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Somehow I doubt I'd be approved for SENTRI if they delve into my US customs past. They always pull me aside when I come back from Latin America. First time I had some naked photos of young women, and they wanted to accuse me of importing pornography. Luckily they didnt try to make me prove they were 18 and over.
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One thing I really like about living in Baja is their transportation system. It's cheap and convenient. They have vans called "collectivos" which hold up to nine people. The vans operate 24 hours a day and you rarely have to wait more then 5 minutes for a van to come your way. They are different colors and you learn where they are going by the color. They aren't on the Internet so you need to learn the system by asking people. For example, to get to Rosarito Beach from Tijuana, you take the yellow vans which start out at the alley between fourth and fifth street on Madero Avenue and drops you off at the Rosarito Beach Hotel. The ride is 16 pesos (about $1.25). A cab would cost you $40. You can get on the vans at any point, when you see a van you just flag it down. They also will let you off anywhere. I have seen people get off on the main highway in the middle of nowhere. Once you know the system, you can go anywhere in Tijuana and various surrounding cities without a car. The transportation is more convenient then anything I have experienced in the US or Europe.
Furthermore, you can get to the San Diego Airport without a car. You just cross the border and take the trolley on the American side which starts at San Ysidro. You take the trolley to the San Diego city center, and switch to the 992 bus. The cost ? - A $5 day pass - that's less then parking your car for one day at an American airport. Also, I have my banking and a PO box in San Ysidro, and also American grocery stores to pick up things I can't find in Mexico - all within walking distance of the border.
You don't need a car to live in Mexico.
Cool, that's good to know. I don't keep stuff like naked pictures with me. You can always send stuff ahead using Dropbox or keep them from seeing it with Bit-Locker which means they would need a warrant to see what's in that folder.
One thing I like about living in Mexico is you can avoid all that Kabuki Theater at US Airports. You can also fly out of Mexico into Cuba. Let fools in America believe Mexico is all dangerous.
The Tijuana Airport is close by. They will want to see a six month tourist visa, which you can get at the border for around $25.
Another advantage of living in Mexico is that simplicity of getting a visa. In fact many people live here without visas, however I recommend at least getting a six month tourist visa at the border for about $25. If you decide that you like Mexico and want to live here for the long term, you can then apply for the FM3 Resident visa while living in Mexico. You can get this done relatively inexpensively in Mexico without a lawyer, for example many agencies who sell auto insurance will fill out the visa forms for you as well. Once you have the visa, you can also apply for cheap Mexican medical insurance. If you don't like Mexico, you can just leave while on the six month tourist visa. If you have a car, don't even think of driving in Mexico without Mexican auto insurance.
I had never heard of Dropbox back in 2006. I had been overseas to Europe 4 times between 01 and 06. So getting stopped for a non-random search was the last thing on my mind. I thought it'd be routine. But I do think it is only Latin America. They dont want anyone competing with the CIA and they want to put everyone behind bars. I also must just fit a profile they dont like (but they wont say what it is).
I don't know, I didn't ask.
If you apply on line, it takes about 2 weeks to see if your application is conditionally approved, but then you have to book an appointment for an interview at the border. An office recently opened in San Ysidro right next to the entrance where you walk into Mexico, but they haven't advertised it on their site yet. Don't apply unless you can do the in person interview. Also, they have announced that they are going to drop the fee to something like $42, but they haven't said when they are going to do that.
For the On line enrollment system google "GOES Online Enrollment".
The interview is in the truck crossing office in Otay. It takes 5 minutes. You show up with your vehicle, pop the doors and trunk, he slips the rfid sticker on the windshield, he talks with you for 2 minutes at his small desk inside and that is it.
"Why do you want a SENTRI pass?"
"I am thinking of buying property in Rosaritio."
I crossed the border 15 minutes later in my own car, the return trip is a no-brainer. 10-20 minutes at most compared to 3 hour wait in the other line.
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The influences of solar wind pressure and interplanetary magnetic field on global magnetic field and outer radiation belt electrons
Using the Van Allen Probe in situ measured magnetic field and electron data, we examine the solar wind dynamic pressure and interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) effects on global magnetic field and outer radiation belt relativistic electrons (≥1.8 MeV). The dynamic pressure enhancements (>2 nPa) cause the dayside magnetic field increase and the nightside magnetic field reduction, whereas the large southward IMFs (B z-IMF < –2nT) mainly lead to the decrease of the nightside magnetic field. In the dayside increased magnetic field region (magnetic local time (MLT) ~ 06:00–18:00, and L > 4), the pitch angles of relativistic electrons are mainly pancake distributions with a flux peak around 90° (corresponding anisotropic index A > 0.1), and the higher-energy electrons have stronger pancake distributions (the larger A), suggesting that the compression-induced betatron accelerations enhance the dayside pancake distributions. However, in the nighttime decreased magnetic field region (MLT ~ 18:00–06:00, and L ≥ 5), the pitch angles of relativistic electrons become butterfly distributions with two flux peaks around 45° and 135° (A < 0). The spatial range of the nighttime butterfly distributions is almost independent of the relativistic electron energy, but it depends on the magnetic field day-night asymmetry and the interplanetary conditions.more »
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The company will report its annual results on Tuesday and is forecast to publish a pre-tax profit of £694m, the first fall in three years and down from £714m the previous year. Once Britain's most profitable listed retailer, and the first one to ever make more than £1bn in a year, it is now predicted to make less money than Tesco, Kingfisher, Morrisons and Sainsbury's.
It has been put under pressure from rivals, particularly Next, which has increased its market share, and Primark as well as the supermarkets, which have stolen many shoppers who are prepared to shop their for their basic clothing in grocery chains. Sainsbury's earlier this month posted a pre-tax profit of £714m and boasted a double-digit increase in its clothing sales, helped by its tie-up with Gok Wan, the television presenter who has designed a range of women's fashion for the supermarket.
M&S's poor sales in the UK, which fell 1.7pc on a like-for-like basis last year, are unlikely to have picked up, Marc Bolland, is likely to say, after the company failed to stock enough best-selling ballet pumps and print blouses in March and April.
Mr Bolland is expected to indicate that both the directors and its 78,000 staff will have their bonus pot, which last year totalled £53m, cut in half.
Clive Black, analyst at Shore Capital, said: "The reality is that everybody's plans from two or three years ago in respect of sales and space growth have had to be torn in up. The consumer economy is much more difficult spot than anyone could have expected to be. And while you continue to have headlines about the crisis in Europe and what it means for Britain, consumers will be reluctant to spend."
However, the company's plan to refurbish all of its UK shops in order make them easier for customers to find their way around, and for each of the brands – such as Per Una, Indigo or Blue Harbour – will continue. Alan Stewart, the finance director, is understood to be happy that after the company sliced £90m from its costs last year it can roll out the refurbished shops for less than previously forecast.
Neil Saunders, at the retail consultancy Conlumino, said the first 80 shops that had been refurbished were noticeably better than the old formats. "I should imagine they are making a reasonable return from them.
"But the problem is that M&S is still just not very inspirational when it comes to womenswear. It's very difficult to distinguish between the different brands. When you compare it to what John Lewis has done over the last three or four years with fashion, it looks light years ahead of M&S."
The company is forecast to publish turnover just shy of £10bn, up from £9.74bn the previous year, and M&S has an ambitious target for this figure to hit £11.6bn to £12.5bn by 2013 to 2014, a target which Mr Bolland is likely to say will only be hit at the very bottom end of the range.


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Vodafone Qatar Releases Full Year Financial Results -Revenue exceeds prospectus plan by 26%
15 May 2010: Today Vodafone Qatar Q.S.C. ("Vodafone Qatar" or "The Company") announced its financial results for the year ended 31 March 2010 showing revenue that is 26% ahead of plan.
Vodafone Qatar's key financial achievements are as follows:
- 464,962 Customers at 31 March which is 121% ahead of plan
- 28% Population Share as of 31 March
- 18% Customer Market Share as of 31 March
- Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) is QAR 101 for the three months to 31 March
- Revenue of QAR 361.5 million for the full year to 31 March, which is 26% ahead of plan.
- EBITDA loss of QAR (225.4) million for the full year to 31 March which was expected and is in-line with the original plan outlined in the Initial Public Offering (IPO) prospectus
- Quarterly Adjusted EBITDA continues to improve; Adjusted EBITDA for the March quarter was QAR (28.7) million compared to QAR (38.6) million for the December quarter.
- Net Loss of QAR (673.4) million for the full year to 31 March was expected and is in-line with the original plan outlined in the Initial Public Offering ("IPO") prospectus.
Since Vodafone Qatar's fully-subscribed IPO raising QAR 3,381.6 million in May 2009, the Company progressed rapidly. They opened their first retail store in July 2009 and their mobile network now covers 100% of the country of Qatar.
Following the launch of commercial services in July 2009 Vodafone Qatar's customer base has grown rapidly, with most customers joining since the launch of Red prepay in September 2009. In the last quarter of the financial year, Vodafone Qatar's customer base grew 32% as a result of continued international calling promotions and the 2010 domestic calling campaign whereby all new and existing customers were credited with 2,010 minutes of free Vodafone-to-Vodafone calling to be used throughout the year 2010.
"In any market where there is a monopoly, customers anxiously await the arrival of a competitor to introduce change and lower prices. The strength of the Vodafone brand and the exciting offers and promotions that we have brought to the market have enabled us to exceed people's expectations," said Vodafone Qatar's Chief Executive Officer, Grahame Maher.
The Company's customer base continues to grow; on 9 May Vodafone Qatar announced that they had reached 500,000 customers. This is 7.5% growth in just over five weeks from their financial year end and means that 30% of the population of Qatar now have a Vodafone Qatar SIM.
Whilst Vodafone Qatar's customer numbers are 121% ahead of plan primarily as a result of their exciting offers and promotions, revenue is 26% ahead of plan as ARPU was lower than expected and customers continue to maintain dual SIMs. While customers maintain dual SIMs, revenue is split between Vodafone Qatar and its competitor. A significant proportion of revenue has come from international calling which often attracts higher interconnect rates (the cost of calling networks in other countries) than calling domestically.
Vodafone Qatar's reported net loss of QAR (673.4) million for the year ended 31 March was entirely expected and is in-line with what was outlined in the IPO prospectus. In most companies this would typically be compared to the net loss experienced in the previous financial year, which for Vodafone Qatar was QAR (132.9) million. However, Vodafone Qatar's start-up situation makes this comparison inappropriate. Firstly the Company had no customers last financial year and was therefore incurring only costs related to the establishment of the company without the benefit of generating revenue. Secondly, the amortisation of the license fee began on the date the network was ready for service in May 2009, and was therefore not present in last year's financial statements. The amortisation of the QAR 7.7 Billion license fee is a significant amount and represents a considerable portion of the Company's net loss to date. The QAR 7.7 Billion license fee is amortised equally over the life of the license from May 2009 to the end of the license period which is June 2028.
On the announcement of Vodafone Qatar's full year results, Chief Financial Officer John Tombleson commented, "We now have a substantial customer base that will help drive future performance and forms a solid basis for generating future revenue growth. We expect to build upon our achievements in the next financial year.


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Having missed seeing the Biscuit in Cambridge earlier this year, it'd been a while since I'd seen them.
The support band were nothing to write home about, starting off with a bad easy-listening version of Rock the Casbah, and going downhill from there. However to be fair they weren't anywhere near the worst band I've seen supporting Half Man Half Biscuit.
8:30 came and the main act arrived on stage for their near 2-hour long set. A good mix of old and new songs, although A Country Practice was a slightly odd choice for the last song of the encore.
The Light at the End of the Tunnel (is the Light of an Oncoming Train)
Joy in Leeuwarden (We are Ready)
A Lilac Harry Quinn
Fuckin' 'ell it's Fred Titmus
Look Dad No Tunes
Bob Wilson Anchorman
Use to be in Evil Gazebo – I Went to a Wedding (end)
Yipps (My Baby Got the)
Petty Sessions
All I Want for Christmas Is a Dukla Prague Away Kit
Totnes Bickering Fair
Tending the Wrong Grave for 23 Years
Irk the Purists
Running Order Squabble Fest
Fix it so She Dreams of Me
National Shite Day – The Best Things in Life (end)
Vatican Broadside
When the Evening Sun Goes Down
Rock and Roll is Full of Bad Wools
Restless Legs
24 Hour Garage People (Pringles cost £2.48)
We Built This Village on a Trad. Arr. Tune
It's Clichéd to Be Cynical at Christmas
Joy Division Oven Gloves
For What is Chatteris…
New Dawn Fades (Joy Division)
A Country Practice


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12-Year-Old Shot at Cleveland Park
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A 12-year-old girl was shot in the chest at a Cleveland park after she was reportedly caught in the crossfire of two gunmen, according to police.
The shooting happened around 7:30 p.m. at Walter A. Burks Park located in the Tacoma/Parkwood Avenue area on the city's east side.
Dispatchers said the girl was taken by family to Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital for treatment.
Her guardians told police that two males had begun shooting at one another, and the girl was then hit in the chest.
She is in stable condition and was being prepped for surgery as of 9:30 p.m., according to police.
No arrests have yet been made.
The suspects are described as black males.
Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call 5th District detectives at 216-623-5518.
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A popular family resort in Grand Baie, Mauritius, Le Canonnier caters to the holidaymaker's every need. Set in several acres of lush garden, around which you may find the remnants of an old fort, Le Canonnier was redesigned in 2005 and now is surely one of the most unique and stylish hotels in the area.
The extensive gardens are dotted with pools and ponds and stretch out onto the peninsula. The rooms unfold in two wings in a stylish and trendy design. The furniture is simple, with a minimalism that shows in a tasteful combination of colours, material and texture: contrasts of red and beige, wooden frames, and fine wooden blinds.
Stay in the standard category overlooking the tropical gardens and swimming pool, or ocean; or stay in a superior room or family duplex, also with pool and garden or sea views. All rooms have air conditioning, electronic safes, telephone, television, mini bar and hairdryers. Le Canonnier also has its own beauty and wellness centre with its own bicentennial banyan tree and massage rooms.
The prevailing winds being offshore on the North Coast means sea conditions are perfect for water sports. Spending your days out on the water is the thing to do in the North. Whether you choose to take a catamaran trip out to one of the outlying islets for a beach barbecue or stay closer inshore and enjoy watersking, parasailing, windsurfing and a whole host of other activities. With clear waters, conditions are perfect for snorkeling and scuba diving and further out to sea you can land a monster fish on a deep sea fishing expedition. The North also has at least two inland places of interest, which are "La Nicoliere" drive and the Pamplemousses Botanical Garden, where you can see the famous waterlily pond. Grand Baie is well known for its selection of bars, restaurants and nightclubs.


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I've rounded up ten recent infographics on Google, with lots of stats, tips on searching Google, the most expensive keywords, and 2011 revenues.
Where possible, I've added the infographics to this post in a readable size, but for others you can click on the image to see a larger version...
Google's 2011 revenues (via scoop.it)
How big is Google? (via smashing apps)
Google algorithm changes of 2011 (via infographics showcase)
What does it take to get a job at Google? (via Search Engine Land)
Is Google making us e-tards? (via Daily Infographic)
How to search Google more efficiently (via Mashable)
The constantly connected customer (via buzzintechnology)
Google's most expensive keywords (via StateofSearch)
Who's using Google+? (via flowtown)
Intelligence on Google apps (via Cloud Infographic)
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Take the M1 North. Exit at Junction 15 and take the A45 towards Wellingborough (Approximately 15 miles)
At the first roundabout approaching Wellingborough take the first left towards Kettering
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Then take the second right into Booth Drive. Nimlok is on your right
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Join the A14 exiting at Junction 9
Take the A509 South towards Wellingborough. Pass through the village of Isham, then continue for approximately six miles towards Wellingborough
Take the final exit at the roundabout, towards the M1. Go straight over the next roundabout
Take the second exit at the next roundabout into Rutherford Drive
Take the second right into Booth Drive. Nimlok is on your immediate right
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Nimlok is approximately 50 minutes from London St. Pancras to Wellingborough. Nimlok is five minutes from Wellingborough station by taxi.


text: Voted Long Island Best American/Continental Restaurant for both 2011 & 2012! Shandon Court is a family owned and operated Restaurant & Catering facility located in the heart of East Islip. Since our family opened the restaurant's doors in 2002, we have worked to maintain a well rounded menu with superior ingredients paired with impeccable service. Yet, we strive for a quaint friendly neighborhood attitude & true Irish hospitality at its finest! Shandon Court's international chef, Piers Stringer, has learned alongside some of the world's elite chefs. Chef Stringer has gained a reputation as an award winning, innovative chef with an exceptional record of service and experience at noted Micheline assessed and Rosette awarded restaurants Open 7 days as week for lunch and dinner Shandon Court also boasts an eclectic bar menu and delightful sit down Sunday Brunch. Stop in for a night of dinner and dancing in a warm and welcoming atmosphere with relaxed elegance.


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Despite repeated claims she is "proud" of her Cherokee heritage, newly minted U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren is keeping that pride under wraps and won't be taking advantage of a chance to officially list herself as the Bay State's first Native American U.S. senator.
Aides said Warren, who describes herself as part Cherokee and part Delaware Indian, won't contact historians at the Senate Historical Office to tell them she's Native American. The office lists minority senators in its official directory.
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Program Name: T-Minus Hockey Countdown
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T-Minus Hockey Countdown Clock. Looking forward to the game? Whether it's youth hockey or the NHL, now you can count down to the face-off! You can play our sound track. Your anticipation will build as you count down the days, hours and minutes. Requirements: IBM Pc 300 mz
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Dolphins fans should find it easier to stay connected to the digital world during games this season due to a sizable investment in upgrading the WiFi and cellular networks at Sun Life Stadium.
The system designed by AT&T, with 1,200 access points in the stadium and a distributed antenna system (DAS) outside, enables fans to use smartphones and tablets to make calls, send text and email, transmit photos and interact on social media, as well as keep up with scores and stats of the Dolphins' game and others.
However, it does not yet have the capability for watching multiple replays and tuning into other games via the NFL RedZone that some fans enjoyed with FanVision the past three seasons.
FanVision, a company Dolphins owner Steve Ross bought in 2009, is not being used in the NFL this season. Ross said in an interview last year that people won't want to carry an extra hand-held device, so the move is toward providing the same features that FanVision delivered on smartphone apps.
The Dolphins app, available for free for Android and iPhone, is evolving.
"Our strategy is centered around mobile. We introduced FanVision three years ago because we didn't have a robust WiFi network," said Tery Howard, Dolphins' chief technology officer.
"What we're doing this year is adapting the FanVision experience onto the mobile app. Video streaming, we're still working on. I think there are some real breakthrough technologies that next year this time we can talk about. Right now we want to make sure that we're careful on how we set expectations."
FanVision devices, which were a perk for season-ticket holders, were about the size of a video-game controller and ran on the same multicast bandwidth as TV broadcasts.
They were used in 13 NFL stadiums, but clearly now the priority is transferring those capabilities to the devices everybody already carries around. The NFL and Verizon have agreed to a deal that will allow fans to stream games that are airing on CBS and Fox live on their phones starting in 2014.


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Cylance, Blue Coat bring anti-malware to network security
Cylance, a cyber security company, and Blue Coat Systems, a provider of enterprise security architecture, entered into a partnership to bring anti-malware technology to network security.
Blue Coat Systems' Content Analysis System (CAS) version 1.3 will include Cylance's artificial intelligence engine for combating malware and advanced threats, allowing customers with a valid File Inspection subscription to perform advanced detection as files move through networks. When the CAS identifies a new sample, Cylance's artificial intelligence engine uses algorithms developed though machine learning to identify and block malware.
Blue Coat's CAS uses a layered approach to protect against known and unknown threats when combined with Blue Coat ProxySG appliances. Starting with CAS version 1.3, CAS will use Cylance' artificial-intelligence engine to assist in determining which samples are malicious.
Source: Cylance, Blue Coat bring anti-malware to network security
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Techie Club includes 40+ hours of hands-on, interactive activities tied directly to national technology standards for 3rd – 6th grade students. The lessons focus on a variety of computing topics, promote 21st century skills and provide students with an awareness of technology and STEM-related careers. This program was created with support from the American Electric Power Foundation.
- Teacher: Alexis Crosby
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Sodium acetate is a sodium salt of acetic acid. It's colourless, water soluble deliquescent compound with plethora of uses. It is used as a food additive (E262), as pH buffer, also as a pickling agent in chrome tanning and in some other industrial areas.
Very interesting property of sodium acetate is its ability to supersaturate in water solution. That means it is able to form solution that contains more of the dissolved material than could be dissolved by the solvent under normal circumstances. Crystallization of supersaturated sodium acetate can be then caused by sudden mechanical shock in the solution or by inserting a nucleation site into the solution. After that crystallization takes place almost immediately and is completed in few seconds or minutes depending on how much supersaturated the solution is.
Sodium acetate trihydrate can be made by a reaction of acetic acid with sodium bicarbonate (or Na2CO3, NaOH):
CH3COOH + NaHCO3 →CH3COONa + CO2 + H2O
Sodium acetate crystallizes from a solution in two crystal forms – hexagons or as large plates. Hexagons are told to be trihydrate whereas the large plates represent tetrahydrate [1]. The solubility of anhydrous salt and trihydrate was investigated by Green et al. The anhydrous salt solubility curve in a range from 0 °C to 123 °C is shown on the graph below. At temperatures above 123 °C the saturated solution boils [2].
50 % Acetic acid (50 mL) was poured into a beaker. Sodium bicarbonate (33.6 g, 0.4 mol) was added slowly in order to avoid overflow. This solution was heated to app. 70°C and let to cool down without any mechanical stress. Glass rod was used to touch the surface of the cold supersaturated solution. The action caused instant crystallization.
[1] Green, W. F. (1907, January). The "Melting-Point" of Hydrated Sodium Acetate: Solubility Curves. J. Phys. Chem., 12(9), 655-660.
[2] Mannan, K. M., & Rahaman, M. H. (1972). Crystallographic data for sodium acetate trihydrate, sodium acetate tetrahydrate, and 2,5-bis(benzylidene)cyclohexanone. Acta Crystallographica Section B, B28, 320.


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African Pride
African pride is a local 'lekker' new meat range that is taking the Eastern Cape by storm. The range is packed by Lentaba Meat (Previously EPLA) which is based in Port Elizabeth and has been supplying the trade for the past 60 Years. African Pride has an extensive range of meat products which includes the very best biltong and drywors. We pride ourselves on quality and produce only the most 'smaaklike' 'lekker' products.


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Being refused credit can be frustrating – but it can happen on any application you make, be it a credit card, loan, or new mobile phone contract. Being refused credit can be inconvenient and affect your plans. The situation can be made worse by not knowing exactly why a company has turned you down, or if there's any action you could take. After all, you may think you're creditworthy and not understand why you've been refused.
Who decides to offer or refuse me credit?
It's always the company's decision to approve or reject your application to borrow money. Experian and other credit reference agencies may provide companies with your credit history, but we don't have a say in whether they lend to you.
If you've been turned down, only the company can tell you why, because only they know. If you ask, they should be able to give you the main reason. This is useful because it might identify actions you can take to improve your credit score.
How do lenders assess my application?
When you apply for credit from a company, they'll want to understand the likelihood of you repaying them. To do this, they look at your credit history, including your accounts, repayments and debt. They may also use your application form and any information they already hold on you (for example, if you're an existing customer).
Companies use this data to calculate your credit score. Each company has their own system for doing this, so your score may vary from lender to lender. However, you can get a good idea of where you stand by checking your Experian Credit Score – it's the UK's most trusted rating*.
You'll need to meet the company's criteria to have your application approved. Companies may look for different kinds of customers for different deals, so it's possible to get refused credit even if you have a good credit score.
Does being refused credit, such as a loan or mortgage, affect my credit rating?
Being refused credit doesn't damage your credit score, because the company's decision will not be recorded on your credit report. Only you and the lender will know you were turned down for credit.
However, applying for credit can damage your score for a short period of time. So, although a scattergun approach may get you credit eventually, it can put a big dent in your rating. It's much better to space out your applications and only apply for credit you're likely to be approved for. You can find out your eligibility for credit cards and personal loans when you use our comparison service. Remember, we're a credit broker, not a lender† - we can help you find deals, but we don't provide credit.
Why have I been turned down for credit?
Here are some common reasons why people get turned down for credit:
- The company couldn't confirm your identity and address. This sometimes happens if you haven't registered on the electoral roll, or if you've changed your name or address recently and didn't make the company aware
- Your credit history isn't substantial enough. Companies like to see evidence that you've successfully repaid credit before. If you haven't used credit before, or if you're new to the country, there might not be enough data for lenders to approve you
- You have late or missed payments, defaults, or county court judgements in your credit history. These may indicate you've had trouble repaying debt in the past
- You have an Individual Voluntary Agreement or Debt Management Plan. This might suggest that you can't afford any more debt at the moment
- You've made multiple credit applications in a short space of time. Companies may see this as a red flag, as it could suggest you're in financial trouble
- There was a mistake on your application form. For example, if you live in a flat, your address may need to be written - "Flat A, 125 High Street" and not "125A High Street"
- You're financial associated with someone who has bad credit history. Learn more about financial associates here
- You aren't their target customer. For example, some companies only want to lend to those with high or low incomes
The best way to find out why you've been refused credit is to ask the company for a reason. However, it also helps to get a copy of your Experian Credit Report – check it for accuracy and anything listed above.
How can I increase my chances of being accepted for credit?
To get the credit deals you want, you need to understand what companies look for and improve your credit history accordingly. Here are our top tips to get you started:
- Try to minimise the number of credit applications you make. Aim for a maximum of one every three months
- Get on the electoral roll by registering to vote. This can help companies confirm your identity
- Ensure your credit information is up-to-date and accurate by getting a copy of your Experian Credit Report. If you want to check your report regularly for any changes, you might like to get a CreditExpert paid subscription
- Check your credit score regularly to keep track of your progress. You can access your Experian Credit Score with a free Experian account, and it updates every 30 days if you log in
- Consider building up your credit history with smaller forms of credit. By paying off credit on time and in full, you can show companies you're a responsible borrower. Remember, you should only take out credit you can comfortably afford
- Compare mortgages, loans and credit cards to find a deal that fits you. You can use our comparison service to search credit from across the UK market
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"Dude, you can't make a title caps to make the pun work, or else it's a stupid lazy joke!" Well, ya know I'm pretty effin' rusty out here catching back up with Summer Ball and this final batch of free agency moves! I'm as old and as rusty as Deron Williams, who completed his buyout with the Nets, turned it into piles of gold he buried in his backyard, and will be eating Mulligan's steak with Mark Cuban. The rich stay rich, just with the richer! Wait, did that make any sense? While D-Will has just as much risk as an active Claymore mine sitting on your desk (and giving it a fourth grade girl), I think I might actually buy in a bit. He's in a steady decline, but when looking at his numbers last year, it's easy to forget he came off the bench for a bit – and his bench numbers were horrific. As a starter he was 14.3/3.6/7.1 with a steal per and only 2.4 TO. And interestingly enough – nearly 33 minutes a game while staying [mostly] healthy! Must be the new bacon and eggs diet. He shot pretty horrible – sub 40% as a starter – but it was 39.6% vs. 32.3% as a sub. Couldn't figure out how to get it done off the pine! Sounds like a merit badge the Pawnee Rangers would give out. Moving to Dallas, he's surrounded by SO MUCH better talent that he should have no problem falling into comparable numbers as his starting days in Brooklyn, maybe even with a few more dimes, a few less TO, and playing as the starter all year (if he stays glued together). This is likely D-Will's final chance to be on a winner, and after a very sub-par 14-15 I think he could be a draft day value. Either that or he'll be a hot spinning cone of meat! Here's what else has gone on in the past week of fantasy basketball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Iman Shumpert
…It's like the beginning of a 1950s B&W horror movie. "As I recall it was a horror film!"
"…From the depths of the muck – ya know, that soft clay shizz at the bottom of a lake – comes the waiver-wired, until recently available in a ton of leagues, RODNEY STUCKEY!"
Monster game from R-Stuck, who gets to R-Stick it to a hot Reality-TV show wife, unquestioningly motivating him to a 34/6/7/1/1 line last night with an NBA Jam "he's on fire!" 13-19 FG and 6 treys. Just a redonk game in 31 bench minutes, especially since the Pacers started Damjan Rudez who couldn't miss either, hitting 6-8 including 5-7 from deep. It's like the Pacers were playing on Fisher-Price baskets! Although those "throwback" (well, just older, not too throwback) unis are schweet. While a big game and all, Stuckey was averaging a monstrous 0.6 3PTM a game before last night, so a huge anomaly there. 1,000% more 3s! And the dimes were an outlier as well, with only two games more than 6 before yesterday. Anyone in the NBA can get hot on any given night, and Stuckey is a good low-to-mid-teens scorer ala that creeper who stayed home instead of going to college. He's fine as a last guy on your bench in 10 or 12ers, but I don't think he's someone to drop a stud for. A great comment yesterday was Stuckey or Brandon Knight, who was spotted on crutches yesterday. Yeah, unless you have a H2H week one bye, I'll probably pick the guy who can currently walk. Here's what else happened last night in fantasy hoops action:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Right now, Kings games from here on out can be perfectly embodied by a The Ben Stiller Show skit. Such an underrated show (couldn't find the clip on Youtube, it's too old!). Andy Dick is on the bomb squad, gets to the bomb, then starts doing ridiculous things while the 10 seconds counts down that take a lot longer than 10 seconds… Cooks lunch, changes a baby, shizz like that. All the while the countdown clicks down unfathomably slow, until it's at 1 and blows him up. Man, it's hard to describe things when there's not a video for it! 3rd Century problems…
Well, losing a quality PG like Darren Collison in the second quarter never helps (abdominal strain – getting an MRI today. Good thing he's not a baseball player, he'd be out two months!), but the Kings are a bigger failed experiment than that prison Stanford thing after getting bludgeoned by the Dirk-less, Rondo-less Mavs. Too many good players to be this bad! Boogie turns it over too much, Gay isn't working next to him, and the abyss that is the starting PF can't be all to blame. At 17-31, that's NOT how the West was won… Gay and Cuz make a lot of dough, but Colly playing this well on a 3-year $15 mil deal is starting to look mighty tasty to potential suitors. If he gets through this ab MRI with nothing worse than a "nice six pack" prognosis, I think it's about time to sell. Of course Derrick Williams would be nice to dump, and, well, anyone else not named Ben McLemore (who is taking a nice step forward) would be awesome for SAC to kick out. A nice kick in the SAC is what the Kings need! Here's what else went down last night in fantasy hoops action:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Operation shutdown: when a team shuts down a star player in order to preserve them for the future. It's a fear of every fantasy owner and that's exactly what the Knicks are contemplating doing with Carmelo Anthony and his sore knee.
As a DC sports fan, I'm all too familiar with the shutdown. Different sport, different circumstances, but it's the same idea.
As of now, Anthony refuses to be shut down. He's said that his knee won't get any worse by playing on it, but he's already missed the last five games with the injury.
Having lost 14 games in a row, the Knicks have now surpassed the 76ers as the worst team in the league. It's clear that the Knicks are in total rebuild mode. This week, the Knicks waived Samuel Dalembert and traded JR "I've Never Taken a Bad Shot" Smith and Iman Shumpert to the Cavaliers in a salary cap dump.
Right now, Anthony is day-to-day without a timetable for his return. He says he wants to play next week in London, but we don't know for sure.Please, blog, may I have some more?
I'll admit it – I have very little to say of importance about the trade in relation to fantasy basketball, but the Cavs did get better, if Iman Shumpert can get (and stay!) healthy, he may have deep league defensive potential. Think a poor, poor man's K.J. McDaniels. Poor. Maybe I'm reaching here to find some fantasy relevance, but to be clear, this is a "take stock of the flat top", not "drop flop for flat top", as he isn't guaranteed the starting job when he comes back. I know JB already wrote something similar, but Dion Waiters is gonna have to show me he can get touches before I even speculate on him, as he's clearly going to be coming off the bench. Really, unless you're a fan of the 3 teams involved, it wasn't really all that spectacular for any one team. So the Cavs won the trade, as they only gave up a 2019 second rounder, and nothing much else, (got J.R. Smith as a replacement for Waiters, so that was a lateral move) and got a potential defensive upgrade for the starting 5. We should all take the cue from the General Managers in our beloved NBA, and look at our fantasy squads and see who could be had, and who should be shipped out. If you're considering making a move, have a gander at these fine fellows:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Some NBA GMs had a case of the Mondays, that's for sure! "Uhhhh, I'm not ready to be back at work, let's do something nuts just to make it look like we're working…"
In a blockbuster three-team trade, the New York Poppycockers salary dumped Iman Shumpert and J.R. Smith to the Cavs. More pressure on Blatt! Now he has to win with Knicks Outkasts… "I like the way you move!" The last NBA coach who said that to Smith was George Karl. Shumpert is likely going to start at the 2 with Smith becoming a 6th man. Both of them must have had a redonkulous party to be heading to a winner. Don't invite Plaxico or Felton! Then there's Dion Waiters to the Thunder. Meh. Not like most leagues were using Waiters anyway, but he takes a minor hit in deepers. Reggie Jackson should still lead the second unit in shots, so I'm not that excited. The Knicks picked up three guys – Captain Kirk (but not the Hinrich one), some European with a lot of hair, but then an interesting name in Lance Thomas. I almost made a cracker joke, but we're gonna gloss right over that and reminiscence in some games he had earlier in the year on a depleted Thunder front line – 12/8/2 (Nov 1), 14/5/1 (Nov 4), the fluky 7/13/6 (Nov 12). And depleted is baked right into the Knicks funnel cake right now. The Poppycockers might as well see what they have at some point, so in uber deep leagues if you need someone with any sort of upside, I'd be sure and star LT on your wire. Here's what else went down on a crazy Monday for fantasy basketball:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Who says NBA is an indoor sport?! Roll out the tarp!
During a rainy night in Brooklyn, all the sudden the ballboys were throwing towels on this spot on the court as somewhere in the rafters was a pretty steady leak. I looked away from the game for a minute then looked back, and I thought at first they were cleaning up a massive bleeding injury! At least that wasn't the case… Ended up being about half an hour rain delay, complete with maintenance rolling out a trash can to collect the water. It's like Kap said when we were chattin' last night – just like his high school gym! The Nets arena leaking with the tears of Nets fans…
While Brooklynites had to watch a short-handed Heat team beat them at home, there's at least some fantasy goodness to be had from some flashy younguns. Professor Plumlee! Young professors I bet would make a killing with college chicks… Anyway, Mason Plumlee for 21/9/1/1/1 last night, shooting 8-12 FG and leading the Nets in scoring. Sure the Heat front line is a bunch of dudes you've never heard of and an over-the-chicken coup Birdman, but good to see him hitting on his potential as the starter, finally. There's still some blemishes – 4 TO and a surprisingly good-for-Plumlee but bad-for-real-life 5-8 FT (stop it with the hyphen phrases!), but if you can handle the FT drain or already have a FT-punting (dammit!) team, he's a perfect fit. I think he's as close to a must-own in all leagues while Brook Lopez is out, but many teams don't have a streamer spot and/or can't handle the bad FT%. Brolo is getting reevaluated Saturday, meaning he's out at least three more. So while the Nets are leaking talent, don't let Plumlee leak through your waiver wire. Here's how the rest of the NBA big news shook out:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Tracking Rudy Gobert's path to the NBA has been movie worthy. After an accident at his former job at the local steel mill, Rudy had Jon Favreau (he really could be French!) keep his grades up in exchange for Rudy helping Jonny out with the ladies. Gobert almost gave up on his dream for basketball, but Charles S. Dutton gave a heartfelt speech on BEING REAL! Utah fans tried carrying Gobert off the court chanting "Rudy! Rudy!" after that win against the Spurs last Tuesday, but it was a big hazard to the overhead lights.
Derrick Favors' ankle turned into a kankle over the weekend, but luckily X-rays were negative and he's day-to-day. No reason for the lowly Jazz to throw him out there gimpy. Monsieur Elbow time! Filling in for Favors on Friday night, Rudy had one of the best games of his young career for 9/11/4/1/5 shooting 2-2 FG and 5-6 FT. Followed it up with a start last night next to Enes Kanter for 7/9/0/2/3 in 31 minutes. Playing with the big boys! A wingspan that would make a pterodactyl jealous, Gobert should murder blocks for you if you're able to stream him through the couple starts he's likely to get this week. No timetable for Favors, but big men + kankles = John Goodman. I mean, not good for a speedy return.
Boy did the Fantasy God of Injuries not get enough human sacrifices over the weekend! This might turn out to be the most depressing NBA recap I've ever written. Stay positive JB! Stay positive JB! Thanks inner monologue… Any other advice to help me get through today's news? Well, remember when in Interstellar it looked like there was no hope due to another Dust Bowl, then he just finds the newly incarnated NASA – – Wait, how does any of that make sense, they didn't know he was alive yet he was their best hope!? And then there's that giant plot hole with the planet with the – – it just makes no – – uhughuhguhguhguhgug – – – – F, now my inner monologue is injured… Here's how the weekend of death went down in NBA action:Please, blog, may I have some more?
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! Hopefully you're enjoying your turkey leftovers and your star players are all healthy!
After successful wrist surgery on Tuesday, Kevin Martin is expected to miss 6-8 weeks. Martin broke his wrist the previous week in a Minnesota win over the New York Knicks. The crazy thing is that Martin hurt his wrist in the first quarter and ended up scoring 34 points in the game. He was 6-9 from downtown with a broken wrist! Too bad everyone can't play that well through their injuries!
It's a big blow to the Timberwolves who are already missing Ricky Rubio and Nikola Pekovic. Replacing Kevin Martin in the starting lineup is Corey Brewer. He's not as pure of a shooter as Martin, but Brewer will provide points and steals for as long as he's starting. His minutes have already jumped from 23.5 to 31.2 per game since Martin went down.
Without Martin's 3-point prowess, the T'Wolves will need another shooter to step up. Enter Mo Williams. He was already seeing an increase in minutes due to Rubio's injury, but should see even more 3-point looks. In two games without Martin, Williams has seen his 3-point attempts rise from 1.8 to 5.5 per night. It's a small sample size, but Williams is a cheap source of threes, points, and assists.
Already owned in most leagues, Andrew Wiggins should see increased opportunities as well. Since Martin went down, Wiggins has taken 14+ shots a night, after not taking more than 13 shots in any game prior. With any rookie, there will be some growing pains, but it's clear that the Timberwolves want Wiggins to take on more of a role on offense.Please, blog, may I have some more?
Up until this year, Jimmy Butler looked like he was always going to be a Wesley Johnson–Iman Shumpert type of wing. Can get you 13-15 points on a good night, hits a few three balls, shoots crappy from the field and nabs a few steals here and there.
His improvement was steady over his first three seasons, but heading into this year's fantasy drafts, the thought going through most people's minds was: This guy's a sleeper, sure, but Derrick Rose is coming back. If Rose is finally healthy, Butler is a non-factor, and even if he isn't, we're not missing out on much.
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Butler came into Friday's tilt against the Blazers with a string of four straight games where he topped 20, including a 32-point explosion against the Pacers. I'm singling out that Blazers game as a caveat, as Da Bulls entered Portland with no Rose, no Pau Gasol, no Kirk Hinrich and no chance of winning. Butler, who had nine points on 3-13 shooting, joined his teammates in chucking up prayers to try and stay in the game, and almost none of those prayers were answered.
I will say this. The Portland game does expose Butler as a guy who cannot carry a real NBA team. In other words, he is not a healthy Derrick Rose in Derrick Rose's prime. I think Butler's value is intrinsically tied to the health of this squad. If, for example, Gasol is healthy, but Rose isn't, Butler is very valuable. If both are healthy, still valuable, but not as much. If neither is healthy, he will be up and down, struggling against good teams, dominating bad ones.
Long-term, I see a sell-high wing. Yeah, it'll taste good right now, but later tonight, your significant other will be relegating you to sleeping on the couch. And it won't be because you snore.
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How Are Diet Sodas Marketed to Men?
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Diet sodas have an image problem, and for good reason. In the beginning, they were a speciality item aimed at people with diabetes. The original formulas used the sweeteners cyclamates and saccharin tasted terrible and were widely considered to be bad for your health. (Indeed, both were banned for a time.) But some people didn't care, because they were more concerned with the calorie count than the taste.
Up until fairly recently in American culture, men didn't diet. I mean, many of them probably did, but it wasn't something that most men would admit to. Dieting for the purpose of losing weight was seen as a uniquely female pastime. And the behaviors around dieting were mainly limited to cutting calories: eating a half grapefruit for breakfast, dry salad with cottage cheese for lunch, maybe a broiled chicken breast and some consommé for dinner. And, of course, drinking "no cal" sodas.
None of this was very manly. Men were expected to exercise, pump iron, maybe drink raw eggs like Rocky Balboa. And they did.
But now I'd argue that dieting and calorie counting has gone mainstream. Heck, so has diabetes.*
And a lot more people who, a generation ago, wouldn't have to worry about their weight or sugar intake are now worried. Diet soda tastes a lot better than it ever did, and there's no reason why men shouldn't be guzzling it in the same quantities as women.
But there's still the image problem. Drinking sugar-free beverages is seen as emasculating. The soda companies tried to market their regular diet beverages to men, but it didn't work. So they found the need to make "male" versions of their popular diet beverages.
Coke Zero was specifically launched to reach the male market. The flavor profile is different. It tastes bolder, less sweet. The can packaging is also different. Diet Coke is light and silvery, but Coke Zero is mostly black. The word diet is nowhere to be seen.
Coke Zero was hugely successful. Dr. Pepper co-opted this strategy, a little ham-handedly in my opinion. ("Not for women" belongs on a strategic brief, not on a creative advertisement.) But, eh, they don't have the creative vision—and likely, the marketing budget—to do subtle. The fact that this Dr. Pepper has 10 token calories is a nice touch. Not enough to matter, but enough to place it firmly away from the "no cal" label and all the emasculating baggage it contains.
Yes, this product is looking for a male audience that probably doesn't drink Diet Dr. Pepper either.
*In 2011, almost 26 million Americans have diabetes; that's 8.3 percent of the population. And a whopping 79 million have pre-diabetes. Almost all of these cases are Type 2 (formerly called adult-onset), which can be triggered by obesity.
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'Celebrity Big Brother' housemates were evacuated after a food fight got out of hand.
Heavy D, James Whale, Lewis Bloor, and Stephen Bear were cooking bacon when they decided to throw coffee and sugar over one another - and forgot about the meaty treat sizzling on the stove.
As a result, the pan caught fire and triggered the alarm, prompting Big Brother to tell the whole group to wait in the garden while the situation was diffused.
'Storage Hunters' star Heavy D triggered the row when he put his hand on James' head, prompting the radio host to tell him he could "look but don't touch".
Bear then poked fun at the outspoken presenter, chanting: "He's very touchy in the morning isn't he? Oooh."
James then shocked the 'Ex on the Beach' star by tipping an entire bag of coffee on his head, prompting retaliation from Bear in the form of sugar and water.
As he doused James, Bear sarcastically said: "I'm sooo sorry. I'm sooo sorry."
James then told his housemate, "That is the end alright," but the fight was cut short when the alarm sounded and the group had to get out.
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He said: "The three lads decided that they'd pick on me. They just wanted to wind me up so I poured the ground coffee over Bear because he annoyed me.
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In this case I was presented with a hard drive encrypted with TrueCrypt. One litigant claims the other guessed his password and changed it so he can't decrypt it. The other litigant claims this is a lie and the first guy doesn't want to reveal the financial records on that hard drive. The attorney on the case told me he had spoken with "an ex-FBI guy" who said to forget it – TrueCrypt is unbreakable. Was there anything I could do?
I told him that it is true that I knew of no known flaws in TrueCrypt's implementation. There were a few things I could try and let run for several weeks but there were no guarantees – it could take millions of years to crack TrueCrypt with a plain brute-force search for the password. I was given the go-ahead and two weeks to see what I could do.
I didn't have access to a memory dump from the computer when TrueCrypt was running, or I may have been able to grab the encryption key from RAM. I tried finding an encryption key in the hiberfil.sys file and pagefile but had no luck.
I set up three cracking stations. The first would run a brute-force search across every character combination. This method would eventually find any password, but could take millions of years to finish searching. I used the open source software oclHashCat to use a graphics card to speed up the attempts. I had make a lot of compromises with my settings in order to finish in any reasonable time. Some quick back of the napkin math showed me there are 1,209,600 seconds in two weeks and I could run about 3 billion password attempts in those two weeks, so I chose to brute-force only letters and digits, no punctuation, up to 6 characters using TrueCrypt's default encryption methods. That would finish just before the two weeks was up.
For the second cracking station I scanned the entire hard drive and built a dictionary of every single word that occurred in any file, or in any slack space or any deleted fragment. This should give me a good sample of words that the user used in his documents. The second station ran a dictionary based crack using this wordlist.
For the third cracking station I downloaded the biggest password lists I could find. These included huge dictionaries, word lists from every piece of literature at Project Gutenburg and millions of passwords taken from Internet hacks and breaches over the years.
Every day I would work with those three monitors behind me endlessly scrolling password guesses down the screen like scenes from The Matrix. At the end of two weeks I had to call the attorney and tell him, 'Sorry – the TrueCrypt cracking has been running all this time with no luck.' He said an important court date had been rescheduled and to let it run for another week. One day I came in and one of the stations had stopped scrolling. My heart sank, assuming the software had crashed and all that time was lost. I stared dumbly at the screen for a moment until I realized that in the most anticlimactic success output ever there was a single word displayed on the screen followed by a Linux prompt: '#' waiting for my instructions on what to do next.
The password had been one of the ones cracked and released online. It was a long meaningless string of letters and numbers. The brute-force would never have found it within my lifetime. The user must have used the same password for some online account that had been breached. I picked up the phone to deliver the good news!


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We used a population-based historical French Canadian database to examine the effects of mother's birth season on sex ratio at birth. Non-first births in the database (n = 127,658) were analyzed for their sex, parish size (2 large parishes of Montreal and Quebec or the other smaller parishes), time period (births up to 1719 or those from 1720), maternal age (^24, 25-29, 30-34, 35 + years), sex of the preceding sibling (male or female), and birth seasons of the child and his or her parents (February-April, May-July, August-October, November-January). Season of child's birth significantly affected the sex ratio ( x^2 = 11.507, d.f. = 3, p = 0.009), with the births in February-April or May-July showing a lower sex ratio. Season of mother's birth also contributed highly significantly to the variation of sex ratio ( x^2 = 15.196, d.f. = 3, p = 0.002); mothers born in February-April had a low sex ratio among their children (sex ratio = 1.013). In contrast, season of father's birth did not affect the sex ratio ( x ^ 2 = 0.618, d.f. = 3, p = 0.892). When a multiple logistic model was applied to the data, mother's birth season was the single most significant factor. The lower sex ratio from mothers born in February-April was observed consistently for every maternal age and delivery season. Seasonal influences on female fetuses seem to have changed their future reproductive characteristics.
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"Human Sex Ratio at Birth and Mother's Birth Season: Multivariate Analysis,"
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