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We did the math on six of the most popular travel rewards credit cards to find out which spenders will get the most from which cards. Anyone spending over $2,000 per month will earn considerable rewards and bonuses with the new Chase Sapphire Reserve; frequent travelers will enjoy perks like lounge access and transferable points to hotel and airline loyalty programs. The 50,000-point sign-up bonus—worth at least $750 in travel expenses—for spending $4,000 in the first three months is a nice perk, but the excellent long-term earning and redemption potential is the main draw here.
In addition to its great points earning and redemption potential, Sapphire Reserve offers an attractive perks package that includes a $300 credit redeemable on any travel expense, access to airport VIP lounges worldwide, and a statement credit for enrolling in TSA Pre-Check/Global Entry. The $450 annual fee is alarmingly high, but the perks and earning potential make it easy to break even at almost any spending level.
Although the Reserve is still worth it for frequent travelers spending between $1,000 and $2,000 per month, the CapitalOne Venture will yield higher rewards with less complicated points redemption for folks who only fly a couple times a year. You simply earn 2 points for every dollar you spend and can redeem points at 100 to the dollar for a statement credit on any travel-related expense. If you spend less than $1,000 per month on a card, consider skipping travel rewards completely and signing up for a cashback card instead.
Table of contents
- Why you should trust us
- Who this is(n't) for
- For higher spenders or frequent flyers
- For low spenders (or set it and forget it)
Why you should trust us
Before my spreadsheets were full of volts and amps for my research on USB batteries packs, solar power, and surge protectors, they were filled with dollars and cents when I served as the CFO for a small manufacturing startup and as a small business consultant. Just as I used to comb through tax forms and FDA rules, for this guide I examined the fine print of various credit card offers to find the important bits. With terms and conditions (and advice from established travel hackers like The Points Guy and Nerd Wallet) in hand, we were able to build our own spending and rewards models with normal people in mind.
Who this is(n't) for
Credit card travel reward programs are a great way for heavy spenders and regular travelers to get perks and earn travel credits and a great way for everyone else to rack up fees and interest charges. We know most people won't take advantage of every reward, benefit, and perk these types of cards offer because if we all did that, banks and credit card companies wouldn't rake in huge profits every year. Since we've outlined which types of spenders will get the most from our picks, this section is really more about who shouldn't get one of these cards.
First, if you have a lower than average credit score, you might find it hard to get approval for any rewards card. "Superprime" credit scores over 720 have a 85.5 percent chance of approval for a card, more than double the average approval rate of just 39.1 percent across all scores.1 If you get denied for the fanciest travel cards, you'll want to focus on improving your credit report before trying again.
Even if you're approved, anyone who carries a balance should think twice about a rewards card. With annual percentage rates (APR) ranging from 11 to 25 percent, interest charges accrued on unpaid balances will quickly wipe out any rewards benefits that you might accrue.
Similarly, you'll struggle to justify the annual fee if you spend less than $1,000 a month. While it's not hard to break even, you might end up with a rewards rate of less than 2 percent. At that point, you may be better off with a cashback rewards program instead—many offer at least 1.5 percent back and you don't have to wait for travel to redeem the benefits.
Lastly, this guide isn't going to be of much help to anyone who makes a hobby out of travel hacking. Wholesites have been expertly crafted to help you beat the system, bounce between cards, and sign up for all the best loyalty programs. But that hobby really requires time to manage programs, points, and deals. Anyone willing to invest the time into that will probably find our approach—geared toward the 25 million Americans who will keep a primary card for 10 years or longer—to be too conservative.
For higher spenders or frequent flyers
|The math (simplified)
|Spend $280/mo on travel and dining for rewards to break even against fees
|Spend $2,050/mo to get 2% back in rewards after fees
($759 on dining and travel and $1,292 on everything else)
|The card for you if you're…
|Spending more than $2,000 per month regardless of travel frequency and expense type
Traveling multiple times a year AND spending enough to break even against fees
Transferring all your points to a branded miles program (e.g. United Mileage Plus, Southwest Rapid Rewards)
|What sets it apart:
|What we don't like:
The Chase Sapphire Reserve card that debuted in the third quarter of 2016 made a big splash for good reason: Its 100,000-point sign-up bonus stole headlines when the card was first announced. Even though Chase reverted to the more common 50,000-point bonus in early 2017, that's still $750 worth of travel credit when you use the Chase travel-booking website. But the sign-up bonus is not the main reason for our recommendation. Frequent fliers will like the access to more than 900 airport lounges and the ability to transfer points to more lucrative airline and hotel loyalty programs. High spenders—or anyone with above-average spending on 3-points-per-dollar dining and travel expenses, or average spenders who travel a few times a year or take advantage of airline or hotel loyalty programs—will earn plenty of points to offset the hefty $450 annual fee. Besides, the $300 travel credit effectively reduces the fee to $150 so long as you use it all up—easily doable on just a single round-trip airfare.
|Some purchases on a Chase card earn more points than others
|3 points per dollar on travel and dining
|1 point per dollar on everything else
If you're new to points programs, you'll need a quick primer on the basics. Earning points is simple:
- Every time you swipe your card for a travel or dining expense, you'll earn 3 points per dollar spent.
- Any other spending category earns 1 point per dollar.
- And if you spend $4,000 in the first three months, you get your sign-up bonus of 50,000 points. (It's a good idea to time your card application such that you can pay off your annual car insurance premiums or other lump-sum payments to take a hefty chunk out of this spending requirement.)
Redeeming points is easy and jumping through a few simple hoops can give you a lot more value. You can redeem your points in three ways:
- If you book your travel through the Chase Ultimate Rewards portal (with similar options to Kayak.com or any other travel site) and you'll get a 50 percent value bonus. This is the easiest choice for most people that still provides great value and total flexibility in your choice of airlines and travel dates. This 50 percent bonus was included in our overall rewards rate calculations.
- You can also transfer the points 1:1 to select hotel or airline loyalty programs (like United Mileage Plus or Southwest Rapid Rewards) to get considerably more value, but often with more restrictions depending on the airline.2 You can see a full list of participating programs here.
- Finally, you can request a statement credit on any travel expense at 100 points to the dollar. But you shouldn't do this because it's not any more difficult to just book through Ultimate Rewards and get the 50 percent redemption bonus.
The Chase Sapphire Reserve also carries a number of other perks beyond points earning and redemption. These include an annual $300 travel credit that can be used on any travel expense (flights, hotels, or even Uber rides) plus posh benefits like access to over 900 airline lounges through Priority Pass Select and perks at some luxury hotels. You'll also be eligible for an additional $100 credit to offset the application fee for TSA Precheck or the DHS Global Entry Program. If that sounds too good to be true, keep in mind that you'll need to deduct the $450 per year annual fee from your rewards value, plus $75 per year for an additional authorized user.
You'll need to make sure you hit certain spending minimums to balance out that hefty annual fee, especially once that sign-up bonus has come and gone. But breaking even on the fee is actually pretty easy since you just need 10,080 points per year. You could earn that much spending just $280 per month on dining and travel expenses (which earn 3 points per dollar, so $280 x 3 points x 12 months = 10,080 points), or $840/month on anything else (which earn 1 point per dollar, so that $840 x 1 point x 12 months = 10,080 points), or some mix of the two. Those 10,080 earned points turn into 15,120 points (totaling roughly $151 in value) if you book your travel with the bonus on the Ultimate Rewards portal. $151 in points plus the annual $300 statement travel credit already puts you $1 ahead of the $450 annual fee.
Of course, breaking even isn't the goal with these kinds of cards. Since cash back cards promise unrestricted rewards of 1.5 percent on every purchase, we think a travel card should at least match that so that their additional perks and benefits make the travel rewards worthwhile. Spending a little more than average every month—$2,000 total with $750 coming from travel and dining expenses and $1,250 coming from everything else—will yield rewards right in the 1.5 percent range. Higher spending than that will yield higher rewards, and higher spending on travel and dining will yield higher return rates. Factoring in the sign-up bonus sweetens the deal; over a three-year period, the rewards rate would hits 4 percent in the same scenario. And if you tack on the free use of otherwise expensive airport lounges or transfer your points to more lucrative hotel and airline loyalty programs, the annual fee feels even less burdensome.
You'll notice that we didn't include the sign-up bonus in any of that math. That's because we wanted to make our recommendation based on the long-term rewards. One survey in 2016 showed that 25 million Americans keep their primary card for at least 10 years. If you'll open the card, earn the bonus, and cancel it before second annual fee kicks in, the math will be very different. But if you're likely to do that and game the system, you'll probably be looking for other tips for mileage hacking at sites like thepointsguy.com, millionmilesecrets.com, and even the broader credit card advice site nerdwallet.com. If that's you, send a mimosa from first class back to us in the cattle car, would you?
Though American Express Platinum cards have long been lauded for their premium benefits, like status at certain hotel chains and airlines, more robust airport lounge access, and concierge booking services, it's much harder to take advantage of those perks than the quantitative benefits of the Reserve card. Shortly after the Sapphire Reserve card launched, American Express announced that Platinum cardholders would receive five points per dollar on airfare purchases. It's a nice bump, but dollar for dollar, the Amex just doesn't offer as many tangible benefits as the Reserve. As long as travel and dining earn three points per dollar and the Ultimate Rewards portal offers 50 percent bonus value, the Chase Sapphire Reserve is a great deal for anyone with at least average spending and more-frequent-than-average travel habits.
For low spenders (or set it and forget it)
|The math (simplified)
|Spend $246/mo for rewards to break even on fees
|Spend $1,000/mo to get 1.5% back in rewards after fees
|The card for you if you're…
|Spending between $1,000 and $2,000/mo AND don't travel very often
Spending between $250 and $1,000/mo AND prefer travel rewards to cash back
|What sets it apart:
|What we don't like:
If you spend $1,000 or less per month on a credit card, or following the rules of our top pick or other cards seems like too much trouble, then get the CapitalOne Venture card. The Venture card is about as easy as it gets. You'll get a 40,000-point bonus worth $400 in travel expenses if you spend $3,000 within three months, you'll earn two points for every dollar you spend, and after the first year, there's a low $59 annual fee. To use your points, just book your travel wherever you like at the best rate you can find, and you can request a statement credit from Capital One at 100 points to the dollar. With $1,000 a month in spending, you'll earn about $181 every year or just over 1.5 percent back, but if you include the sign-up bonus, you'll have almost $1,000 in available rewards after the first three years, which bumps the cumulative rewards rate to 2.78 percent.
It's not a great program. But it's not bad, and it is simple. There's no booking bonus, rebate, or option to transfer to mileage programs. If you know you'll travel a bit but don't spend very much month to month, it's a pretty good option to save a few hundred dollars on your vacation.
When to forget about travel rewards
If you've done the math on our recommendations and won't be able to earn at least 1.5 percent back in travel rewards, then you shouldn't even bother unless other perks, such as lounge access or points transfers, are really worth it for you. We found that spenders charging much less than $1,000 per month will have a hard time clearing that 1.5-percent hurdle even on a low-fee card like CapitalOne Venture. If that's you, don't get hypnotised by the allure of travel rewards. Instead, consider one of the many cash back cards available without any tricky program rules to learn and follow. Chase Freedom Unlimited, Citi Double Cash, CapitalOne Quicksilver Rewards, and the Barclaycard CashForward World MasterCard all offer at least 1.5 percent cash back on all purchases, with few restrictions and little to no annual fee. That means you can redeem your rewards anytime without waiting for a trip to come up, having to log into special booking sites, or gaming the system to book around blackout dates.
How we picked and tested
How much you spend and how much you travel are the two main variables to consider when deciding on a travel rewards credit card. In order to sort out the options, we created a spending model based on government statistics about consumer spending. From that data, we pulled out the monthly expenses an average person would be likely to pay for with a credit card—a total of $1,723 per month. Of that, roughly $320 would qualify as travel and dining expenses according to most rewards programs. That's important, because those two categories are often rewarded at different rates than other types of spending.
We used those figures—$320 on travel and dining plus $1,400 on everything else—to come up with our profile for the average spender. We also created models of four other spenders so we could look at a range of possibilities.
Different spending profiles yield different rewards
|Spending profile
|Total monthly spending
|Amount spent on dining & travel
|How we chose it
|Arbitrarily low
|25% lower than average overall, with the same proportion spent on dining and travel
|Based on real world statistics
|25% higher than average overall, with the same proportion spent on dining and travel
|50% higher than average overall, with double the proportion spent on dining and travel
We combed through promotional materials and terms and conditions to weed out any cards that wouldn't have a broad appeal. Branded cards tied directly to a mileage program like United Mileage Plus or Southwest Rapid Rewards can have status perks for loyal customers but tie leisure travelers to a single carrier. But because branded loyalty programs can offer better but more restrictive deals, we also wanted our top cards to allow points transfers into those programs.
If all of that isn't exciting enough, we then created a massive spreadsheet to see how the most promising cards performed over the course of three years under each spending profile. Because points are often redeemed at 100 points to the dollar as statement credit, we used that in our exchange rate to determine rewards values. For example, a 50,000-point bonus at sign-up is worth $500 (50,000 ÷ 100). Similarly, a $95 annual fee would be a 9,500 point deduction ($95 x 100). At the end of the column, we had the net rewards after the sum of spending, signup bonuses, redemption bonuses, and quantitative perks, less the annual fees. To calculate a rewards rate, we divided the net rewards value by the total spending over the time period so that $492 in annual rewards accrued on $24,600 in annual spending would be a rewards rate of 2 percent ($492 ÷ $24,600=0.02).
Because you're likely to keep a card long after the signup bonus is spent and forgotten, we looked at this net rewards rate both with and without the signup bonus factored in. Those bonuses are great for anyone that will churn through cards in a year or two, but they cover up the true long term cost of a card for everyone else and make it seem like even a pauper should be swiping an Amex Platinum.
Annual Rewards Rate after all annual perks and fees (not including sign-up bonus)
|Spending profile
|Chase Sapphire Reserve
|Chase Sapphire Preferred
|CapitalOne Venture
Whether you incorporate sign-up bonuses into your decision or not, the rewards rate is a handy way to gauge the value of a card, and it's a tidy number for us to sort our results. But it's not the only thing to base a decision on. The more you travel, the more you'll value the qualitative perks that don't have a clean standardized value to them. For instance, if you're a High-Average spender on our chart, the CapitalOne Venture card offers the highest rewards rate. But the Chase Sapphire Reserve card will grant you access to 900 airport lounges—a posh lifesaver when your connecting flight gets delayed a few hours—and also allow you to transfer your points to major branded loyalty programs. In some cases, explains travel hacker The Points Guy, this can make your points much more valuable. So when the numbers are close, we looked at these harder-to-define values to make our decisions.
Since they're travel-focused, all of the rewards cards we looked at also offer car rental insurance coverage, travel insurance options, and forgo any foreign transaction fees which sometimes run 1 to 3 percent with a standard credit or debit card.
The competition
Chase Sapphire Preferred
The longtime precursor to the newer Reserve card, the Chase Sapphire Preferred card is structured similarly, but with very different fees and rewards that aren't the best deal for most spenders or travelers. The Preferred earns two points per dollar on travel and dining expenses instead of the three points awarded to Reserve cards. Booking on the Ultimate Rewards portal will net an extra 25 percent value bonus instead of the Reserve's 50 percent, but the annual fee is just $95 (waived the first year) compared to the $450 fee for Reserve cards.
We compared it to our picks at a handful of different spending levels and it never really made the most sense. From our average-spending profile up through our high-spending profile, the Preferred card earned from .31 percentage points to .72 percentage points less than the Reserve—and that's taking into account the annual fees but not including the sign-up bonus.
There is one small sliver of a population that could benefit from this card. If you travel a lot (especially on your employer's dime) but don't actually spend very much (under $1,000/mo), the Preferred card could work out for you. The lower annual fee won't eat away your points, and you can combine your points into a brand loyalty program. But average-and-above spenders could tally up bigger benefits on the Reserve card, and average-and-below spenders could do about as well on a simpler card like the Venture.
Barclaycard Arrival Plus World Elite Mastercard
No, we didn't take off points for the incredibly long name. We recommended the Arrival Plus in the past but were forced to take another look when applications closed for a while during 2016. It's not a bad card, and as sign-up bonuses and other perks fluctuate, it could edge out the Venture card on occasion. But even though it's substantially similar to CapitalOne's offering— you'll earn 2 points per dollar and redeem them at 100 points to the dollar for statement credit on travel expenses—the annual fee is $30 higher. That's 3,000 points ($30 x 100) to make up, and the 5 percent redemption bonus that sets it apart from the Venture card would only cover that if spending and redeeming $30,000 (60,000) points every year (60,000 x 5% = 3,000). If you're spending that much on a travel credit card, you should be looking at the Reserve card. If you aren't spending that much, the Venture card will most likely get you a higher rewards rate.
American Express Platinum
Before Chase introduced the Reserve card, the Amex Platinum was the royalty when it came to high rewards, high service, and high fees. Like the Reserve, the Platinum card with cost you $450 per year, but it only earns points at the rate of one point per dollar and offers 20 percent fewer sign-up–bonus points than the Reserve card. Amex recently announced that all airfare purchases on the card would earn five points per dollar—the highest rate we've seen—but because it's such a small category of spending overall, we don't think it will make up the deficit for most people. When we looked at the Amex Platinum in our five spending profiles, it often earned less than 1 percent back in rewards. Though the card offers some premium features—a TSA Precheck credit, airport lounge access, Hilton HHonors Gold Status—few people will be able to get enough benefits to outweigh the hefty fee.
What to look forward to
In April 2017, U.S. Bank announced its Altitude Reserve Visa Infinite Card, which has a $400 annual fee and delivers $325 in annual travel credits. It also offers triple points on travel expenses, from flights to car rentals. Each point is worth 1.5¢ for travel arrangements made through U.S. Bank's booking portal, and 1¢ for everything else. Plus, if you spend $4,500 within the first 90 days of signing up for Altitude Reserve Visa Infinite, you'll automatically receive 50,000 points. We'll look into the card after its release in May.
(Top photo by Kyle Fitzgerald.)
1.http://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/application-odds-approval-1…Jump back.
2. For example, as of this writing, United only allows you to book certain flights using MileagePlus miles, whereas Southwest has no restrictions on which flights can be booked with Rapid Rewards points. Jump back.
- Mile and Point Value Series, ThePointsGuy.com
- Beginner's Guide to Miles & Points, MillionMileSecrets.com
- 2016 Travel Credit Card Study, NerdWallet ,
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Series 17462
District Court (Fourth District) Criminal registers of actions
Dates: 1889-1895.
These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.
Historical Note
An agency history is available.
Scope and Content
This series documents the individual criminal cases tried by the Fourth District Court. Actions taken in each case are recorded on separate documents and then filed together to become the case file. As these documents enter the case file they are recorded in the Criminal Registers of Actions. Criminal cases, and their registers, were separated from civil cases in 1889. The actions recorded are for cases in the Fourth Judicial District as well as its predecessor, the Northern Division of the First Judicial District. The Fourth District Court was created in 1892 from the Northern Division of the First District Court. The far-flung First District Court was divided into two geographic divisions from 1880-1892; the Northern Division included Box Elder, Cache, Morgan, Rich, and Weber counties. Proceedings from throughout the several counties that made up the northern division typically were heard in Ogden, Weber County.
Registers function as a chronological list of the actions taken in each criminal cases. A register of actions can contain the following: attorney for plaintiff and defendant, name of the judge presiding over the case, petitions, complaint, summons, answers to summons, orders from the court, assignment of judges, exhibits, judgment, findings and conclusions, costs, decrees, requests by the attorneys for instructions to the jury, verdict, motions for cross complaints or new trials, amendments to previous answers, and disclaimers.
Numerical by case number, thereunder chronological
Research Note
Researchers should consult this series to ensure finding all the actions which occurred in a case.
Related Records
Criminal case files from the District Court (Fourth District), Series 1629, contain the entire case file listed in these registers.
Minute books from the District Court (Fourth District), Series 5062, document the proceedings of each case.
Criminal case indexes from the District Court (Second District : Weber County), Series 17463, facilitate access to this series.
Civil and criminal registers of actions from the District Court (Fourth District), Series 17825, contain a listing of actions taken in criminal cases, as well as civil, prior to the start of this series.
Access Restrictions
This series is classified as Public.
Preferred Citation
Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.
Processing Note
Registers of Actions were first scheduled as permanent records in 1983. This series was archivally processed by David Clark in September 2000.
Finding Aids
Indexes: Series 17463, Criminal Case Indexes, 1879-1947, facilitates access to this series,.
Indexing Terms
- Post-conviction remedies—Utah.
- Criminal justice, Administration of—Utah.
- Utah—Actions and defenses—Cases.
- Utah—Criminal courts.
Page Last Updated October 18, 2012.

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Monica Bellucci Covers 'Prestige Hong Kong' October 2013
Monica Bellucci is gorgeous on the cover of Prestige Hong Kong's October 2013 issue.
Here's what the 49-year-old actress had to share with the mag:
On being a Dolce&Gabbana muse: "To be one of their muses is an honor, and also because they think about me and I'm and adult woman. Everything is about youth today, but this is about respect. It proves they respect women."
On being one of the world's most beautiful women: "I think the most important thing is knowing the difference between who you are and the image that goes around. It's important to have a distance between you and the image. You're not the image. You're a real woman."
On living in different cities: "My children travel with me. They went to school in Rio De Janeiro and now… they'll have a private teacher. They speak four languages… How can I explain it? We are gypsies."
For more from Monica, visit PrestigeHongKong.com. Bigger cover inside…


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Many thanks to my sister-in-law, Jane, for this idea. Jane loves caprese salad, and I love going to her house to eat it! Jane grows her own basil, and she always waits until the last minute to go outside and pick the fresh basil for her caprese salad which, I am sure, is why hers is always so good. Recently, my fabulous sister-in-law told me that she had made israeli couscous and added the elements of her caprese salad to it, and that it had been delicious. So, what could I do but copy her idea? I love the fresh flavors in this salad. For the dressing, I used just a splash of balsamic vinegar because I did not want all of the beautiful colors of the basil, tomatoes, and mozzarella to fade to brown. Also, the basil and tomatoes added enough sweetness to the dish without the added sweetness of balsamic vinegar. I like to make my dressing first, so that the garlic gets a chance to steep into the vinegar for a little while before the salad gets dressed.
Caprese Couscous
Serves Six
For the dressing:
1/4 cup of red wine vinegar
1 t balsamic vinegar
3/4 cup of olive oil (Use a little more if you like your salad less tart)
1 large clove of garlic, chopped finely
salt and pepper to taste (I used about 1/4 t of salt and 10 grinds black pepper)
For the couscous:
2 cups israeli couscous*, prepared according to package directions
2 medium tomatoes, chopped (don't use the core)
2 T basil, cut into chiffonade
1 8 oz container perlini mozzarella**, drained
salt and pepper to taste (I used about 3/4 t salt and 15 grinds black pepper)
Make the dressing: Combine all ingredients in a jar, screw on the top, and shake like crazy! Taste for seasoning. Set aside. You may not need all of this dressing.
Drain the cooked couscous and place it in a bowl in the fridge to chill while you prep the rest of the ingredients. I was in a hurry, so I actually had to put my caprese couscous in an ice water bath*** to chill before I could take it to the dinner party. After you chop your tomatoes, place them onto a couple of paper towels to drain the juices, and sprinkle with about 1/4 t salt. While those tomato juices are draining, chiffonade your basil. Mix all of your ingredients together except the dressing. Add the dressing slowly, using just enough to coat the couscous. You will probably have about 1/4 cup of dressing left to use on a salad later. Enjoy!
*Israeli couscous is much larger in size than traditional couscous. You can definitely find it in middle-eastern markets (in Memphis, on Park near Highland), and in Memphis you can also get it at the Fresh Market. It is much heartier than traditional couscous and can stand up to the coarsely chopped ingredients in this salad. I think it would also be great added to a hearty soup in the winter time. I would not substitute traditional couscous in this recipe, but you could use a small pasta shape, like orzo, if you cannot find israeli couscous.
** Somehow, my sad excuse for a neighborhood grocery store managed to have these little pearl-sized balls of mozzarella packed in water in the fancy cheese section. They are great, because you don't even have to cut them up, but you can always use any good quality mozzarella that you cut into small pieces yourself. I would definitely advise getting mozzarella packed in water, as it tends to taste better than the usually rubbery stuff that comes vaccum-packed.
***If you need to chill a dish faster than normal, an ice water bath is the way to go. Just get yourself a bowl that is at least the same size or a little larger than the bowl of stuff you want to chill, and fill about halfway with equal parts ice and water. Put your bowl of stuff into the ice water bath and let it sit, stirring every once in a while if you want to speed up the process even more. Works like a charm! This salad chilled in about five minutes instead of the hour it would have taken in the fridge.


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Is it important to pick a right Theme for website/blog?
Definitely YES!
When begin start build a website most considering stuff is to choose and pick a right Themes that matched whit our blog content.
It will look awkward if Your website content is about traveling but use the themes for online store, so I think this is really important.
Creating Pages for Contact Form, About, Term of services, Disclaimers, Privacy Policy is also very important thing.
One of the main reason your website not getting approved by Google Adsense or other Ads publisher program was a website with a bad navigation.
I am not an expert but in this article I will try to share tips how to customize your WordPress theme easily.
Let's start with choosing the themes.
Pick the right Themes
If you plan to monetize your blog with Google Adsense my suggestions is to choose Clean and responsive theme, you can search inside WP Admin Panel just go to Appearance >Theme >Add New there is a lot of free and premium theme pick one that matched with your blog content and niche.
Invest your money for buy a premium themes will be a good idea if you have budget because you will get more benefits from using premium themes rather than the free ones especially for SEO Optimization stuff.
Customize Menu In Navigation Bar
To have an ease to use navigation bar is a must for website or blog so visitor can easily discover what they looking for, by default usually you have only Home menu hang on Nav-bar.
To adding other menu is by creating new pages like I mention before for example: Blog-Privacy policy-Contact-About etc and create Categories for sub menu item example: Computers-Internet-Macintosh-Windows.
After finish creating pages and categories pages go to Appearance>Menu and check pages you wish to add in main menu than click Add to Menu button see picture below.
For creating sub menu item click on Custom Links and replace url with # Click Add to Menu see picture below.
Continue with click on Categories on the left Menu structure and add Categories you have create before to Menu under Custom Links drag all categories to the right one grid to create Sub item see picture below.
Now you can rename Custom Links like "Categories" or "Blog Menu" see picture below for Menu Structure example:
Your Navigation bar on website in live preview will look like picture below 👇🏼
Now we've done with the Navigation Bar its time to make it more attractive with adding some Widget and plugins into Sidebar.
Customize side bar
Sidebar in a blog page can be very useful for placing widget like your recent and feature post so your visitor can easily found related post for article they read about. And also place for put your Facebook page, your author box, social profile, banner ads etc.
For some people may leave their sub footer clean, it's good for some kind of blog but in my personal taste I do like to add something on it.
Because when readers finish reading your content and reach the bottom of your site there is something will attract their attention. But! it depends on themes you use.
And be creative to put some widget on it, definitely it could be very powerful place for you to consider.
If you want you can easily manage what widgets to put on sub footer with Live Preview
Useful plugins/add-ons
Page builder by Site Origin
WPForms For creating contact form page
To install go to WP admin panel > Plugins > Add New and upload the plugins.
Or you can search directly from plugins search box.
Fine tune
Now look at your website preview! navigate your cursor to Home icon in top left of WordPress admin panel. see picture below 👇🏼
Mix match the composition, be creative and have fun whit it. When it looks and feels good then you have done with the basic web design congratulation! not too difficult isn't it?
If necessary hire a web developer
Still not satisfied whit standard customization?
If you want a custom design for your website, and you don't know how to coding, then you can hire people who expert in web design.
Or you can learning by your self In WordPress.org in developers section.
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text: Do More Gaming Saitek Aviator Flight Stick Review (X360) Share Pin Email Print Saitek Aviator Flight Stick. Mad Catz Gaming Xbox PlayStation Nintendo PC Mobile Minecraft Classic Games by Eric Qualls Updated November 04, 2017 Note: The Saitek Aviator Flight Stick is no longer easy to find new in box, so you'll have to buy it used. Unfortunately, it is a bit expensive these days, even for used ones. If you love flight combat games like Ace Combat 6 and Tom Clancy's HAWX but haven't ever played them with a real flight stick controller, you really need to give the Saitek Aviator Flight Stick a try. A flight stick will absolutely make a big difference in how much fun you have with these games, and for the price, the Saitek Aviator is a pretty darn good investment. Find out more in our full review. Quick Hits Title: Saitek Aviator Flight Stick Produced By: Mad Catz Genre: Flight Stick Controller Pros: Price; surprisingly intuitive; works great; definitely makes flight combat games more fun Cons: A bit of a lightweight Features The Aviator Flight Stick is a one-piece unit and the only setup you need to do is put together a little hand rest on the stick with a couple of included screws. The throttle lever is on the back of the unit and offers a wide range of movement so you can set your speed. The stick itself has full 360-degree movement as well as yaw control by twisting it left or right. On top of the stick, there is B, Y, X buttons (and the X button has a cover over it that you have to flip up like a real missile button in a real jet), and the trigger on the back of the grip is the A button. There is also a small control stick on top that takes the place of the right analog stick on a normal 360 pad for camera control. On the front of the unit there are buttons for the bumper buttons, stick buttons (like when you press in the analog sticks), Back and Start, and another control stick that represents the d-pad. There is also a switch on the side of the unit that lets you select between two modes where the button assignments are slightly different. Mode 1 is for HAWX and Ace Combat 6 and Mode 2 is for the Blazing Angels games. It should also be noted that the Aviator Flight Stick is compatible with both the Xbox 360 and the PC, so for $50 you can get a lot of use out of it if you are a big flight sim/combat fan. Performance A features list a mile long doesn't mean anything if a controller doesn't function well, however. Thankfully, the Aviator Flight Stick handles like an absolute dream and is far more intuitive that you would ever think it could be. I have to admit, this was actually my first time ever using a flight stick with a game, and I had zero trouble getting used to it. In fact, I actually found I played far better using the stick than using the standard controller. I don't know if the games or the stick are just incredibly well designed or maybe I'm just a natural fighter pilot, but using the stick made a big difference and made Ace Combat 6, Ace Combat Assault Horizon, and HAWX significantly more fun. It does take a little getting used to because the buttons aren't where you expect them to be (the A button is the trigger, the Y is where B used to be, and B is where A normally is) and you have to play using two hands. I play with my right hand on the stick and my left hand on the throttle (but you could play the other way around if you want) and occasionally you have to move your throttle hand down to the front of the unit to press a button or use the d-pad stick to select a different weapon or issue commands to your wingmen. You'll have to look down at what you are doing for a while at first, but eventually, you get used to where everything is and can use all of the controls without looking. When you get everything figured out, which only really takes a few minutes, using a flight stick is an amazingly natural feeling. When using a controller there are so many buttons to control throttle and yaw and camera and everything else and it is actually quite complicated. When using a flight stick, all of the controls you need are within easy reach and you can do multiple things at once without contorting your hands into claws trying to hit all of the buttons you need to. It makes the game far more intuitive and satisfying and fun and once you use a stick it is hard to go back to a regular controller for flight games. My one small complaint about the Aviator stick is that it is really, really light. Gamers have been trained over the years to not trust lightweight accessories, particularly from third-party manufacturers, and it is easy to be kind of skeptical of the Aviator when you pick up the box and feel how light it is. We have used it for a couple of weeks now with no problems, though, so in this case, you shouldn't worry too much about build quality. Another slight concern with the weight is that it might slide around too much during use. No worries here either, as it has rubber feet on the bottom so if you play it with it sitting on your desk or coffee table or even your lap it doesn't move around too much despite not having any weight to it. Bottom Line All in all, the Saitek Aviator Flight Stick is highly recommended for fans of flight combat games on the Xbox 360. We tried it with Tom Clancy's HAWX and Ace Combat 6 and immediately fell in love. Using a flight stick really does make flight combat games better and more fun and they should be required hardware for serious fans of the genre. You also really can't beat the $50 price tag for not only great performance with Xbox 360 games but it is also fully PC compatible as well. The Saitek Aviator Flight Stick is a great product that we highly recommend. Disclosure: A review copy was provided by the publisher. For more information, please see our Ethics Policy. Continue Reading


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History and future of artistic creation on the Internet
More than 15 years after the beginnings of net art, the Internet has become the most ubiquitous participative global media of the 21st century; a huge territory between normalisation, commerce, hope and utopia. Is the Internet a disenchanted space for artists and creative people or is there a future for online arts and critical creative actions? If so, what are their possible forms and directions?
This is what WJ-Spots Brussels proposes to investigate by gathering an international panel of some of the most influential net artists, theorists, online activists and digital cultures thinkers who will share their views on the past and future of artistic creation on the Internet.
WJ-SPOTS is a project designed by media curator Anne Roquigny, inviting artists, critics, thinkers, inventors, researchers, curators, organisers and producers of cultural events to look back on 15 years of artistic creation on the Internet.
An immersive performance of live websurfing and speeches
The format of this event will be far away from a usual conference: during the speeches, webjays using the WJ-Spots platform will be surfing live through a list of representative websites selected by the speaker. A multi-screen system is used to display those pages around the audience.
The proceedings of the WJ-Spots Brussels event will be published in early 2012 as a special edition of the MCD magazine, and as video documents made available on the Digitalarti and iMAL websites.
With*: Raphaël Bastide & Yannick Antoine (FR/BE, artists), Michel Bauwens (BE, p2p2foundation), Josephine Bosma (NL, journalist and critic),Heath Bunting (UK, artist), Paolo Cirio (IT, artist), Florian Cramer (NL, Professor at Piet Zwart Institute), Régine Debatty (BE, we-make-money-not-art, journalist and critic), Constant Dullaart (NL, artist), Jodi (BE/NL, artists), Olia Lialina (RU/DE, artist), Alessandro Ludovico (IT, neural.it),Nicolas Malevé (BE, Constantvzw), Miltos Manetas (GR, artist), Julian Oliver (NZ/DE, artist), Domenico Quaranta (IT, contemporary art critic and curator), Rafael Rozendaal (NL, artist), Sakrowski (DE, curatingYouTube), Gordan Savi?i? (AT, artist).
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ANGELINA COUNTY, TX (KTRE) - Angelina County authorities have captured the man believed to have stabbed his girlfriend and her brother to death on John Kolb Road early Thursday.
31-year-old Terrance Demound Barnes was found sometime after 10 p.m. Thursday, hiding under a log on Deer Creek Road, off of FM 1669.
Sheriff's Office Captain Allen Hill says authorities found tracks and brought dogs in to sniff out the scent. A helicopter was positioned over the area, where Barnes was located a short time later. Hill confirmed Barnes is in the custody will be booked into the Angelina County Jail.
"It's a group effort. Thank every agency, every citizen. It's been a community effort. And, it's over," Hill said.
Authorities spent about 11 hours searching for Barnes in a wooded area off State Highway 103 East, forming a perimeter just outside the Lufkin city Limits. Police reportedly spotted him in that area around noon.
"Heat has dampered us a whole lot, with the dogs enduring and not having to run that far or stay going that long. When one set of dogs would go down, we'd have to get another set," said Angelina County Sheriff Kent Henson.
According to Lt. Jimmy York, two teams with six to eight dogs each, had spent the day in the woods. Around 8:30 p.m. another team of "fresh" dogs were brought to the scene to relieve the others.
"Well, anytime you go into anything like this, I mean it's to be, subject to be, treated as armed and dangerous. I mean, with the magnitude of the crime he has committed," said Henson.
Barnes, who is from Center, was living with his girlfriend Rosa Pina at a home on the 500 block of John Kolb Road.
Hill said Barnes stabbed Rosa during a disturbance around 1:30 a.m. The Pina's sister ran into the room and tried to pull Barnes off of the girlfriend, who was holding an infant, Hill said. Pina's brother, Pepe Pina, then came into the room and got in a fight with Barnes and was stabbed, according to Hill.
Rosa, who was already seriously injured, ran out of the house and Barnes caught up to her in the driveway and cut her throat, Hill said. It's believed she suffered eight to 10 stab wounds.
Hill said both victims were dead at the scene.
"We had a deputy at another call just two blocks away," Hill said. "And he got there really quick but it was too late."
A neighbor said he heard a commotion at their home on John Kolb Road, but thought nothing of it. He says the couple frequently got into loud disputes.
"I thought it was normal, another argument," said W.D. Foreman, who lives across the street.
As of midnight Friday, Hill said deputies had not recovered the knife believed to have been used in the slayings.
Five children were in the house at the time, some of whom are believed to have witnessed the attack. Investigators said counseling will be offered to the children. Child Protective Services has released them into the custody of other family members.
"That's something that a kid shouldn't see. Nobody should see it, especially a kid," said Hill.
Barnes has previous convictions for assault and drug charges. Information on possible charges for Thursday's deadly stabbing are not expected to be available until Friday morning.
Hudson Police, San Augustine Sheriff's Office, Angelina County Constables, DPS, Nacogdoches County Constable Jason Bridges and a deputy and Lufkin Police aided in the search.
This is apparently not the first tragedy for the Pina family. Rosa and Pepe's brother Derrick Pina was killed in May 2010 after a hit and run along Highway 7 in Nacogdoches County, according to relatives. In January 2010, two other brothers were murdered execution-style near the town of Reklaw in Rusk County. The bodies of Rigoberto Tovar Pina and Steve Abran Parra were found along Rusk County Road 4248.
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At this point, the port does not anticipate any disruptions in its operating hours: Friday the port is closed in recognition of Independence Day and Saturday gate hours are from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. The port's team that monitors these types of weather-related events does so in close coordination with the US Coast Guard.
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Wikipedia shuts Italian site as parliament debates censorship law
Wikipedia has shut down its Italian site, in protest at the proposed introduction of a law forcing websites to remove any posts that their subject deems upsetting.
Under the proposal - currently under discussion by the Italian Parliament - anybody objecting to the content of a website would have the right to demand that it be taken down within 48 hours, and without any comment.
There's no requirement that the request be evaluated by any third party, such as a judge.
"Hence, anyone who feels offended by any content published on a blog, an online newspaper and, most likely, even on Wikipedia can directly request to publish a 'corrected' version, aimed to contradict and disprove the allegedly harmful contents, regardless of the truthfulness of the information deemed as offensive, and its sources," says the Wikipedia team.
"The obligation to publish on our site the correction as is, provided by the named paragraph 29, without even the right to discuss and verify the claim, is an unacceptable restriction of the freedom and independence of Wikipedia."
The stipulation forms part of the country's proposed Wiretapping Act, which has the support of prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. He says it's about defending privacy; critics say it's about protecting him personally.
Last month, magistrates investigating an alleged prostitution ring published wiretaps in which Berlusconi boasted of sleeping with eight women in one night, and complained that meetings with the Pope were interfering with his partying.


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LAFAYETTE — School officials have pushed back plans to start a French immersion option this fall for older students after only 10 students applied for the class.
The goal was to create at least one class of 20 fifth-graders who would start immersive learning in French. The program has been delayed until the 2015-16 school year.
In foreign language immersion, students are taught all of their classes, except for English language arts, in that foreign language. The classes typically begin at the preschool or kindergarten level. The district also offers immersive learning in Spanish and Mandarin Chinese.
No other Louisiana school district offers late-entry immersion classes like the ones Lafayette was hoping to offer.
While there weren't enough applicants this year, school officials say they hope to revive the initiative in the future to provide older students an opportunity to pursue their interest in studying French in an immersion program.
"We are hoping to propose it again for 2015-16, but we have to see what are the financial possibilities to back up that initiative," said Nicole Boudreaux, Lafayette Parish School System's world language specialist.
However, she said, the district's current budget situation and projections for next year could table the idea altogether.
The School Board continues meetings next week on the school system's general fund for the 2014-15 school year and a shortfall that has grown to more than $22 million.
The school system has a popular French immersion program with more than 1,000 students.
Because the demand for the program is so high, the district selects students based on a computerized lottery system resulting in an annual waiting list of students who didn't get into the classes that start in either preschool or kindergarten.
The late-entry option was to be a second chance for students who weren't selected for those early classes.
Boudreaux has said the late-entry option is popular in other countries and most students catch up to their long-term immersion peers by the ninth grade.
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Electrically and Thermally Conducting Nanocomposites for Electronic Applications
AbstractNanocomposites made up of polymer matrices and carbon nanotubes are a class of advanced materials with great application potential in electronics packaging. Nanocomposites with carbon nanotubes as fillers have been designed with the aim of exploiting the high thermal, electrical and mechanical properties characteristic of carbon nanotubes. Heat dissipation in electronic devices requires interface materials with high thermal conductivity. Here, current developments and challenges in the application of nanotubes as fillers in polymer matrices are explored. The blending together of nanotubes and polymers result in what are known as nanocomposites. Among the most pressing current issues related to nanocomposite fabrication are (i) dispersion of carbon nanotubes in the polymer host, (ii) carbon nanotube-polymer interaction and the nature of the interface, and (iii) alignment of carbon nanotubes in a polymer matrix. These issues are believed to be directly related to the electrical and thermal performance of nanocomposites. The recent progress in the fabrication of nanocomposites with carbon nanotubes as fillers and their potential application in electronics packaging as thermal interface materials is also reported. View Full-Text
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Account Copier MT5 Net to MT4 (=Trade Copier) is a software, which helps Forex traders and account managers to duplicate trading positions from your MetaTrader 5 terminal to your MetaTrader 4 terminal on the same computer/VPS. Operation with our Account Copier is also extremely easy too. All you have to is just run one Sender EA in your Master MetaTrader 5 terminal and run one Receiver EA in your Slave MT4 terminal. You can even copy your positions to multiple MetaTrader 4 terminals. All you have to do is just specifying "Sender ID" from your Sender EA and matching the receiver ID to the sender ID. Our Account (Trade) Copier is really simple to use. At the same time, it provides you the great performance. Make sure that you are using this product for MetaTrader 5 Netting terminal only. If you are not sure what is Hedge terminal and what is Net terminal, then please read this article:


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Burnley 1-2 ChelseaJohn Terry grabbed a late winner for Chelsea to deny battling Burnley a point at Turf Moor, heading home home a corner from Florent Malouda in the 83rd minute.
It was a cruel blow for the hosts, who had drawn level through Steven Fletcher after Nicolas Anelka had opened the scoring.
Arsenal 1-3 Manchester UnitedNani opened the scoring on 33 minutes when his chip across goal was palmed in by Arsenal keeper Manuel Almunia, before in-form England striker Wayne Rooney swept home a second following a quick counter attack.
A third on the break from Ji-Sung Park at the start of the second half effectively ended the contest, although defender Thomas Vermaelen netted a consolation for the Gunners.
Birmingham City 1-1 TottenhamLiam Ridgewell's last-minute strike denied Tottenham a precious victory at Birmingham and left Harry Redknapp's men clinging onto fourth place.
Ridgewell finished off a header across goal by Cameron Jerome to snatch a 1-1 draw for the home side after Spurs looked set to claim victory through Jermain Defoe's 69th-minute effort.
Liverpool 2-0 BoltonLiverpool coasted to a 2-0 win over Owen Coyle's Bolton at Anfield.
Dirk Kuyt stabbed home the opener in the 37th minute and Liverpoolmade the game safe in the 70th minute when a shot from Emiliano Insua took a huge deflection off Kevin Davies and squirted past Jussi Jaaskelainen in the Bolton goal.
Fulham 0-2 Aston VillaVilla also kept up the pace with a 2-0 win over Fulham at Craven Cottage thanks to two goals just before half-time from Gabriel Agbonlahor.
The striker opened the scoring when he headed home Stiliyan Petrov's 40th-minute cross, and four minutes later he turned Brede Hangeland in the box before firing the second past Mark Schwarzer.
Manchester City 2-0 PortsmouthManchester City closed to within a point of fourth-spot with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Portsmouth.
There was no joyous celebration as Adebayor rattled his 40th-minute goal past David James, instead he acknowledged the heavens in remembrance of his Togo team mates.
Vincent Kompany then powered home a header from Martin Petrov's corner to ensure the Blues moved to within a point of Tottenham.
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"Online Strategist" will be published every two months, in both Portuguese and Spanish. Internet information will be provided by Channel Seven, Jupiter Communications and The Laredo Group. The magazine will include case studies of Internet campaigns.
StarMedia is also trying to encourage Brazilians to buy and sell cars over the Internet with a free service called "StarMedia Cars Online". In the U.S., 2% of the 15 million cars sold each year are sold through the Internet.
Starmedia is also launching a service for soccer lovers. Users can sign in at (www.egol.com.br) to find out about their favorite soccer team.
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Teachers accustomed to a sea of faded-blue denim in classrooms are sure to blink when students come trooping back to school this fall in a glorious blaze of color. Purple, coral, turquoise, burgundy, fuchsia, rose-red - all are in sharp contrast to color choices available in recent years.
How did children's-wear designers manage this turnaround? How did they coax kids out of the blue-jean mold, even temporarily? By giving them fresh, no-fuss clothes with a touch of fun. By letting them experiment with a whole new range of colors and discover untapped beauty.
Purple is the big surprise. Never considered a young color (maybe royal happenings in England played a part here), an electric purple seems to have captured young imaginations. It's turning up in action wear (fleece sweatshirts and pants), corduroy jumpsuits and overalls, fiber-filled nylon jackets, velvet skirts, and plaid blouses, all for girls sizes 7-14.
One style for girls already proven magnetic is the 1982 version of the miniskirt, designed to be worn with tights. Most resemble skating costumes. Some are attached to tops, others have matching pullovers. Red-striped jersey looks newest, but the skirts are also featured in denim.
Prairie denim skirts with below-knee ruffled hems continue to be popular. Those by Gloria Vanderbilt for Murjani are cut with fitted-waist yokes, front and back. Instructions say to wash them inside out to avoid streaking.
Plaid and printed blouses from this line make a point of high ruffled necks, puffed shoulders, asymmetric closings, and side-buttoned bibs. Very pretty, they are suitable for school or dress, and often have ribbon bows at the neck. Size range is 7-14.
For preteens, loose-fitting jersey tops with ruffled peplums are eye-catching , but dolman tops in acrylic knits for teens have a distinct high-fashion look. Here again, colors are showoffs. Bands of burgundy, green, navy, and purple emphasize deep armholes and sleeve widths. Fronts and backs are in solids.
A new collection of polo shirts (long and short sleeves) for boys come in so many different hues they remind you of color charts in a paint store.
''Boys have never had such a color choice before,'' one merchandiser says, ''so this is very exciting.''
To blunt blustery days, outerwear makers are introducing spiffy new quilted-nylon jackets with double-front layers, the underlayer giving the effect of a vest. Some ''vests'' zip down the front and have turtlenecks. Others are in knits with appealing Nordic patterns that contrast with plain nylon outer shells.
It's only practical and inflation-fighting to keep a few tips in mind when you shop.
In buying sweaters, for instance, consider one size larger than your child needs right now. It can be worn immediately (sweaters are supposed to fit loose) , yet allow for a year of growth.
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French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde gave former football star Eric Cantona a red card on Wednesday, asserting that people should not follow his advice to empty their bank accounts on December 7 so that "the system collapses".
"To each his own", French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said at a press conference Wednesday, referring to former French footballer Eric Cantona. "Some people play football magnificently, whereas I wouldn't dare try. I think that people should stick to their areas of expertise".
Lagarde's shot at Cantona was a reaction to a YouTube video of an interview with the football legend from last month. In the interview, Cantona said that millions of people should start a revolution by withdrawing all of their money from their banks.
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The incident that led a top figure of President Nicolas Sarkozy's cabinet to take on the former "King" of Manchester United occurred in early October, as the French government faced mass protest against a pension reform that raised the minimum retirement age from 60 to 62. During a filmed interview with French regional daily newspaper Presse Océan, Cantona said: "The system is built on the power of banks. So it can be destroyed by banks. Instead of having three million people protesting in the streets, they should go to the bank and take out all their money so the banks collapse".
Cantona's idea might have gone unnoticed if it weren't for the surge of online buzz that followed it, with YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and the blogosphere all publishing the video. A French Facebook group called "Revolution! December 7 we will all withdraw our money from the banks!" has already attracted more than 50,000 followers. The creators of the group wrote: "We thank football player Eric Cantona for having given us this idea. We have taken it seriously. The die is cast. The future will tell isf we were right". They also launched a Web site, www.bankrun2010.com, available in seven languages in order to give their initiative an international dimension.
Conscious of the excitement generated by what he called his "revolution without weapons or blood", Cantona – who has become an film and stage actor since retiring from football – addressed the matter once more in late November: "I have noticed, like everyone else, this strange solidarity that is in the process of emerging, so, yes, on December 7 I will be at the bank", Cantona told French daily Libération.
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Some time has passed since I tossed around any new story ideas, simply because I have so many wonderful stories already active with my writing partners. This does not mean, however, that I am averse to taking on another story - if that story is intriguing enough to inspire my muse. I've put a couple of ideas down here simply because they have continued to tug at my creativity, but if you have some idea of your own that you'd like to propose to me for a story thread, please don't hesitate to send me a PM and ask. I don't bite.
Well, I do - but not on the first PM. *winks*
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I'm looking for a female (or a male who feels competent writing a female lead) to write a story in the universe of Roger Zelazny's '
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It was in 2988 when sickly Katrina Steiner defied the odds and the prognosis of her doctors and nurses, taking control of and successfully piloting a BattleMech at the tender age of twelve. By 2994 she had graduated from the Nagelring Academy, and by 3004 she had achieved the rank of Hauptmann-General. Despite her meteoric rise in rank, General Steiner never fully left the pilot's seat, and always felt more at home behind the controls of a fully armed and armored BattleMech than she did behind the edge of a politician's desk. Much to the dismay of her advisors, Katrina frequently took control of a Combat Lance and jumped into battle, plasma cannons and lasers blazing.
In 3005, after launching her Lance on a mission into the inner circle, Katrina's dropship mysteriously disappeared from communications links somewhere in the inner circle. She was thought to be dead for nearly a year, before her reappearance on the ice planet of Tharkad. Once reemerging, Katrina became a dominant power in the political arena, throwing aside her traditional alliances and stepping forward to seize power in House Steiner, pushing her clan forward and into dominance within the Inner Circle. She singlehandedly devised a coup to depose her uncle, Archon Alessandro Steiner, seizing power and leading House Steiner to form the Lyran Commonwealth.
During mid-3004, a young pilot named Morgan Kell formed The Kell Hounds Mercenary Corps alongside his brother, Patrick Kell. The Kell Hounds quickly rose in notoriety as being one of the most capable and vicious Mercenary companies in existence, and Morgan Kell became known as a free-thinking Commander who fearlessly led his pilots into battle time and again versus seemingly insurmountable odds. It quickly became apparent that if the money was sufficient, there was no job too dangerous that the feared Kell Hounds wouldn't board their Jumpships in anticipation of epic combat.
Barely a year after the formation of the Kell Hounds, Morgan Kell was on a routine patrol commissioned by the Star League when his Lance disappeared from sensors and was presumed lost. Morgan wasn't heard from again until late in 3006, when he emerged mysteriously in the shadow of Katrina Steiner, paralleling her meteoric rise to power within House Steiner and her eventual appointment as Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth. Although they never appeared in direct collusion, Steiner and Kell seemed to parallel each other through the years, each group's progress quite similar in scope, continuing to become more and more powerful. Though never detailed by either of the pair, it is rumored that the two had a much more detailed and intimate relationship than was documented in the archives.
This story is based in the BattleTech/Mechwarrior universe in the late 31st century – the theme is epic combat between robotic battle robots called 'BattleMechs'. It began as a pen-and-paper RPG in the 80's and has spawned a number of video games and books, among other things. I am looking for a female (or a male who feels up to the challenge of playing a strong-willed female) to play the role of Katrina Steiner, in the untold story of her meeting with her future mate, Morgan Kell. Both are epic warriors, and at the time of their meeting they would consider each other to be foes, if not mortal enemies – Steiner being the heir apparent of a growing Clan, and Kell being the leader of a prominent and expanding BattleMech Mercenary Company.
In this story, both warriors end up stranded on a remote location somewhere upon the icy surface of Tharkad. Much to their dismay – and their desire to kill each other, no doubt – they are forced to find a way to join forces against the power of nature, rather than both of them succumbing to the immeasurable cold and inhospitable conditions of the Tharkadian wilds. It is inevitable that without their mutual cooperation, neither of the pair will survive, but to make that sacrifice goes against everything that they both have been raised to believe.
I'm not specifically looking for someone with intimate knowledge of the BattleTech/MechWarrior universe, but a general knowledge really is going to help. If I need to explain to you what a BattleMech is, this story is probably not for you. If you really, really feel the desire to write a story with me but you don't know this universe, here's a tip . . . Just talk to me. Perhaps we can find something else that's mutually entertaining and begin a story based upon that. Interested writers please send me a PM, and we can discuss the possibilities along with the finer details of the story.
As with all my stories, these are not first-come, first serve. I'm particular about my stories, and about whom I choose to write them with. If you have an idea for a story and you think I'd be a good match for the other character, don't hesitate to send me a PM to pitch the idea. I'm not extremely fast at posting, most often, as I have many things going on away from the computer, but I try to be consistent and at least give as good as I get from my partners. If you're looking for multiple posts a day, however, you're probably better advised to look elsewhere.
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New story idea added, 3 May 2010.
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Wow, very deep ideas you have, I like them. Out of all three, the one that would interest me is the Battlemech one. I do know what a battlemech is, but as to the politics of it all, i dont know enough.
I would like to play out a sci fi rp with you, if you want, what else do you love in the sci fi verse that you want to rp in here.
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