We ran into the house for some money, in a panic the truck would come by before we got back outside. And then we giggled with excitement as that feeling of great relief washed through us when we could hear the music getting closer. Sitting cross-legged on the grass near the curb, we waited and thought about what cold sweet treat we might choose.
When my husband and I travel, we find our stops seem to be all about food. One of our favorite activities when we get out of town is exploring restaurants that are new to us. Ethnic restaurants are a favorite. One of our recent discoveries was an Indian restaurant in Fridley, Minn. Arriving at midday, we were in time to choose Indian food from the lunch buffet. And that is where I learned of pakora.
I've been to wine tasting parties, cheese tastings and olive oil tastings, but a garlic tasting party? Never. When veteran gardener Carol Schmidt invited me to her farm near Pelican Rapids, Minn., to sample some of the 20 varieties of garlic she grows, I immediately said yes. A small basket of plump garlic bulbs sits on my kitchen counter at all times. I find the small nutritionally rich vegetable indispensable and I use at least a couple of cloves a day in my cooking.
Fresh long, seedless cucumbers are showing up at the farmers market and some grocery stores that carry produce from local growers. I buy cucumbers just as I buy fresh tomatoes - only in the summer when I can get them from local farmers or pluck them from the two plants I have in my little garden.
Hot summer weekend afternoons are meant for lounging with friends on a pontoon boat floating down the Mississippi River. Preferably with a cooler full of ice and beverages. It's best followed with a dinner made by friends. Our last lazy cruise was followed by a bowtie pasta dish at a table for four in a cozy screened porch. My boating friend pulled the dinner together in no time. While the pasta pot was bubbling, she mixed a zesty vinaigrette, chopped cherry tomatoes, minced red onion and sliced fresh basil, then tossed everything together in a big pasta bowl. Done. In minutes. No sweat.
As soon as I see shiny dark red cherries in the grocery store, my mind floods with memories of summer days spent with my grandparents on their Indiana farm. Midway through the summer, my dad would pack up the trunk of the Chrysler and drive me and my mom and my brother from our home in St. Paul all the way to the Indiana farm - in a car with no air conditioning. Hot kids sharing a back seat can get cranky. I'm sure that annual drive was not a high point of parenthood for my mom and dad. Once at the farm, though, it was three weeks of bliss.
Sometimes it takes baby steps, or baby tastes, before we realize we actually like a certain type of food. For some, it might have been a first bite of a Reuben sandwich that led to a love of sauerkraut. For others, a bit of tapenade dabbed on a goat cheese-topped cracker that led to an appreciation of olives. For me, it was my first taste of crispy baked pieces of torn kale that led to an affinity for the firm green leaves with thick hardy stems. I'm a newcomer to the versatile world of kale.
I had my eye on an old ice cream maker at an antique shop a couple of weeks ago. I found it when I was crouching on the floor digging through a cardboard box filled with an array of treasures someone must have dropped off at the shop. It was an old hand-cranked model with a deep narrow tin inside of a round wooden container, with room for packing in plenty of salt and ice. I took the old ice cream maker up to the counter. I was getting close to the purchase when I silently reminded myself I already have two large electric ice cream makers on a shelf in the basement. They work fine.

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Prior to his disappointing loss to Rory MacDonald at UFC on FOX 8 in July, the only men who had beat Jake Ellenberger in his ten UFC bouts prior was Carlos Condit and Martin Kampmann. In fact, after losing a competitive split decision to Condit in his Octagon debut, Ellenberger went on to win six straight and drove up the welterweight ranks. Then, as you likely recall, Ellenberger was stopped by Kampmann in June, 2012, in one of the more memorable come from behind wins in recent memory.
So, now that a few months have past since UFC on FOX 8, who would Ellenberger like to fight? You can probably see where this is going (quotes via MMA Fighting.com).
"Nothing's set yet, we're still negotiating options, but sounds like that I definitely will be fighting before the end of the year," Ellenberger said while in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. "Hopefully in Vegas on the Dec. 28 card."
"I'm just looking for someone one the top 10," he said. "(Kampmann) is a good possibility right now. That's something I'd definitely look forward to. UFC hasn't offered me yet so I just have to wait. I'm always highly motivated to fight. I'm excited be back in there against a top 10 opponent."
That would be quite the addition to UFC 168 wouldn't it? Depending on whether Kampmann's up for the rematch, one would think the UFCX will consider it. UFC 168 will go down in Las Vegas and will feature Chris Weidman-Anderson Silva II in the main event.
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Since my last article on voice recognition in Cupcake, two things have happened. The Haykuro images came out and Google released the 1.5 SDK. That means it's time to test out the voice recognition on a real phone. I've compiled some example code that comes with the SDK below. You can install it if you have the Cupcake over-the-air update, the 1.5 ADP, or a Haykuro image.
To install, look for Voice Recognition in the Market (Applications > Demo) or scan the QR code at the bottom of the post. Once it's installed, you just push the button, speak into your phone and Google's best guess appears on the screen. Very simple, but some pressing questions have been answered.
It looks like voice recognition will take this form for all applications. The application starts the voice recognizer which prompts the user, displays the volume widget, shows the waveform of the recording, and then returns the results to the application. It's not perfectly seamless but it gets the job done in a fairly small amount of time.
Note that the processing is not CPU intensive on the phone, but it will need to be sent to Google to be turned into text (thanks to Tim H for pointing this out on the last article). You'll need a good internet connection for this. I found EDGE (non-3G data connection) to be a bit unreliable. About half got sent back with a connection error. That will definitely vary, but the worst case scenario is not good, especially if you're trying to use this for possibly frustrating operations like speaking commands to your GPS navigation system. WiFi works much better and the results are fast.
I like the fact that you get good feedback from the volume widget and the waveform as to how you should be speaking. Since it doesn't adapt itself to your speaking patterns, you'll have to accommodate it. Also, if you don't have an American accent, you might have a tough time getting good results. But, it does work, and Google says it's getting better with practice. And since Google is one of the few companies on Earth with billions of dollars and access to millions of people's voice searches, I'd say they've got as good a chance as anyone of getting this right.
Internally, the voice recognition interface is pretty simple. Developers will get their choice of models, either free-form or web search based, and they get a list of possible results instead of just one. That allows them to implement their own language model. If three responses come back, the application can choose the one most fitting to its cause.
Suppose the application wants a simple "yes" or "no." It could accept anything starting with a "Y" as yes and "N" as no. "Yup," "Yeah," "You betcha"… as well as "yurt," "yam", and "yaw" depending on who's speaking and how Google interprets it. You're almost guaranteed a good match. In fact, the smaller the search space, the greater the likelihood of a good match, so a yes/no could be simplified to a silence versus response scheme that would work in any language. (In my tests, "yes" worked pretty well, but "no" consistently came up with "snow.")
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Dave D'Onofrio's Sox Beat: Red Sox makeover underwayDAVE D'ONOFRIO
July 09. 2014 11:58PM
WITH MANAGER John Farrell declaring that his team is "turning the page in terms of investing in young players" during an afternoon radio interview, and then writing out a lineup that featured five rookies, the Red Sox on Wednesday took their first big step toward conceding this as a lost season, designating veteran catcher A.J. Pierzynksi for assignment and promoting prospect Christian Vazquez.
"It's an opportunity for us to invest in players that will be here beyond 2014," Farrell said, "and while there may be other decisions forthcoming, we felt like the place we were going to start was behind the plate."
Other established players had previously been given pink slips as Boston bumbled its way to the basement of the American League East, with Grady Sizemore sent packing in June, then Chris Capuano let go on the first of July. But both of them had played their way out of opportunities, and were being used sparingly when released.
Pierzynksi's dismissal is no more of a surprise than either of those departures, given the direction the team appears to be headed, but the difference with him is that he remained a regular piece of the Red Sox lineup. He started 60 games behind the plate, and last Saturday, with David Ortiz missing the matinee of a doubleheader, Pierzynski served as the Sox' designated hitter before catching the nightcap.
He caught Clay Buchholz on Monday, too, though that game proved to be his last in Boston, as David Ross drew the start behind the plate on Tuesday and the Red Sox opted to move on after absorbing their seventh loss in the first eight games of a homestand that continued Wednesday night against the White Sox.
In theory, Ben Cherington, the general manager from Plainfield, N.H., could've waited a few more days and tried to trade the 37-year-old Pierzynski over the All-Star break. He could've hoped Pierzynski got hot — as he did in a few bursts this season — and enticed a team looking for a battle-tested backstop. But in reality there wasn't much of a market for a catcher who can barely catch the ball, especially one whose .286 on-base percentage ranked 201st among the 235 big leaguers that entered Wednesday with at least 200 plate appearances this season.
Overall he hit .254, including a .203 average with a .235 on-base percentage during his last month with the club. His last extra-base hit came on June 13 (none in his final 71 plate appearances). His last homer came on May 24 (131 plate appearances ago). And the last runner he caught stealing came on May 30 (followed by 20 straight successful swipes).
The Sox lost the final four contests he caught, and nine of the last 11, to finish 24-36 in the games he started behind the plate. The team was 15-15 otherwise, entering Vazquez's debut on Wednesday, and its pitching staff was 20 percent worse — its earned run average 4.13 vs. 3.43 — when throwing to Pierzynski instead of Ross.
Pierzynski never looked like the .282 career hitter, or 2012 AL Silver Slugger, that the Sox thought they were signing on a one-year, $8.25 million deal — but even early on there were indications he might live up to his preceding reputation as a not-so-popular player.
On one April getaway day, while the rest of his teammates were in the private parts of the clubhouse readying for their road trip or waiting for the buses, Pierzynski stood by himself, luggage loaded, just killing time. He also had a television remote velcroed to the cooler near his stall, which he'd use it to flip on the tube — typically to ano ther game — and watch while his teammates were elsewhere in Fenway's recesses or headed home.
His plate approach never fit, and coming into a tight room he always seemed something of a steely, sarcastic, defensive outsider, which was probably pronounced even more because of the way it juxtaposed the presence of the departed Jarrod Saltalamacchia — a pleasant guy who became a leader, didn't bother with the TV despite occupying the stall that became Pierzysnki's, and would often give team employees a hug on which way out the door at night.
Now, Pierzynski's release doesn't prove the Sox were wrong to let Saltalamacchia walk. Pierzynski was always a stopgap, so his exit simply accelerates the process, and ultimately it'll be the performance of Vazquez (and, later, Blake Swihart) that decides whether the Cherington was right to avoid a multi-year commitment to Saltalamacchia.
That validation begins immediately, with Farrell saying the plan is for Vazquez to catch four days a week. His defense has been big-league ready for some time, so the Sox are hoping he continues the offensive development that saw him hit .289 last year at Portland, then .279 this year at Pawtucket.
Some growing pains are expected — but that's OK now. No longer are these Red Sox the defending champions. They may be the reigning champions, the most recent champion, but they began to give up the notion that they're defending their title on Wednesday. And rightfully so.
When Vazquez became a major leaguer, the Red Sox were four times closer to being in line for next year's No. 1 draft pick than they were to being No. 1 in their division or No. 2 in the wild card. It's time to look to 2015. Trade Jake Peavy. Listen on other starters. Empty the bullpen. Move Jonny Gomes. Eat some money and admit a mistake with Stephen Drew.
If they're not in the plans for next year, there's no reason to let them impede the future any longer. It cost the club almost $4 million to clear the way for Vazquez. Most of the others will hurt less.
And anything they can do to make next season less painful than this one is worth it.
Dave D'Onofrio covers the Red Sox for the New Hampshire Union Leader and Sunday News. His e-mail address is email@example.com.


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April 18, 2012
BOSTON — In all the Elizabeth Warren/Scott Brown volleying, sometimes we lose sight of the fact that the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate is not yet set. Immigration lawyer Marisa DeFranco talked to WGBH News about jobs, taxes and the status of her campaign.
On being considered the underdog
I'd actually be happy if [the media] were reporting me as the underdog. But the problem is that they've mostly failed to mention my name or contact me! … It is so early still in this race. I mean everybody wants everything yesterday and I don't understand the desire to sort of close down the democratic, small-D democratic process where you actually vet the candidates and let the voters decide. And the media's not doing that because by completely failing to mention that there is another Democratic candidate in the race they foreclose the possibility of people learning about my candidacy.
On fundraising
[As a lowball estimate] all told I believe we've raised $40,000. The only thing is that we've been consistent every quarter. … My challenge as somebody who's a real person, who lives and works in Massachusetts but who doesn't have fame nationwide or that access to money, was to make sure that my campaign was founded in message. And quite frankly you can have all the money in the world but if you don't have a message and a plan to tell the people how you're going to fix these problem then it doesn't mean anything in my opinion. And I mean that specifically because neither Scott nor Elizabeth has a jobs plan as far as I can see.
On her jobs plan
I believe in investing federal money into putting Americans back to work. $100 billion over two years would create 2 million green jobs. It's a start to get us back into a thriving economy.
On the Buffett Rule
I support a progressive tax system where everybody pays their fair share across the board. The other thing, though, and this is going to be somewhat strange to hear from a Democrat, but I do think — the tax burden is carried by about 50 percent of the population and the other half doesn't pay anything … I do think even if it's $5, even if it's $10, I think everybody should be, as Americans, part of the system. Everybody should feel vested in the system. So I think it's important for everybody to pay taxes so we're all, as Americans, contributing to the system.
On the war in Afghanistan
We need to be out of there. I mean, my preference would be by the end of the year. I know that logistically, though, it could take until the end of 2013 [to do it] as quickly as possible and as safely as possible. But I think that by the end of 2013, that should be a hard deadline.
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Smaller than a speck of dust, Emiliania huxleyi plays an outsized role in the world's seas. Ranging from the polar oceans to the tropics, these free-floating photosynthetic algae remove carbon dioxide from the air, help supply the oxygen that we breathe, and form the base of marine food chains. When they proliferate, their massive turquoise blooms are visible from space.
Now scientists have discovered one of the keys to E. huxleyi's success. A seven-year effort by 75 researchers from 12 countries to map its genome has revealed a set of core genes that mix and match with a set of variable genes that likely allows E. huxleyi, orEhux, to adapt to different environments. Their results are described in the latest issue of Nature.


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Ashe Build
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This is how you own with Ashe. I maintain over 65% wins with Ashe and have played with her over 100 games. I can't guarantee this is the best build ever, but it serves me very well. Your Priorities are Crit Damage/Normal Damage, Using that first 100% crit shot, Using your volley properly, Crit%/Attack Speed.
Summoner Spells:
Ghost: This is really important for Ashe, as she is a slow character. This helps with tower diving (yes you can dive with Ashe if you know you can finish off the opponent quick) as well as helping with escape and team fights. I have seen many people use flash instead, and this works too however, it doesn't have as much use in team fights. Ashe needs to stay out of the middle of team fights and Ghost allows her to hit and run to avoid becoming the other team's main target.
Heal: I know many of you are probably screaming NOOB right now, but I can't tell you how many people I goad into tower diving on me only to see me heal and ult them at the tower. Heal is a really good spell for DPS chars as they should never be aiming to get high max HP, thus the Heal will always return a decent percentage of their health.
New Addition: Flash: I have recently been going back and forth between heal and flash. Heal is great for luring and I often trap players with it, however Flash is really good if you are feeling extra aggressive. I have started getting more and more aggressive with Ashe (not sure if this is a good thing), but definately experiment to figure out what you like better.
Rune Build: You can experiment with a lot of these, but for Ashe, she is a Crit fanatic and I really like boosting that crit damage. Other DPS rangers like Teemo or Tristana can go for Attack speed or pure damage, but Ashe should really be built around her Crits. Do not go crit damage for all three sets. The Marks give a large percentage of that crit damage, so the other two sets should be built around other things. I like dodge and cooldown reduction, but try out others if you think you can do better.
Passive: Crit % increase while not attacking. First of all, this is awesome. Do not forget about it. Right off the bat when you go to solo middle (because that's what you SHOULD be doing), do not waste this shot on a critter. Hold off hitting the critters and go aggressive with this first crit at your opponent that should hit for about 120ish if you built her the way I said. This paired with a volley at the same time should drop them to half health right off the bat. This is Ashe's money shot so don't waste it trying to get 24 gold. After you drop them to half health, believe me when I say it's going to be easy to keep them off the creeps. They will know you mean business and do not intend to let them solo well.
Volley: This is not PRIMARILY a farming tool. Far too often, I see Ashes against me wasting their volley on the creeps while I hold mine against them like a gun to their head causing them to back up. It should be a constant threat for them. Walk around the creeps a bit and make sure you hit them with this. Once you get your first level of frost shot, this will add frost to every arrow in the volley, so you can hit them with the volley, walk up, hit them once or twice, back off a bit and see how they react. You will notice they start tower hugging quite a bit. Continue to pepper them whenever they leave their tower range, you own the lane and make them respect you.
Frost Shot: Slows, use your q only when someone is going to run or you have lots of mana that you don't mind wasting. It is more important that you hit your volley as it does both damage and the frost.
Plentiful Bounty: Pretty much useless. It helps for extra gold in late game to really pile on your items, but in general, bleh.
Enchanted Crystal Arrow: Awesome. Nuff Said. Make sure you lead people. And if you have been playing the volley properly, you should be able to finish off a kill at level 6 almost immediately. I would say about 70% of my games I get a kill as soon as I hit level 6. This also does a bit of aoe damage, but try not to fire it into a crowd. I know it's tempting, but it's more useful if you can pick someone off who comes a bit too far from their teammates. It's also a really useful counter to many Heroes like Yi, Nunu, Fiddle, etc. Use it as a tool in the team fights, not as damage.
Item Build:
Don't go life steal first. I see a lot of Ashe builds saying to do this. This doesn't make any sense when you consider the fact that she owns lanes by that first crit and the volley. Her attack speed is low early game as well as her normal damage, thus you wont be stealing much life. You should be last hitting creeps, not continuously hitting them. You will be allowing the enemy to lane with you, which is stupid. You need to be able to use that volley often and still save up mana for your ult at level 6. So that means mana regen!
Philosopher stone/Meki are useful early due to the mana regen and the added gold is nice (I prefer it to the challice due to the gold and health regen that keep you in lanes longer and get you the better items quicker). (Grab two health pots with the meki right off the bat to keep you rocking your mid solo lane). Remember the meki will help you with being able to constantly use your volley, which is key to getting the upper hand with Ashe early.
Berserkers Greeves: I rarely go with any other boots for her. However, there have been a few games where I noticed I was playing a really strong caster team and I'd opt for mercury treads. (If you get mercury, it means getting zeal next for the attack speed).
Infinity Edge: Crit % and Crit damage as well as awesome normal damage added. This will get your crits hitting for 500 in the mid game which very few chars will be able to handle.
Blood Thirster: I've been experimenting with getting the sceptor before infinity edge lately just for the added lifesteal through mid game and it seems to be a good idea, but do not finish the BT before the IE. Get the IE first due to the crit % and crit damage. BT is a great next item for building up damage.
Black Cleaver: If you are playing a heavily armored team, I will sometimes choose the Last Whisper instead, but this item adds a **** load of damage and helps the team more (as it reduces the armor for everyone).
Zeal/Phantom Dancer: If you want to get Zeal before the Blood Thirster, that makes sense, but do not finish off a Phantom Dancer mid game. This item is super expensive and should only be added after you have built up your damage. The dodge percentage and added attack speed will only add to your domination (but alone without damage to start with, it is hardly useful).
Finally you want to replace that philosophers stone. If you have all of your items, you don't need the gold production. I like to make some decisions at this point. If the team is getting caster-effed, I'd go with Banshee's Veil, but if you are okay without that, grab another Blood thirster. You will be critting for 1100 damage if you do this, which is rediculous especially given your first hit will be 100% crit. GG
If you are REALLY raping early game, The sword of the occult is a cheap purchase you can grab right before the infinity edge, which will increase your crit damage by a lot and thus increase your advantage.
If you have any suggestions, feel free to comment, but I think I have got Ashe down to a science at this point. I'd make a teemo build, but they're all the same, so I may move on to Pantheon as soon as I can get him up to a 60% win percentage.
Note: I am aware that the build is out of date now to some extent, I have just started playing LoL again, so I will fix it when I get good again. (been playing lots of SC2 lately)


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it will be 5 years next month for my bk7...will any new doors open for me? this has certainly been trying and I am only half way there.
Will I possibly be able to get a personal loan? People say doors open after 2 years but I didn't see that happen.
I have gotten some credit cards again but they are all sub prime. Are there any credit card companies that will consider me at this point? or any that I claimed in the bk that maybe will give me a second chance? I had all prime cards and that is the problem with getting re established.
thanks for any advise
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What cards do you currently have now? Which ones are on your wish list?
Congratulations on 5 years. Mine turned 4 earlier this year. Cannot wait!!!!
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Most people can get a personal loan shortly after BK.
In my experience I found this to be true. I can't recall ever being denied a loan specifically based on my BK even soon after my discharge. I'm sure I paid higher interest than those with a cleaner report but obtained credit cards and financed several cars and a mortgage during my BK.
thanks Daisey
I did apply for a loan through Household Bank 9 months after bankruptcy and they denied me due to bankruptcy. However after 5 years I would think that would
be less a deciding factor but I checked with the bank I have my checking and savings account with and they told me it would not be approved until the bankruptcy came off'my credit reports. I checked with a couple others and they told me the same.
I don't have any lates on my credit report and my utilization is 30% on the cards I have now...they said that 30% was good and they would not deny me for that reason but just because of the bankruptcy.
I currently have 2 capital one cards..one at $2000 and one at $1250 ..Hooters card at $1250..3 HSBC cards at $300 each..can't get them to budge..Target at $300..can't get them to budge either..And Kays/Jareds cards..total $3000....
I applied for Bank of America , Barclays, Lowe's, Home Depot, Ellan Financial(visa card offered through my bank) and Bill me Later and all declined due to bankruptcy
So as you can see I am getting a little frustrated... I don't even want to apply for a car loan because I am sure that is a no too...
Any insite on where else to look?
I appreciate it guys!
It sounds like you are doing well post BK. Keep paying your bills on time. Makes all the difference in the world.
The only question I want to ask is that do you really need another credit card or a loan. Seems like you have a fairly good number of cards. I know your highest limit is $2000 but you can make multiple payments a month if needed (I did the same thing for a while before I recently got my Barclay's). If you don't really need a new card, I won't really bother about applying anymore. How many inquiries do you currently have? Is that possibly contributing to your denials?
Bank of America is weird about BK. I won't apply to them until it comes off my record. I'm almost pretty sure they will say no. I'm not sure about all the others except for Barclay. They gave me their card and I've read on here that they are BK friendly. Do you know what your current FICO score(s) are? Barclay is great with recons. They approved me instantly for about $1700 and I was able to get a higher limit when I called them. Maybe you just need to call them if you decide to apply again and you get declined.
Feel free to share the current number of inquiries and your current credit score. Those might help figure out why you are having a hard time.
I'm not sure why your credit unions are saying no. Mine gave me a car loan about three years post BK at a pretty reasonable rate at that time (5%). I only had one credit card at that time (my Capital One) and I think my EQ FICO was around 660. I was also approved for the Capital One auto loan but went with my CU instead. You can get a car loan at a decent interest rate!!!
Hope things get a little easier for you soon!
Edited to ask: Are you checking with a credit union or just regular bank. Credit Unions tend to be A LOT more flexible than banks. They tend to be smaller and look to form a relationship with their cutsomers. Definitely a post BK recovery's best friend.
thanks Daisy.
No I don't need another credit card.....well technically..lol...I just want a major credit card wih a higher limit.. When you go to a hotel for vacation for instance you have to give your credit card to pay for the room of course but they also hold a per night charge and sometimes that can get high. I also like to have it for a buffer in case I go low on cash.
I don't really need a car loan yet. My car is probably good for a couple more years. My car loan is still on my credit reports but is paid off though and shows paid.. I got the car loan of course before my bankruptcy.
I want the personal loan for some household projects. I also thought it would add to my "credit mix" is the phrase think they use.
I didn't check with a credit union.. I have to join one..I already have a checking and savings account so I am just going to open another savins account with them just to get in the door. I was told however by a friend that the loans you can get from a credit union is based on how much money you have in with them .."Which kind of would defeat my purpose of taking out a loan if I had that much money in my account....I mean I wouldn't need a loan if I already had that much..
Do you know if that is so?
My scores are around 660
Also you asked in an earlier reply what cards I claimed in my bankruptcy. I included 3 Chase cards 2 Citibanks and 1 Discover card and some store cards. Some of which were GEMB..so I am kind of reluctant to apply for a GEMB card .
thanks for your info too!
I definitely feel your pain. I just got my highest credit limit and it is very nice to be able to charge more than $2000 worth of stuff at a time. Certainly go for it if you are needing to charge more than $2000 pretty often otherwise I think you have a good number of revolving tradelines. I think your utilization is also good but of course, it is always better to get it below about 9%. That will maximize your credit score and may help you get more approvals.
I've never heard about the credit union limit being dependent on your bank account limit. Naturally, your initial limit will be based on your credit score, income and existing debt. If you make a ton of money, you are more likely to have more money in the bank and are more likely to have a higher credit limit. Many people on these forums talk about printing out their credit report from this website and taking it to the local CU manager. They can give them a rough idea of what they qualify for. Of course, they will still want to pull your credit when you apply but it may tell you what direction they are leaning.
The one thing I also did (other than my car loan) was that I got a furniture loan. I needed new furniture and the furniture store was financing at 0% for a year. It reported as an installment loan and probably helped bump my score up a little. That is potentially something else that could help.
Your scores are good enough. Maybe get your utilization a little lower and apply for Barclay's again. When did you last apply? They will probably be your best bet for a decent credit limit (apart from your local CU. Don't underestimate the potential of your local CU). Call Barclays for a recon if you are denied. They are usually very good at reconsidering declined applications.
Another recent Barclays BK approval- even though they do outrightly say they will not approve for the Ring card with a BK. Personally, I wouldn't apply for the Ring but I would apply for the Apple financing card. That appears to be the easiest to get with a good limit and there have been lots of BK success. Ring Link


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RE: Padre Pio - Fraud or not?
He is kind of dead now, Morondog. Technically, as a saint, he supposedly still performs miracles, though. But I have another question to add. Did they also count the cases when he did pray and they didn't heal? He is a saint, right? His rate of success should be 100% now more than ever. I want to see 1000 people getting healed now by praying to him. I want to see amputees growing back limbs and I will pay more attention (it never ever happened in all recorded history). I will also accept cancer or AIDS patients, but his rate of success needs to be higher than 50%.
Anecdotal evidence starting with "a girl" "a man" "a child" is not reliable for an obvious reason: other religions have similar examples. Every supernatural claim, related or not to a god, has the same kind of claims. Your parents can't possibly support all of them because many are conflicting. Pick one they do not support and bring equal claims they make and ask them why they doubt such examples. Standards of evidence are there for a reason. People have to meet them or shut up.
I have seen modern faith healers claiming miraculous healing on camera. The disadvantage is that we live in the age of information and people were able to find out that the healing had happened the old-fashioned way: through successful surgery followed by professional physiotherapy. He did not just happen to walk after a prayer. He had come to church in a wheel chair for no good reason and voila! he's healed. They have to understand why you need to doubt stuff like this and to reject it unless it can be independently verified. Hundreds of people could honestly say that a man got up from a wheelchair in front of their eyes right during a prayer for him to regain the ability to walk. The same ability to walk that he had regained already through medical science. It doesn't make it a miracle, but a hoax.
Oh, no Hallucinations 4:11 says the 'gilded sheep should be stewed in rat blood' but Morons 5:16 contradicts it. (Chas)
I would never shake a baby unless the recipe requires it.
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Besides which if God's willing to provide evidence like this that he exists, nice hard concrete medically verifiable evidence, and he's prepared to write a book, and he's still doing this stuff today, then WHY can't he just say hello like any normal deity would? For an omnipotent being he's *really* shy. I mean he goes so far as to be invisible - he *really* doesn't want to be found. Can't resist the odd healing or earthquake though... and really attracted to men in robes with strong opinions about sex and who shouldn't have it (everyone).
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(24-01-2012 07:11 AM)iakhovas Wrote: Ok so we are able to explain the stigmata, but how about the dozens of healing administered to many patients? Blind girl without her eye pupils managed to see after visiting him, some actress praying for her lover to survive, some guy with crippled leg walking after visiting him and so forth. there are many cases like this reported in many books/biographies.
Logic 101 : The fact that "a" follows "b", does not prove "a" was the cause of "b".
Insufferable know-it-all. It is objectively immoral to kill innocent babies. Please stick to the guilty babies.
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RE: Padre Pio - Fraud or not?
Pio was a stigmatic
miracle-working monk who died in 1968 and who canonised by Pope John Paul II.
Pio claimed that Jesus gave him a copy of the
five wounds of the crucifixion. In 1923,
Rome declared
that nothing supernatural had been proven about the marks. This is very important for less was known
then about magic tricks and chemicals that keep wounds open and the power of
the mind than is known now. The wounds
then could have seemed supernatural indeed - more than they would nowadays - for the same reason that the cures
for smallpox would have seemed miraculous to many. This shows that the Church did find
indications of possible fakery.
In the pro-Pio book,
Padre Pio
Under Investigation, Francesco Castelli states that a Monsignor Rossi
(in 1921) examined Pio's stigmata and found no wounds in the palms even though there
was a scab of blood in each palm. He found two white button like marks
on the feet but no blood or wounds there. Rossi described the marks
not as wounds but as the effusion of blood - like blood getting out through
skin. This book admits that Pio was ordering carbolic acid but says
without proof that he needed it to sterilise needles.
The book says that Rossi found no lesions but yet Pio
told him that his hands were very sore. Why would they be sore when
there were no wounds but only scabs?
This book says that in order the doctors who examined
the alleged wounds were
Doctor Romanelli in 1919. Asserted there was a
side wound "lacerated" and "linear". Stated that
he thought the wounds in the hands went right through.
Professor Bignami in 1919. Asserted there was no side
wound. Denied there were any deep fissures.
Doctor Festa in 1919. He contradicted Romanelli
who said the wounds in the hands went right through. Asserted there
was no side wound. Denied there were nay deep fissures.
Doctor Festa conducted a second examination in 1920.
Doctor Festa conducted a third examination in 1925.
Festa regarded the marks
as supernatural. He reached this opinion merely from the fact that they were perfumed. He obviously just took Pio's word for it that no
cologne had been applied!
Its uncertain that
Pio ever really had wounds.
Nobody ever said he could press on each
side of the hand "wound" and get his fingers to touch one another through the
alleged wound. Doctor Romanelli said he had the
impression that the hand wounds were through the hands but he admitted it was
only an impression. He tried but assumed that
his fingers would meet if he tried harder. But he was afraid to for it
gave Pio great
pain (page 14, The Stigmata and Modern Science). The priest was crying and struggling and
wincing with the alleged pain enough as it was so would the examination have been done right? Romanelli is the weak leg that the pro-Pio devotees have to stand on.
How convenient that Pio was not put under
anaesthesia for examination of the wounds.
That shows that neither Pio or those who organised the tests were very
particular though they did a bit to look particular. Pio was not
seriously interested in having the wounds cured for as far as he was concerned
he knew how to handle them. Pio wanted
the appearance of being verified as a true stigmatist. And Pio was able to undergo two operations
without anaesthetic which is a phenomenon known as auto-anaesthesia (page 89,
The Bleeding Mind)– many people with trained minds are - which makes his
behaviour very suspicious. It looks as
if he wanted to use the pain as an excuse for getting the tests rushed and to
prevent anything suspicious being found.
It paid off.
Pio's Provincial said he would testify on
oath that he could see through Pio's hand wounds (page 68, The Bleeding Mind). But no doctor ever could so that is
worthless. A piece of a mirror in the
middle of the encrusted blood could be used to give the impression that the
hand could be seen through just like a magician could do it.
Reason bids us believe the doctors who said
the wounds were superficial for that would explain why they were not septic –
as can carbolic acid which some thought Pio was using on the wounds.
Superficial wounds would explain why
there was not a mark on Pio when he died.
When there is conflict of testimony the testimony that is closest to a
rational or simplest interpretation has to be preferred. And in this case we have disposed of
Romanelli's reliability – remember when we refute his testimony that is all we
need to do for he was the only one that was nearly any good - so we can be
confident that Pio's wounds were superficial and that naturally he exaggerated
the pain from them to avoid detection and so he was consciously deceiving.
It is absurd to think that the wounds would
change so much as from superficial to complete perforations if they were
miraculous. They might change if they
were natural.
Pio was certainly dodgy and has recently
been exposed for surreptitiously sending for chemicals amid great secrecy
as if he needed them to make his wounds. Pio himself claimed that he
only insisted on secrecy so that those delivering the chemicals to him would not
know they were carrying such dangerous materials! What kind of excuse was
If Pio's stigmata was
dubious, how can we be confident in the other miracles ascribed to him?
Pio was famous for the miracle of perfume
which surrounded him. One thing is for sure when a person has a nice smell that
is supposedly a miracle you can be sure that it is not. No sensible God would do such a mundane and
easily duplicated miracle.
Pio drew attention for his alleged (and
unsubstantiated for he was alone when they happened) nocturnal battles with
demons who used to hit him. Demons would
not have drawn attention to him unless they had some secret pact with him for
if God was with him they could not hope to win.
They would have been promoting him.
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Welcome to TTA, PatrickHGormley Wonderful, knowledgeable post to kick off with.
RE: Padre Pio - Fraud or not?
(23-01-2012 01:43 PM)iakhovas Wrote:Firstly, personal accounts that cannot be verified do not count very well for evidence. Even in court, hearsay things or personal accounts with no alibi and no further evidence can be dismissed. If you wouldn't hold a person to it in a court of law, why the hell would you hold a person to it when it comes to things important in life like... important issues of morality, supernatural accounts, etc?(23-01-2012 11:20 AM)Chas Wrote: He is a fraud - Google is your friend. e.g. Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
Quote:I saw a ghost once. Do you believe me? Well you should because I have a PHD and I'm super smart. Also, I can tell you that things about the account seemed very likely because I'm able to talk about medicine stuff. Therefore, since I'm able to talk on the subject, i'm reputable. You should believe me! I'm credible!
This kind of stuff comes up a lot.
If a doctor comes across something that is unexplained, it should remain just that... unexplained. To assert something they cannot prove is nothing more than a leap, that is faulty logic. Despite whether or not they have a PHD, experience in the field, etc. Unexplained is unexplained. It is no more credible than someone working for the airforce seeing a UFO (unidentified flying object) and instead of calling it unidentified, asserting it is aliens.
This is where logic is important.
As others have mentioned, it's a fraudulent account, but either way, I wanted to touch on the subject of evidence, personal accounts, etc.
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(17-11-2012 03:29 PM)PatrickHGormley Wrote: Pio was a stigmatic
That is a "good " post on the surface but it is very misleading and you have errors in many of your "facts".
I was of the persuasion that Padre Pio was/is a fraud. I did extensive readings on him both pro and con. Many of my books are from Italy and some from his most ardent attackers including left wing type parties in Italy who totally despise Padre Pio. The problem with Padre Pio is the more you research him the more questions remain. I can write an encyclopedia on pro/con but what I am left with is these unanswered questions:
1) The number one con of the wounds are that they are self inflicted. They have the carbolic acid theory. Padre Pio tells people he ordered in secrecy because he and fellow priests were not allowed to administer Spanish Flue shots. Many other priests also ordered chemicals/medications in secrecy or obtained them via black market. It only becomes a big deal with Padre Pio for obvious reasons. Many con people point to the acid in secrecy theory but this was done country wide in Italy and was not unique to the priests at his home.
2) Anyone who mentions that the wounds were done with carbolic acid should replicate this on video and post it on youtube. Padre Pio had NO scarring or remaining wounds once his wounds healed. It turns out I was burned by a very small amount of carbolic acid when I worked at an old age home. I received the burns on my right hand across the knuckles. I received immediate medical attention in a first world hospital. No blood was ever drawn on these wounds. I didn't bleed. After 15 years I still have heavy scarring on my hands. I can't imagine self inflicting wounds with this nasty acid for 40+ years and leaving no scarring. If I did this 2-3 more times my hands would be a disaster zone. If his wounds were self inflicted then he found a novel way to do it. It wasn't acid. And if it was someone could easily replicate it. I propose you try it and tape and see how that goes.
3) Padre Pio never claimed any miracles or claimed he was super natural. His own words deflect the super natural abilities attributed to him. He states nothing is done by him, he prays and if people are cured so be it. He admitted freely his followers would often exaggerate or misunderstand what was happening. It's not like he was a self promoter or profited from anything. In fact the claims made by others caused him heavy problems as he was hated by many in the Vatican and political parties.
4) He was heavily investigated and monitored including listening devices placed in his living areas and confessionals. With so many detractors and so much surveillance no concrete evidence of fraud exist. So if he is a fraud he is a very intelligent person and most people who met him would describe him as "simple" and uneducated.
5) Many of the people who studied him cam to the conclusion that he is a psychopath but no one actually would describe him as having psychopathic tendencies or behaviors. Everyone who met him said he was normal and although eccentric (ie. barely eating, staying up for days at a time etc.) he was described as humble, agreeable and totally disinterested in the cult of personality that built up around him.
These are just a few conclusions I came out with. It's not like he wasn't heavily investigated. He was investigated by his own people who were hell bent on proving he was a fraud. No one has ever provided concrete conclusions. The carbolic acid theory is hog wash and if true can easily be replicated so I say do it and see how that goes.
I am on the fence about this guy. If he is a fraud he is an incredibly intelligent and ahead of our time fraud. No one can explain his wounds and the explanation for them doesn't stand.
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(24-06-2013 03:41 AM)deadwood Wrote:(17-11-2012 03:29 PM)PatrickHGormley Wrote: Pio was a stigmatic
Wow... Nobody could even contradict to what you just said.
RE: Padre Pio - Fraud or not?
(24-06-2013 03:41 AM)deadwood Wrote:(17-11-2012 03:29 PM)PatrickHGormley Wrote: Pio was a stigmatic
RE: Padre Pio - Fraud or not?
(05-06-2015 12:55 PM)ainamaree Wrote:(24-06-2013 03:41 AM)deadwood Wrote: That is a "good " post on the surface but it is very misleading and you have errors in many of your "facts".
No - nobody could be bothered to.
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