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I, for one, am going to Pasadena
I was always good at saying goodbye.
When I was young, my parents would often entertain, and when people would leave I'd say goodbye 2 or 3 times, then race their car to the top of the hill where I could say goodbye a few more times and wave frantically until their car disappeared.
Hundreds of goodbyes fit this same script and they all came crashing together at a single point like the Big Bang running backwards when I watched my parents and sisters running up that same hill, chasing my wife and I as we pulled away in our U-Haul.
When they faded from the rearview mirror, I turned to Anna and asked, "Should I turn around? I think we should turn around. Just one more goodbye. We could stay for dinner. I'm not sure we should be moving."
"I, for one, am going to Pasadena." She said with all of the confidence in the world.
This was easier for her. She had had lived in a few different states and survived far more life changes than I had. I, on the other hand, was still living within ten miles of the hospital I had been born in.
We were moving to California for seminary – I was getting a Master's degree in theology. And while that may not seem like the most rebellious of decisions, fewer things could have shaken my family more. I had been raised Lutheran – LCMS Lutheran to be precise, and for Lutherans that distinction matters. I remember at my Confirmation one of my dad's college friends clapping me on the shoulder and saying with all sincerity, "You're doing the right thing. You see, there will be 2 kinds of people in heaven. LCMS Lutherans and a few Presbyterians who weren't paying close enough attention in church."
But I wasn't going to a Lutheran seminary like 14 men in the last three generations of my family had done, and my family was struggling to understand my decision. My parents had come to accept my decision in the way that anti-war activists might accept their son's decision to join the Marines: hoping first for a rejection letter, then praying desperately for a safe return.
Our plan for this drive was to stop first in Roseburg, Oregon to spend the day and the night with Anna's parents, but after dinner Anna and I started getting antsy. The excitement of it all was finally setting in and we decided to hit the road. We figured that when the adrenaline faded we would just find a hotel.
The drive started off like every road trip montage you've ever seen. It was a warm summer evening, the windows were down, music was blaring and we sang along until our throats hurt. But as we approached Grants Pass in Southern Oregon, everything changed. The sun had set, clouds were moving in and it was beginning to rain. Reality came flooding back and I found myself once again wanting to turn around.
As we began to descend the far side of the mountain pass, the warning lights on the dashboard of the truck lit up like a Christmas tree. I tried to pull over, but the brake pedal was frozen in place. I kicked it as hard as I could but it was like kicking a cement block. I hunted wildly for the emergency brake but it wasn't in any one of the usual places. We were picking up speed quickly and I had no idea what to do.
I knew I had time for one lifeline, so I called my dad. He had driven a delivery truck for a summer back in 1974 -- surely he would know what to do.
My mom picked up the phone, clearly distracted, "CSI's on honey. Can I call you back at the commercial?"
"We're on the south side of Grant's Pass and the breaks on the truck are out! Put Dad on the phone!"
I could hear her talking as she handed him the phone, "It's Cody, I think he's lost in Grant's Pass."
"How did he get lost in Grant's Pass? There's only one road."
I could hear Horatio from CSI in the background, "Maybe dead men do tell tales." I imagined he was dramatically removing his sunglasses.
Dad finally picked up. "How are you lost in Grant's Pass?"
"I'm not lost, the breaks are out! We're passing cars in the shoulder lane to avoid hitting anybody and I have no idea what to do!"
He was entirely calm. "First, I need you to downshift." So I did. "Then you're going to reach under the left side of your seat and find the e-brake…" There it was! "… and you're going to pump it like you would pump the brakes if you were skidding on ice." It worked.
"Good," he said, "Now you're going to shift to neutral and kill the engine. When you start it back up, your breaks will hopefully work again." When the engine came back to life, the dashboard lights had extinguished, the brakes returned, and we safely pulled to the side of the road.
We sat in silence for a painfully long time. After I was done shitting myself, I turned to Anna. "That's it, we're turning around. It's an omen. I'm supposed to be Lutheran."
She smiled, tears running down her cheeks, "I, for one, am going to Pasadena," she said. "And you're coming with me."
I knew in that moment that I needed her more than I had ever needed anybody. After years of fierce independence, God was teaching me what it meant to depend on somebody else.
We pulled away from the curb and continued South, thinking the worst was behind us. But we had already made a series of novice mistakes. Not the least of which was that we had not brought a lock for the back of the truck, so parking the truck in a cheap hotel to catch up on sleep had just become to great of a risk. We had begun the adventure on Saturday morning at 8 a.m. by loading the truck and now here we were 24 hours later, physically exhausted, emotionally exhausted, and sleep deprived, but still driving. The trip from Roseburg to Pasadena, according to Google, should have been 11 hours, but we didn't enter L.A. County until 1 o'clock the next day: 17 hours later.
We were starving and delirious. When we finally saw our exit my eyes welled up with tears of gratitude. And as we saw our new apartment, everything slowed down, there it was, we had made it. We were safe.
And then crunch.
I hit a parked Escalade. A shiny black one that somebody was clearly proud of. Fortunately I suppose, I only hit the rearview mirror, but it had ripped clean off. The owner was nowhere to be found so we left a note and started looking for parking. With our long truck and the car being towed behind it, the nearest parking we could find was 2 and a ½ blocks away. 2 and ½ city blocks, that is. And so we began unloading, carrying every box and every piece of furniture those 2 ½ blocks in the Californian sun.
6 hours later, the job was done. We hadn't eaten in over 12 hours, and we couldn't find any restaurants so we wandered the isles of Target. The best we could find that could be prepared without any cooking equipment was microwave macaroni and cheese. After a futile search for a shower curtain Anna decided to take a shower, while I searched for towels.
All I could find was one kitchen hand towel. When the shower shut off, I handed her the towel, apologizing.
"Hop in, I'll find the towels she said." Have you ever taken a shower without a shower curtain? It's impossible. You have to arrange yourself like you are the curtain and wash your feet without bending over.
When I killed the water, Anna opened the door and handed me the same kitchen towel, soaking wet. I dried off as well as I could and joined Anna on the floor for a romantic microwaved mac and cheese dinner, buck naked on the floor. We had no silverware, so I used scissors to cut a fork out of a plastic cup. It wilted under the heat and weight of the macaroni.
"We buried the mattress," she said. I looked over. Sure enough. Behind layers and layers of boxes our mattress leaned against the wall, far out of reach.
It was at that moment that I realized, even more so than at the bottom of Grant's Pass, how much I needed this woman. We pushed the macaroni aside and laid down next to each other. Naked as the day we came into the world, and sharing one very wet hand towel as a blanket.
"I love you," I murmured, as I closed my eyes, hoping tomorrow would be a better day.
Ding-ding-dingalinga-ding-ding-ding. My phone rang. Local number. I answered, "Hello?"
"Hi, this is John. I found your note on my car."


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The Management Board of Rolls-Royce Power Systems has addressed the subject of extremism in an open letter to its workforce. At present we are witnessing a change in the social and political landscape in Germany. It is a situation that causes us great concern. Extremist voices expressing misanthropic views and attitudes are being heard with increasing frequency. What is more, those voices do not shrink from unlawful activities or the use of violence.
The Germany that we stand for is a nation based on values that have restored our international reputation in recent times. In hosting one of the FIFA World Cups, we were recently able to demonstrate that Germany is a country that can deal maturely with its national identity and symbolism and safely host visitors from anywhere else in the world. Equally, we are obviously a nation with international links and horizons. Our passport allows us to travel to 179 countries without visa restrictions. We have established a reputation as a strong democracy, a reliable international partner and, not least, as a country with a generous quality of life. That reputation is in danger of being tarnished by current events.
For a company such as Rolls-Royce Power Systems, which clearly professes a global vision and explicitly embraces diversity, the present social developments are unacceptable. The success of our business is founded on the excellent international trading relationships that are reflected in our export ratio of 80 percent. The creativity and productivity of our corporation is a function of the diversity of its workforce. It is our colleagues who make us open to new ideas and teach us how to deal with differing attitudes. Our company employs people from 78 different countries within one organization. The future of our business relies on qualified staff who identify with their job and our code of conduct. That quite obviously includes trainees who have arrived here as migrants or refugees and who are now grasping their new opportunities.
We will not allow our success, our creativity and productivity or our future to be put at risk by world views purporting to offer a simple solution to the challenges of our times. That applies both in Germany and Rolls-Royce Power Systems as a whole. Our commitment to diversity and integration is underlined by our Power Systems 2030 strategy. We absolutely reject all extremist tendencies of whatever kind and will not tolerate them within our corporation. Humanity, diversity, tolerance and mutual respect are the values on which the prosperity and stability of Germany as a nation and we as a company are founded. At this moment, those values are being questioned by a vociferous minority. That is something we oppose. We represent a Germany that is open, diverse and democratic.
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Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and Rapporteur for the reform of the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) hosted a conference on 'Bee Health in Europe' at the European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday 26 February 2013. The conference was organised by the European Parliament Intergroup "Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development" run jointly by IUCN and IUCN Member European Bureau for Conservation and Development (EBCD).
Views on the issue of bee health are divided in Europe. Some speakers and participants in the event echoed a call for better dialogue between beekeepers, farmers and science in order to ensure a positive future for bees. All parties showed willingness to promote the health of bees, while recognising that there is no single cause nor single solution.
"The problem of bee health is a very serious one," said the MEP Luis Manuel Capoulas Santos: "Fortunately, European society is becoming increasingly aware of the problem and policy-makers have it at the top of their agendas to finding the right solutions." MEP Capoulas Santos also emphasised the fact that the problem linked to the health of bees is not only economic but also environmental.
The first session of the conference gave an overview of the current scientific analysis of the threats to bee health. Dr. Ettore Capri (OPERA Research Centre) presented the latest OPERA report that seeks to provide comprehensive data on this complex issue. It was argued that there is wide agreement in the scientific community on the fact that bee health is influenced by a number of factors, among which highly damaging pathogens like the Varroa mite but also other anthropogenic causes, which are very much related to agricultural and beekeeping practices.
It was argued that no clear evidence from the field shows a positive correlation between the use of pesticides and bee colony losses. Dr. Helen Thompson (FERA) underlined the necessity to take levels of exposure into account when assessing the impact of pesticides on bees and argued that the toxicity of pesticides can be altered by several factors including diet and co-exposure to other chemicals. Dr. Stephen Martin, researcher at the University of Salford, co-authored a study in 2012 that confirmed the crucial role of the parasitic Varroa mite, particularly in relation to the spreading and impact of the deformed wing virus. "Our study proved that there is a strong and unquestionable link between the Varroa mite, the deformed wing virus and the death of bee colonies," confirmed Dr. Martin.
Peter Maske, representing the German beekeepers said that improvement of food supply is the greatest support that can be provided to bees. Generally, the speakers called for more studies and data reporting to be carried in order to improve knowledge and to ensure that adequate decisions are taken.
In the second session addressing policy measures, MEP Csaba Tabajdi Rapporteur on honeybee health and the challenges of the beekeeping sector raised concerns on the problems of monoculture and the general decline of biodiversity in Europe. He called for standards, rules and regulations for professional beekeepers like for any other sector. "It is the right application of pesticides that is the key," he argued. "In Hungary, there is no direct effect of using pesticides and decline of colonies for instance."
European Commission Directorate-Generals in charge of the Environment (DG ENV) and of Health and Consumers (DG SANCO), also represented in the panel, recognised the difficulty to convey key messages to the over 700,000 beekeepers in Europe. "We need the full support and understanding of the problems from all beekeepers in order to address the factors impacting bee health," underlined Alberto Laddomada while noting that pathogens were indicated as the major cause for mortality reported by beekeepers and reference laboratories. François Wakenhut called for a comprehensive approach to bee health and for a complete picture of the overall state of pollinators in Europe. "We cannot look at the issue of bee health as a segmented one. We need to look at this in the overall context of pollinators' and pollination state and health. Pollination is a vital ecosystem service. We committed ourselves in 2011 to maintaining and enhancing ecosystems and their services by 2020. We therefore must deliver on pollination. We have 7 years to address the issue: the clock is ticking," he said referring to the biodiversity objectives set in 2011 by the European Commission.
IUCN is currently working on reviewing the conservation status of pollinators in Europe, as commissioned by the European Commission. See here for more information on the European Red List.
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The views expressed at the events organized by the European Parliament Intergroup on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development do not necessarily reflect those of IUCN or EBCD. The Integroup brings together parliamentarians and stakeholders to debate and form ideas and policies in a cross-sectoral and cross-party manner by allowing exchanges of different and sometimes divergent opinions.


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FOX's Angle presented one-sided report on Social Security
FOX News senior White House correspondent Jim Angle repeated Republican spin that Social Security is "heading for an iceberg ... unless significant reforms are undertaken," but failed to include the view of Democrats and many independent economists that Social Security is not in fact in crisis. Nor did he note that many believe that President Bush's plan to partially privatize Social Security will make the situation worse.
On the January 6 edition of FOX News' Special Report with Brit Hume, Angle's report transitioned from a discussion of bipartisan efforts on class-action lawsuit reform to Social Security by asserting that bipartisan action on the former issue could generate momentum "as the president tries to build support for a list of his legislative goals, including Social Security reform." Then came a quotation from Senator George Voinovich (R-OH) suggesting that Social Security is in crisis:
VOINOVICH [clip]: I go to meetings and I ask people that raise their hands, "How many of you think you're going up with Social Security benefits?" And the majority of them, the overwhelming majority of them say, "I don't think I'm going to get it."
But instead of balancing this clip with the perspective of a Democrat -- or even an independent economist -- who might have pointed out that Social Security will be solvent with no changes at all until 2042, according to the Social Security board of trustees' report, and until 2052, according to the Congressional Budget Office, as Media Matters for America has noted, Angle proceeded to quote from another Republican source, a recently leaked White House memo:
ANGLE: And a leaked memo from a top White House aide to Republicans comes to the same conclusion, saying Social Security is "heading for an iceberg. The notion that younger workers will receive anything like the benefits they have been promised," it said, "is fiction, unless significant reforms are undertaken."
Next, Angle noted that "reformers point to a short list of options to repair the system's finances." But the only option that Angle mentioned was a reported Republican proposal to cut benefits by indexing the initial benefit formula to prices rather than wages. Angle helpfully provided the apparently compelling rationale for this proposal:
ANGLE: The memo said the White House would take a very close look at the way benefits are calculated, because under current practice, benefits are determined by wage inflation, not consumer [i.e., price] inflation. And future retirees are scheduled to get 40 percent more than current recipients, even after inflation, even though the system doesn't have the money to pay for them.
But Angle offered no comparably specific statistics to explain why many Democrats oppose severe benefit cuts. He might have mentioned, for example, that moving from wage indexing to price indexing means a 25.7 percent benefit cut for the typical Social Security recipient in 2042, according to a Washington Post article. He could also have reported that "Social Security provides at least half of total income for a majority of beneficiaries," and the poorest 20 percent of Americans rely on Social Security for 82 percent of their income on average, according to the Social Security Administration. But Angle noted only that "some Democrats are resistant" to cutting benefits and included a brief quotation from Representative Jim Moran (D-VA):
ANGLE: But some Democrats are resistant.
MORAN: [clip] We've always suggested that you don't want to cut benefits. Half of the people on Social Security would be living in poverty if it wasn't for the Social Security program.
Finally, Angle suggested that many Democrats may choose to oppose "whatever the White House proposes" not because of policy-based objections, but simply because a successful reform effort would be a landmark victory for the conservative movement:
ANGLE: The White House memo also said that reforming Social Security is one of the most important conservative undertakings of modern times. Of course, for some Democrats, that is one more reason to be against whatever the White House proposes -- Brit.


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Over the past week, we asked you, our readers, which fancy French cookie you preferred: the macaron or the madeleine. Both cookies are steeped in tradition and lore--while the macaron has a place amongst royalty and in fancy tea salons, the madeleine was immortalized by Proust and also has its own rich history. At the end of our poll, the vote, while certainly not a landslide--was decidedly in the macaron's favor: 169 vs. 123 out of 292 votes.
But what did all of it mean? Like the spies we are, we delved on both sides of the ring to find out more:
Lydia, who is planning on entering a pastry program very soon, sums it up nicely: "Macarons are like fairy cookies. They probably eat them in Middle Earth and Oz."...but don't think she's talking about their relative the coconut macaroon, for she goes on to say "I'm actually offended when someone thinks I'm talking about a coconut macaroOn in such glowing tones." Owch. Of course, Lydia has also had the privilege of eating macarons from Pierre Herme, which may explain why she's such a devotee.
For Veron, who runs the macaron-and-cupcake-makin' business Petites Bouchées (best business ever?), it's the variety and possibility that appeals: "With macarons, the flavors , color and uses are endless - your limit is your imagination. You can just sandwich them simply or make them part of an elaborate dessert. As she goes on to say, while perhaps an acquired taste, they do ultimately hook you: "When I first brought macarons in [to work], it took a while before the container became empty maybe because a lot of people are not familiar with them. Nowadays, on my way to the breakroom to leave some macarons I get stopped on the way so they can have first dibs."
For Kelly, soon-to-be culinary school grad and brand-new pastry chef at A Voce, prefers the shell-shaped cookie: "I'm a bigger fan of the madeleine. I prefer their texture and flavor. As you well know, crispness has its place in cookie-land: i.e. biscotti. But in this case, I have to opt for the soft madeline. I believe the madeline's capability to stand on its own makes it superior to le macaron, that needs something like coffee and tea to compliment them. Even look at the petit four 'Sarah Bernhardt,' that macaron base needs that cream center and chocolate coating. Plus, macarons don't remind me of children's book series the way madeleines do...."


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On a rather mundane Monday that saw CBS airing mostly repeats, Fox drama "The Following" and ABC reality vet "The Bachelor" ruled as the top shows with young adults.
According to preliminary national estimates from Fox, "The Following" averaged a 2.8 rating/7 share in adults 18-49 and 8.7 million viewers overall in the 9 o'clock hour, holding steady week to week and ruling as the night's top drama in the demo for a seventh straight week. The serial-killer thriller, which was just renewed for a second season, built on its lead-in from "Bones" (2.2/6 in 18-49, 8.2 million viewers overall), which was down slightly from last week.
Fox won the night in 18-49 and total viewers, though it ran second to ABC in the net's common hours of 8 to 10 p.m.
At ABC, the "Women Tell All" episode of "The Bachelor" averaged a 2.7 rating/7 share in adults 18-49 and 8.4 million viewers overall from 8 to 10 p.m., down slightly from last week but up about 10% from the comparable episode of a year ago; it won both of its hours in 18-49 (including a tie with "The Following" from 9 to 10 p.m.) ahead of its finale next Monday. At 10, a repeat "Castle" did a 1.4/4 in 18-49 and 6.8 million viewers overall.
NBC's combo of "The Biggest Loser" (2.1/6 in 18-49, 5.9 million viewers overall) and "Deception" (1.1/3 in 18-49, 3.3 million viewers overall) were off a smidge week to week, with the latter rookie drama unable to take advantage of repeats on the competition.
CBS opened with a repeat "How I Met Your Mother" (1.6/5 in 18-49, 5.4 million viewers overall) and an original "Rules of Engagement" (2.2/6 in 18-49, 6.9 million viewers overall); while "Rules" was down from last week when it had a firstrun lead-in, it did manage a solid build on the repeat "Mother." From there, the net went with all repeats: "2 Broke Girls" (1.7/4 in 18-49, 6.4 million viewers overall), "Mike & Molly" (1.7/4 in 18-49, 6.7 million viewers overall) and "Hawaii Five-O" (1.3/4 in 18-49, 5.6 million viewers overall).
At CW, both "The Carrie Diaries" (0.5/1 in 18-49, 1.2 million viewers overall) and "90210" (0.3/1 in 18-49, 0.7 million viewers overall) edged up from last week. The former is hoping to get a second-season order from the net, which announced Monday that "90210" will wrap its run this spring.
Preliminary 18-49 averages for the night: Fox, 2.5/7; ABC, 2.3/6; NBC, 1.8/5; Univision, 1.7/5; CBS, 1.6/4; CW, 0.4/1.
In total viewers: Fox, 8.4 million; ABC, 7.9 million; CBS, 6.1 million; NBC, 5.0 million; Univision, 4.2 million; CW, 0.9 million.


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Needing wins in their last two matches of the regular season, and some help from a pair of teams ahead of them in the MPSF standings, the Gauchos were swept by the Stanford Cardinal on Friday night to officially eliminate them from postseason contention.
Game scores for the match were 25-19, 25-14, 25-20. UCSB's record fell to 7-18, 5-16 after the loss.
Freshman outside hitter Kevin Donohue was the standout for the Gauchos on Friday night, recording 10 kills on 28 swings while also serving the team's only ace.
Junior outside hitter Miles Evans, coming off his career-high 21 kill performance last Saturday night against Hawai'i, put down 8 kills while also finishing with four digs.
Senior outside hitter Blaine Nielsen had four kills and four digs for the Gauchos.
Stanford was led by the AVCA player of the week Erik Shoji, who had 14 digs, which was twice as many as the next highest total- UCSB libero Chad Kingi's seven.
Stanford's Brad Lawson had a match-high 16 kills, while Steven Irvin was not far behind with 14.
With the win, Stanford improved to 19-6, 16-5, and find themselves in a three-way tie for the third spot in the conference.
The Gauchos will finish up their season tomorrow night, taking on the Pacific Tigers at the Spanos Center.
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did you notce the stupid windows calculator does NOT know how to draw a square root?as for MoonHunters note on the characters travelling and fighting monsters, this sound too much like Pokemon to me "I bet my four-armed acid spitting giant chipmunk can defeat your furry basilisk anytime!"
You don't really need to create something for "PC's" to do when creating a world, though making unique classes and jobs and such wouldn't be a bad idea. You first create the world then make a story for a game. No need trying both at once :)
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The open office area of the Severns home has been updated with wood floors, a shiplap wall and built in shelves, as seen on Fixer Upper.
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To create a relaxing, parlor space, designers used white walls to reflect the natural light of the space. To warm the design, a gray sofa and chairs were brought in, along with purple pillows and a purple chair that add vibrant color to the space. A gray and white rug and coffee table help to define this area, while rich wooded, traditional pieces finish the design with a touch of elegance.
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Keywords:MEMS? sensor? accelerometer? barometer? GPS?
MEMS sensors are increasingly being integrated into phones, MP3 players, GPS units, mobile Internet devices (MIDs), portable medical scanners and all sorts of greentech products. Indeed, thanks to the pickup in design-ins for MEMS-based motion, elevation and proximity sensors, the sensor market is standing up to the recession, according to some market watchers.
"Sensors are one of few businesses still growing in 2009—18 percent, according to analysts," said Demetre Kondylis, VP and general manager of Freescale's sensor and actuator solutions division. "We see acceleration, pressure and proximity sensors for consumer electronics as the next high-volume [sensor] market, after automotive."
Freescale had already sold millions of MEMS accelerometers as airbag sensors in high-reliability automotive applications before it entered the consumer electronics market a few years ago with accelerometers for hard drives that can lock up their heads when dropped. Now the company is hawking a companion digital barometric pressure sensor that it says will let hard drive makers optimize head flying heights for maximum information density. The digital pressure sensor debuted June 2 at the Computex expo in Taipei, Taiwan.
"A hard disk can increase its storage capacity by 200 percent by lowering the slider's flight height from 10- to 7nm," said Wayne Chavez, consumer and industrial operations manager of Freescale's sensor and actuator division. "Using our barometric pressure sensor to measure air density, hard disk drive makers can reliably lower slider flight height to 5nm, which increases storage capacity by four times."
Without a measure of air density, hard drive heads can't run at minimum flight height without failing when barometric pressure changes dramatically, such as onboard an airborne plane. Beyond their use in hard drives, barometric pressure sensors can enhance the performance of other consumer devices—for example, by allowing GPS navigators to dead-reckon inside buildings or when entering tunnels.
Eventually, accelerometers, barometric pressure sensors and possibly other MEMS sensors as well could be integrated into the same package. Today the MEMS element for an accelerometer or a pressure sensor is on a separate chip that's wire bonded to a CMOS die holding the signal conditioning circuitry on an application-specific IC. But in a combo sensor package, a single ASIC could easily serve both an accelerometer and a barometric pressure MEMS element—that is, if enough consumer electronics devices start integrating both.
"At Freescale, we believe that the day will come when multiple sensors are housed in the same package," said Kondylis. "Consumer electronic device makers are already asking us to look at integrating these capabilities."
Besides measuring air density in hard drives and providing altitude information for GPS units, Freescale's digital pressure sensor is aimed at environmental sensing applications, safety and security sensing of ambient pressure, and health monitoring.
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Correspondence, manuscript drafts, research notes and materials for Professor Brown's lectures and writings; also contains papers of his students.
Brown, Harcourt
Correspondence, manuscript drafts, research notes and materials for Professor Brown's lectures and writings; also contains papers of his students.
Brown, Harcourt
Includes drafts and notes for White Porcupine, My Banjo & Tiny Drawings, numerous holograph notebooks, personal and professional correspondence (1980s-20--), manuscripts by others, including Martha Hillhouse, Andrew Vaisius, Erin Mouré, Brothe...
Hall, Phil
Includes correspondence (mostly copies) of Yiddish writers Chaim Grade (1910-1982), Morris Gruda (1919- ) and Leon Eisner, 1960s-1980s. Also includes print material about Chaim Grade and some unidentified black and white photographs of Grade and o...
Grade, Chaim, Gruda, Morris, Eisner, Leon
This first accession of Michelle Berry's papers contains manuscript drafts of novels and books of short stories; early writing drafts; reviews written by Michelle Berry for the Globe and Mail, as well as reviews of her work; correspondence, and ot...
Berry, Michelle
This accession of Dayv James-French's papers includes many drafts of his writing including short stories, poetry, and novels, including drafts for Victims of Gravity (1990) and other unpublished work; professional and personal correspondence with ...
James-French, Dayv
David Gardner Papers (Downsview Offsite)
The collection consists of material relating to Canadian theatre history and to Gardner's acting and directing career. It includes theatre programmes, articles and press clippings concerning the history of theatre in Canada, especially for th...
Gardner, David Emmett
Collection consists of typescripts, with editorial revisions and instructions to the printer in the manuscript, for Paton's book Factors in the Ruin of Antiquity: A Criticism of Ancient Civilization.
Isaac, James Paton
This first accession of Michelle Berry's papers contains manuscript drafts of novels and books of short stories; early writing drafts; reviews written by Michelle Berry for the Globe and Mail, as well as reviews of her work; correspondence, and ot...
Berry, Michelle
Toronto Newspaper Guild Papers
The collection consists of case files, manuals and minutes of meetings of the Toronto Newspaper Guild.
Toronto Newspaper Guild
Patrick McGahern Papers (Downsview Offsite)
This collection demonstrates the scope and practice of operating an antiquarian bookseller's establishment both before and during the use of computerized orders, payments, and catalogue creation. In particular, it deals with Patrick McG...
Patrick McGahern Books
Lord's Day Alliance of Canada Papers (Downsview Offsite)
This collection includes correspondence, minute books, administrative records, legal documents, photographs, scrapbooks and printed materials generated by the Alliance and many of its branches from 1888 to 1979. The second part of the collection i...
Lord's Day Alliance of Canada
John Emerson Langdon Papers (Downsview Offsite)
The collection includes research notes on silver, chiefly compiled for his four books on North American silver and silversmiths, along with related correspondence, typescripts and galleys. It also includes secondary materials used for lectures and...
Langdon, John E. (John Emerson)
George Keppie Papers (Downsview Offsite)
The collection consists of correspondence and accounts relating to Keppie's work as manager of several American Theatres and the Uptown Theatre, Toronto (Vaughan Glaser Players) and the Empire Theatre (Theatre Guild of Canada). It also contai...
Keppie, George
The collection consists of research materials for Irving's book The Social Credit Movement in Alberta, as well as correspondence, both personal and professional. Correspondents include William Aberhart and Ernest Manning. It also continues dr...
Irving, John Allan
Kate A. Foster Papers (Downsview Offsite)
The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, programmes, reports, articles and speeches relating to the Council of Friendship and its work with immigrants.
Foster, Kate A.
Includes drafts, correspondence, photographs and other material mainly pertaining to Edmund Wilson's O Canada: an American's notes on Canadian Culture (1965).
Wolfe, Morris
Marjorie Wilkins Campbell Papers
Collection of literary papers of Marjorie Wilkins Campbell including published and unpublished works, personal and business correspondence.
Campbell, Marjorie Wilkins
Earle Birney Papers (Downsview Offsite)
Collection includes correspondence; manuscripts, typescripts and some galley proofs of the work of Earle Birney; teaching materials; some Malcolm Lowry material; typescripts of other Canadian authors; scrapbooks and memorabilia.
Birney, Earle
Correspondence with naturalists; a dictionary of naturalists; drafts for a life of Charles Fothergill; bird-watching journals kept by Baillie from 1920-1970; Baillie's weekly columns in The Toronto Evening Telegram, 1931-70 (on microfilm); some ma...
Baillie, James Little
Roderick Stewart Collection of Bethune
Contains extensive research, drafts and notes for work on Dr. Norman Bethune, as well as prints and photographs of Norman Bethune and Bethune memorabilia
Stewart, Roderick
Dr. Peter Ernst Collection of Dr. George William Ross papers 1918-1983
Includes research, notes and drafts for a biography of Sir Frederick Grant Banting (1891-1941) by Dr. George William Ross (d.1948), friend and colleague of Banting. Ross' father was the fifth Premier of Ontario from 1899-1905, Sir George William R...
Ernst, Peter
Collection consists of correspondence, including letters from Nelson Ball, J.W. Curry and Douglas Henderson, as well as poetry booklets created by Appell and small press imprints and publications.
Appell, M. R. (Melvin Robert)
This collection consists of the bulk of material including the research, manuscript drafts, proofs and correspondence for most of Bacque's fiction and non-fiction works, both published and unpublished. It also includes a large collection of P...
Bacque, James
Scope and content:This collection contains drafts and proofs for a number of Sarah's published monographs, including Little Eurekas (Biblioasis, 2007), A Day's Grace (The Porcupine's Quill, 2003), and The Touchstone: Poems New and Selected (Anansi...
Sarah, Robyn
Included are audio cassettes and typed summaries of interviews conducted by Coleman Romalis with members of Canada's Jewish community in Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal. Individuals interviewed by Romalis include Ben Shek, Becky Lapedes, Morris Bi...
Romalis, Colman
This first accession of Kildare Dobbs's papers contains drafts of his published works (Running to Paradise, The Great Fur Opera, Anatolian Suite: Travels and Discursions in Turkey, The Eleventh Hour: Poems for the Third Millennium, Casablanca: The...
Dobbs, Kildare
Includes drafts, correspondence, photographs and other material mainly pertaining to Edmund Wilson's O Canada: an American's notes on Canadian Culture. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1965
Wilson, Edmund
This collection features the bulk of material associated with Alan Stein's fine press imprint Church Street Press.
Stein, Alan
Includes drafts and notes for: Black Flamingo, Cost of Living, Jogging With the Great Ray Charles, Clusters, My Father Kept His Cats Well Fed and Words for Elephant Man. Poem drafts, early essays, course work from York University and literary corr...
Sherman, Kenneth
Contains notes and transcribed letters taken by Ann Robson as part of research on Helen Taylor (womens' rights suffragist, daughter of Harriet Taylor Mill, 1808-1858, and stepdaughter of philosopher and economist John Stuart Mill, 1806-1873). Incl...
Robson, Ann P. (Ann Provost)
Laurie Kahn (Frank Plumpton Ramsey) Papers
Correspondence and research about Frank Plumpton Ramsey (1903-1930), mathematician, philosopher, economist. Ramsey biographer Laura Leavitt-Kahn gathered letters from old school friends of Ramsey, from Winchester School to colleagues and students ...
Kahn, Laurie
Whiteman, Bruce
Manuscript drafts for plays, novels and other writing; correspondence; photographs; juvenilia; and other personal and professional files related to the life and work of Allan Stratton.
Stratton, Allan
Manuscripts, proofs, correspondence, writing for academic journals, teaching files and other material related to his life and work as a Jungian analyst and psychotherapist.
Stephenson, Craig E.
Walcott, Derek
Collection consists of extensive drafts, notes, editing and research material for various Teleky works, including: Winter in Hollywood; Pack Up the Moon; Hungarian Rhapsodies; The Paris Years of Rosie Kamin; Goodnight, Sweetheart and other stories...
Teleky, Richard
Ormsby, Eric
This collection consists of correspondence, scripts, photos, clippings, theatre programs and tapes covering the personal and professional career of Dora Mavor Moore. It excludes that part of Moore's career when she was director of the New Pla...
Moore, Dora Mavor
Contains drafts of work; correspondence with various writers; photographs; files from 1982-1984 (re: Writer-in-Residence program, Massey College).
Solecki, Sam
Consists of holograph notebooks, correspondence, typescript diary drafts, photographs, other writings and various material
Ritchie, Charles
Collection of research notes, interviews, and manuscript drafts relating to her first novel, Sulha, (Toronto, Key Porter Books, 1999),; photographs, tapes, cassettes and other material regarding research for Sulha, and her work as a world musician...
Marom, Malka
The collection consists of the bulk of papers related to Laidler's professional life, including manuscript drafts of his published work and extensive correspondence with other leading economists.
Laidler, David
Collection of printed works with extensive manuscript revisions, partly in author's hand, and 48 photos of actresses in costume as characters from Daughters of Dawn; miscellaneous photos of Bliss Carman and others.
Carman, William Bliss
Czechoslovakia 1968 Collection
This collection is largely comprised of material used by Professor H. Gordon Skilling in writing his book, Czechoslovakia's Interrupted Revolution (Princeton University Press, 1976). It contains newsclippings, typescripts, Radio Free Europe r...
Skilling, H. Gordon (Harold Gordon)
Miscellaneous scripts and screenplays.
Wayne, John
William Stewart Wallace Papers
Wallace, William Stewart
Collection of personal & business correspondence with authors,publishers, organizations, readers; minutes of the Canadian Authors Assoc.; manuscripts and typescripts of his writings and lectures as well as galleys and publicity for his books; ...
Deacon, William Arthur
Trinidad Theatre Workshop Papers
Trinidad Theatre Workshop
Drake, Stillman
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I know this is a ridiculous to see who is hotter of these two chicks, I know! I just wanna know there is someone else out there who feels that these girls are probably THE hottest black girls in SA right now!
There are rumors that Boity might be gracing our screens on Live!, I think you can call that DCC (Dangerous Combination Crew), so of course we gonna be debating who's hotter.
Let's see…
We have the Zulu thickness that is Minnie Minenhle Dlamini.Credentials? LEGiT girl, Live! presenter, sometime model, MC, Nonhle Thema punching bag, smarter than blonde-Bonang, very very thick (don't even have stretch marks on her thighs), very pretty, very very thick and rumored to be giving all of that to Itumeleng Khune. I don't have evidence of her "mopako", but i'm pretty sure she has a great future behind her.
And then that bite-your-bottom-lip fine Boity Boitumelo Thulo. Girl is just fine! She's thick as hell, model, featured in FHM and some shitty website, did Head Honcho's summer spread.
Now, let's use the 30 point scale: 1 to 10 is the below average girls, 11 to 20 is average to pretty girls, 21 to 30 is the really pretty to fine girls. Minnie lands a 21, which means she's really pretty. Boity scores a 27, so so fine, but not enough to kill yourself over her.
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10th PGA Jones Cup presented by Golf Pride
When: November 8-9, 2011
Where: PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
What: The 36-hole tournament features the top five players from each PGA Golf Management University. All participating schools are accredited by The PGA of America to offer the 4 1/2 to 5-year PGA Golf Management University Program for aspiring PGA Professionals.
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North Carolina State rallies to its first victory in 10th PGA Jones Cup
North Carolina State University used a final-round push Wednesday to capture the 10th PGA Jones Cup presented by Golf Pride. The Wolfpack closed with a final-round 9-over-par 297 and a 609 total to defeat runner-up University of Nevada-Las Vegas, by six strokes.
Arizona State takes first-round lead by one over Methodist
Arizona State turned in an opening 20-over-par 308 Tuesday at PGA Golf Club's Wanamaker Course to grab the first-round. The Sun Devils are one stroke ahead of Methodist University. North Carolina State and Nebraska are tied for third, while Nevada-Las Vegas is in fifth.
Field set for 10th PGA Jones Cup presented by Golf Pride
Defending Champion Mississippi State University will make its bid for a record fourth title in the 10th PGA Jones Cup presented by Golf Pride against a field of 19 other college programs. The challenging teams this year range from Arizona State and North Carolina State to Coastal Carolina, Methodist and Sam Houston State.
Golf Pride named sole presenting sponsor of 10th PGA Jones Cup
The PGA of America has announced Golf Pride as presenting sponsor of the 10th PGA Jones Cup. This will be the first year that Golf Pride will serve as the sole presenting sponsor of the signature event for future PGA Professionals.


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The Yogurt Spot
Tempting, tasty treats in a variety of flavors and toppings await guests at The Yogurt Spot located conveniently on the corner of Dowlen and Phelen in Beaumont.
"We are very pleased at our reception in the area," said owner Starla Foust. "The traffic in the West End of Beaumont continues to be good, and we are convenient for so many folks from students at West Brook, Marshall, Lamar, and the various businesses and subdivisions nearby." The Yogurt Spot opened in May 2011 and has enjoyed good success thus far with many tempting flavors of fresh yogurt and the endless selection of toppings.
The Yogurt Spot is a franchise with home offices in Austin. "They do have three stores in Tampa, Fla.," said Foust, who also confided that her future plans include perhaps the opening of a second location. "I love people and I love what I do. It brings me pleasure to see all age groups come in to the shop, choose their favorites, and spend a few minutes of rest and relaxation while here."
Foust is originally from Nederland and worked 20 years as a court reporter. She said she had often thought of owning and operating a small business in the Beaumont area and wanted to do something that wasn't already up and running. Foust can be found in her spotlessly clean shop five days a week, but does have a staff of some 8-10 employees that can handle the duties when she is not at the helm.
The self-service, pay-by-the-ounce healthy dessert bar seems to truly have taken a hold on some folks. Madeline Antoine, a Port Arthur resident who works for the Orange County Sheriff's Office, is a good example of a regular customer. "Oh, I am enjoying my 'me' day," said Antoine laughing. "About once every other week, I use my off day to get a mani-pedi and treat myself to a little shopping in or around Beaumont, and I always come to The Yogurt Spot for my favorite treat." Antoine added that she tries to remember to get her customer appreciation card punched; after 10 punches, she gets a voucher for a $5 gift of her favorite yogurt.
On this visit, Antoine walked directly to the "cake batter" yogurt, filled her cup and and then headed to the toppings and fruit bar. She seemed to enjoy picking and choosing and decorating her healthy dessert.
Foust explained that the flavors do change from time to time and that she is willing to try new ones, but that it can be a bit difficult to keep everyone's favorite available. "Some want one kind and one kind only. Others are more adventurous and want to try everything new," she said. "Right now, we are about to bring in the seasonal favorites including gingerbread, pumpkin, and other fall and Christmas favorites."
Foust further explained that the yogurt has real probiotics, the good bacteria known for aiding digestion as well as the promotion of other health benefits. In addition, the yogurt is made on site and a good many choices are gluten free, low sugar, and high in Vitamin D. "We also offer a sorbet as a non-dairy option," Foust said.
One gentleman said that he comes almost every single day because his doctor suggested that he eat yogurt as a substitute for heavier desserts. He truly seemed to enjoy the choice he made on this particular visit.
Children would likely need supervision since there are so many fun toppings, fruits, candies, and syrups to choose from to adorn the yogurt. However, some of the adult guests seemed to be having a ball making their choices, too. It appeared to be evenly divided — those who come in knowing exactly what they want and those who want to shop around, as it were. Creativity came into play with several guests who wanted to try new and different combinations. Since you pay by the ounce, it is totally up to the customer to choose as much or as little as desired.
Lindsey Williams, a Lamar student pursuing her master's degree, and Julie Lee and Rebecca Wilhelm of the Beaumont Health Department came in for a quick afternoon break. Each lady perused the selections, debated, tasted and finally chose the yogurt(s) base they wanted and then decorated with the big selection of toppings. Even the inspectors from the health department chose The Yogurt Spot for their own break favorite.
The fun snack is offered in a 1,400-square-foot, brightly lit and tastefully decorated shop that allows the customers to taste before they buy. Small taster cups are available. Big screen TVs, Wi-Fi, an attractive patio, and the convenient location makes The Yogurt Spot a great, fun visit.
Foust says they also do catering, pack yogurt to go, and have done wedding receptions, showers, birthday parties and the like. "Just call and give us the opportunity to discuss your needs with you," said the personable business owner. You can reach Foust at (409) 860-4776. The Yogurt Spot is at 6456 Phelan Blvd. in the Westmont Shopping Center.
Brenda Cannon Henley can be reached at (409) 781-8788 or at brendacannonhenley [at] yahoo [dot] com.


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Our question this afternoon: "What's next for USC?"
Well, what's immediately next is the Trojans looking up at UCLA in the Pac-12 pecking order and Notre Dame in the national one. How 'ya like them apples, 'SC?
UCLA is the likely pick to repeat as Pac-12 South Division champions in 2013. They've got the QB in Brett Hundley and lots of talent coming back on both sides of the ball. And they have a decisively better coaching staff than USC, at least if we are allowed to extrapolate on the evidence we repeatedly saw on the football field this year.
A year ago, while UCLA and Notre Dame were seemingly floundering, it appeared the Trojan colossus was again rising under coach Lane Kiffin, whose bad reputation was undergoing a generous reevaluation. Yet the stratospheric expectations inspired by a 10-2 2011 season have yielded to desperation and recrimination just a year later.
The big 2013 story for USC? Kiffin's hotseat.
And yet.
While USC under Kiffin certainly no longer has a buy rating, it might be premature to sell all your shares.
For one, the team coming back in 2013 certainly won't be untalented, including 17 returning position player starters (though a few with remaining eligibility might opt to enter the NFL draft). QB Max Wittek hinted against Notre Dame that the transition to him from Matt Barkley might not be too bad. He has a wicked strong arm that could make beautiful music with receivers Marqise Lee and Robert Woods, if Woods opts to return for his senior season.
Further, you'd think the Trojans would be plenty motivated. They were the biggest punchline in college football this year. Yeah, bigger than woeful teams like Colorado. They were historically bad as a team that was ranked No. 1 in the preseason. They were beaten soundly by archrivals whom they whipped just a year ago.
This season was an unmitigated failure.
It might be easier for Kiffin to get his guys focused and motivated when everyone is taking shots at them instead of celebrating their potential awesomeness. The Trojans should be plenty angry heading into 2013. They chiefly should be angry at themselves, but here's a guess that the preseason talk -- regionally and nationally -- will give them plenty of names for an enemies list.
But before we look ahead to USC as angry underdog playing the "us against the world" card in 2013, there needs to be some rigorous backward looking evaluation of what went wrong this fall.
In this column, Steve Bisheff did an outstanding job of breaking down the difficult decisions ahead for Kiffin. We're about to second much of what he said.
First off, Kiffin needs to hire two new coordinators, which means he must dump two guys by the name of Kiffin: Himself on offense and his dad, Monte Kiffin, on defense.
Monte Kiffin is one of the all-time great defensive minds. His legacy is assured. But his work has been middling-to-poor at USC. He's gotten less from USC's talent than he should have.
If Lane Kiffin needs a role model for tough decisions, he could look to his buddy Steve Sarkisian at Washington, who dumped Nick Holt as defensive coordinator last year. Holt, Kiffin and Sarkisian go way back, but Holt was doing a lousy job. That was made even clearer this fall when new coordinator Justin Wilcox produced substantial improvement with arguable less to work with than Holt had in 2011.
Then, if Kiffin feels guilty about terminating his father, he can take out his ill will toward the responsible party by firing himself. It's not just that Kiffin didn't do a good job calling plays this year -- and he didn't -- it's that he neglected other aspects of his team that, as a head coach and CEO, he should have been on top of.
Oregon's Chip Kelly can micromanage his team and call an outstanding game. Kiffin can't. That's been made clear.
There's also this: USC has the resources to hire just about anyone Kiffin wants. He could pay both coordinators $1 million. If they are worried about job security due to Kiffin's hot seat, Kiffin could give them multiyear contracts. That alone would perk up the ears of just about anyone in the country, including top NFL guys.
Remember that list of candidates we made up for the head coaching vacancy at California? Kiffin probably could get a lot of those "hot" coordinators to come work for him.
With good coordinators, the Trojans are a nine- or 10-win team next year. With no changes, the good money would be on there being no Kiffins inside Heritage Hall in 2014.
Kiffin's survival also depends on more than Xs and Os, though.
As Bisheff covered at length, Kiffin often overthinks things, and this often leads to substanceless gestures, such as not allowing teams to do Friday night walkthroughs at the Coliseum, or trying to fool woeful Colorado with players switching jerseys.
Kiffin needs to learn that the USC head coach doesn't need to outsmart his opponents, much less use gamesmanship against them. He simply needs to put a disciplined, focused product on the field with a sound plan. Talent then takes over.
If there are competing simple and complicated ideas for something at USC, about 99.9 percent of the time, the simple one would work best.
What's next for USC? Well, if you are looking three-to-five-years down the road, I'd expect the program to again be in the Pac-12 and national title hunt on a consistent basis.
USC is not going to blow up and go all Paul Hackett Era again. Athletic director Pat Haden is too smart to let that happen.
The question is simply who will be fronting the program: Kiffin or someone else.
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In the battle of the plastics, credit cards have lately emerged as the surprise champs, offering fewer fees and better rewards than the typical debit card. But as banks and credit-card companies flood mailboxes with a new round of offerings, experts warn that finding the best deals isn't getting any easier.
Until recently, debit cards offered a one-two punch credit cards couldn't match: a convenient way to access money without the fear of going into debt, along with generous reward programs. Banks, however, have cut back on those rewards over the past year -- and in some cases have imposed new fees -- while credit-cards issuers continue to sweeten the pot. During the first quarter, companies offered 0% promotional rates on credit cards for ten months on average, up from about seven months a year ago, according to CardHub.com, a credit-card comparison web site. Meanwhile, several issuers have eliminated fees: Discover, for example, dropped charges for cardholders travelling abroad, while Chase eliminated the balance transfer fee on its Slate card during the first month the card is opened. And initial cash-back bonuses have jumped to as high as $250, compared to $100 last year.
The new incentives are all part of issuers' efforts to make credit cards the go-to swipe option for consumers in light of recent regulations. The Durbin amendment, which went into effect last October and is part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, lowered the fees banks receive from merchants when consumers swipe their debit cards, but doesn't impact fees for using credit cards. Banks say this change will cost them an estimated $6.6 billion a year in lost revenue. To make up for the loss, experts say that banks are trying to lure consumers to credit cards by making them more rewarding while making debit cards less desirable. "With debit cards, there are no resources to offer rewards as much as there were before the Durbin amendment -- it removed that incentive," says Nessa Feddis, vice president and senior counsel for regulatory compliance at the American Bankers Association.
While the offers on credit cards are better than they've been in the past, experts say consumers still need to be aware of the perennial drawbacks. Interest rates could rise in the future, or new fees could be imposed. The risks are even higher for cardholders who don't pay their balance in full each month. "What they're banking on is that you'll mess up," says Bill Hardekopf, chief executive at LowCards.com, which tracks credit-card offers.
For consumers who pay off their balances each month and make all payments on time, however, now may be the time to choose credit over debit, says Odysseas Papadimitriou, chief executive at CardHub.com. On top of earning rewards, responsible cardholders will also boost their credit scores. Separately, as data breaches grow in scale -- last month, for instance, it was revealed that up to 1.5 million MasterCard and Visa cards may have been compromised -- consumers may find they're more protected with credit cards than with debit cards. Fraudulent credit card charges are forgiven by banks, but with debit cards, card holders could be on the hook for hundreds of dollars, if not more.
And unlike the days of frozen credit following the market meltdown of 2008, consumers have plenty of offers. Card issuers mailed nearly 4.1 billion credit card solicitations last year -- a record high and up 44% from the previous year, according to Ipsos Mail Monitor, which tracks credit-card mailings. Still, only select number of cards are truly consumer-friendly. SmartMoney and a team of experts dug through the cards to find the best new ones with relatively low rates, long-lasting promotional offers and generous rewards.
Longest 0% APR Periods
There's little reason to pay interest with a new credit card, say advisers, especially for cardholders who have high credit scores. Most card issuers are touting 0% introductory rates on purchases and many are extending the no-rate period. It's as long as 18 months with some cards, like Citi's Platinum Select MasterCard, Diamond Preferred and Simplicity cards. With the Discover More card, consumers can get 0% APR for 15 months. And the Capital One Prestige credit card provides the 0% rate until June 2013.
Beyond purchases, these cards also offer 0% rate on balance transfers for the same period of time. Consumers who are paying down a credit-card balance with a high interest rate can transfer that amount to a new card using a balance transfer offer. These cards, though, charge a 3% fee on that amount -- roughly the industry average. An exception is the Slate card from Chase that offers 0% APR for 15 months and doesn't charge a balance transfer fee when the transfer is made during the first 30 days that the account is open. It also has a 0% rate on purchases for 15 months.
Advisers recommend that consumers pay down their balances during the card's 0% introductory periods. Otherwise, they'll incur interest rates, which with these cards range between around 11% and up to 22%. Hardekopf says consumers should consider the rate they'll pay once the promotional period is over. In general, these cards have been raising their regular rates. For instance, the average rate on a card with a 0% intro rate on balance transfers was 16.6% during the first quarter, up slightly from 16.1% a year prior, according to CardHub.com.
Most Affordable Cards
For consumers with "excellent" credit, which is typically a FICO score of at least 720, the average credit-card rate was 13% during the first quarter of the year, slightly up from about 12.5% a year prior, according to CardHub.com. But some cards charge significantly less. The First Command Bank Platinum Visa credit card has an interest rate of 6.25%, the First Federal Bank credit card charges 7.15%, and the IberiaBank Visa Classic card has a starting rate of 7.25%. The cards don't charge an annual fee.
On the other end of the spectrum, consumers with dinged credit reports (typically with scores below 620) and college students who are trying to build a credit history, there are so-called secured credit cards. To get a secured card, a borrower gives the credit-card issuer what is essentially a security deposit, usually at least $200, which establishes a line of credit. The activity on most of these cards is reported to credit bureaus each month like a regular credit card, says Papadimitriou, which means it can help build credit.
The Orchard Bank Secured MasterCard charges a 7.9% interest rate and an annual fee of $35 that it waives for the first year. And the Applied Bank Secured Visa Gold card charges 9.9% and a $50 annual fee. In contrast, a borrower with poor credit who manages to get a regular credit card will likely pay more than 20% in interest, experts say.
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Credit cards with cash back rewards offered a minimum rewards rate of 1% on average, though it was as high as 2% in the first quarter, according to CardHub.com, compared to 1.25% a year prior. Meanwhile, more cards over the past year have been offering a so-called initial bonus, which is free cash for opening a new card and spending a certain amount during the first few months. The average initial bonus is $57.42, up from $28.82 a year prior. And it runs as high as $250 compared to $100 a year ago.
Most credit cards offer a tiered rewards system where some purchases earn more than others. The Blue Cash Preferred card from American Express offers 6% cash back on supermarkets, 3% at gas stations and department stores, and 1% on everything else. The downside: the card has a $75 annual fee. (A similar card offering 1% to 3% rewards doesn't have an annual fee.)
Other cards offer comparable rewards, though they rotate categories every few months. Advisers say that can be a nuisance for consumers who will have to plan purchases in advance in order to maximize rewards. The Chase Freedom Visa card offers 5% on up to $1,500 in purchases of different categories, like gas stations, restaurants and airlines, every three months. It also has 1% cash back on all other purchases. The Citi Dividend Platinum Select Visa card and the Discover More Card have similar models. Most of these cards (Discover is an exception) offer $100 to $200 in cash back after spending $500 or more in the first three months.
Gas Cards
Approximately 80% of consumers are using credit cards to pay at the pump, and that figure will increase if gas prices continue to rise, says Ben Brockwell, a director at the Oil Price Information Service. While they won't offer immediate savings, some credit cards provide generous rewards for swiping at the pump. The Platinum Rewards credit card by the Pentagon Federal Credit Union gives 5% cash back on all gas purchases. The card doesn't have an annual fee, but consumers pay $15 to join the credit union if they don't qualify for membership. American Express' Blue Cash Everyday Card offers 2% rewards at stand-alone gas stations.
Warehouse club members can tap into savings two ways. Costco shoppers (membership costs $55 a year) can sign up for the TrueEarnings card from Costco and American Express, which offers 3% cash back on all gas purchases up to $3,000 and 1% thereafter. Costco sells gas at select locations that can be cheaper than nearby gas stations. For instance, a Costco in Waterbury, Conn. charges $3.99 a gallon for regular gas while a CITGO station that's less than three miles away charges $4.13.
These cards tend to be more useful since they dole out rewards for gas purchases made anywhere, says Hardekopf. But for gas station loyalists, the Exxon/Mobil MasterCard gives a 15-cent fuel rebate per gallon at its stations and the Marathon card doles out five to 25 cents a gallon depending on how much gas the cardholder purchases. But these cards have very high interest rates that range between 17% and 27%.
To be sure, consumers can get immediate savings at the pump by paying with cash rather than plastic. Many gas stations charge about five to 10 cents less for cash payers than they do for those who pay with debit or credit cards, says Jeff Lenard, vice president at the National Association of Convenience Stores, which represents gas stations. But the discounts still aren't big enough to outweigh the savings consumers would ultimately see from credit-card rewards: At $4 a gallon, if the discount to pay with gas is less than 20 cents, consumers will save more with the PenFed card's rewards. If the discount is less than 12 cents, the Costco card will also be better.
Small Business Cards
At least a dozen new small business credit cards have launched since last year, and experts say banks are jumping into this space partly because the cards were excluded from the CARD Act of 2009 that outlawed random interest-rate hikes and other practices on personal cards. For instance, on consumer credit cards, issuers can't raise the interest rate on existing balances unless the cardholder is at least 60 days late with a payment. But on small business cards, issuers can change it whenever they'd like. Separately, interest rates on small business credit cards are slightly higher than consumer cards -- 15% vs. 12.3% -- though the cards tend to offer more generous rewards. For their part, banks say they've been expanding into this field to tap into the growing number of small businesses.
Experts suggest small business owners use a mixture of plastic: For purchases that won't be paid in full each month, consider using personal credit cards where there are more protections. And consider swiping small business credit cards for purchases that will be paid in full each month to avoid potential risks, says Papadimitriou, while earning more rewards.
Capital One's Spark Cash card offers 2% cash back on all purchases. (It's Cash card for consumers, in contrast, offers 1.5% cash back.) And in many cases, the cards are designed to provide more rewards for routine small business expenses and big-ticket purchases. Bank of America's Cash Rewards for Business card offers 3% cash back at office supply stores and gas stations. Chase offers 5% back on the first $25,000 spent with its Ink Cash card at office supply stores and telecomm and cable services each year.