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Information Literacy Bibliography 2008
Beloit College - Information Literacy Program
Information Literacy Bibliography
- Assessment of information literacy teaching and learning
- Information literacy teaching and learning, with examples
- Service learning and information literacy
- Specific disciplines in relation to information literacy
- Specific student groups, First Year students, International students
Assessment of information literacy teaching and learning (before and after instruction)
- Brasley, Stephanie Sterling. "Building and Using a Tool to Assess Info and Tech Literacy," Computers in Libraries (May 2006): 6+
Describes the development of a test to measure cognitive skills covering these seven proficiencies: define, access, manage, integrate, evaluate, create, and communicate. - Ehrmann, Stephen C."Beyond Computer Literacy: Implications of Technology for the Content of a College Education," Liberal Education (Fall 2004): 6-13.
Proposes five key outcomes for liberal education. Gives examples of liberal arts institutions that are among the leaders in redefining the curriculum. - Iannuzzi, Patricia. "We Are Teaching, But Are They Learning: Accountability, Productivity, and Assessment," Journal of Academic Librarianship 25 (July 1999): 304-5.
Considers assessment methodologies such as evaluation of bibliographies, reviews of assignments that underscore the research process, and the use of portfolios or journals. - Lindauer, Bonnie Gratach. "The Three Arenas of Information Literacy Assessment," Reference and User Services Quarterly 44 (Winter 2004): 122-129.
Examines the learning environment (curriculum and independent learning opportunities), information literacy program components (courses, reference desk instruction, etc.), and student learning outcomes (such as performance measures on tests, assignments, portfolios and self-assessments). - Mittermayer, Diane. "Incoming First Year Undergraduate Students: How Information Literate Are They?" Education for Information 23 (2005): 203-232.
A questionnaire given to first year students measured knowledge of five areas: concept identification, search strategy, document types, search tools, and use of results. - Williams, Janet L. "Creativity in Assessment of Library Instruction," Reference Services Review 28, no. 4 (2000): 323-334.
Outlines the steps in designing an assessment, and has examples of various assessment methods such as constructed response, Know-Wonder-Learn-Wonder, self-reflection, and performance tasks.
Information literacy teaching and learning, with examples
- Bodi, Sonia. "How Do We Bridge the Gap between What We Teach and What They Do? Some Thoughts on the Place of Questions in the Process of Research," Journal of Academic Librarianship 28 (May 2002): 109-114.
Suggests several guiding questions for students to ask during their research, e.g. What are the parts of my topic? What examples and evidence do I need? How can I contribute something meaningful and new? - Carder, Linda et al. "Case-based, Problem-based Learning: Information Literacy for the Real World," Research Strategies 18 (2001): 181-190.
Describes using focused mini-cases to allow students to demonstrate their abilities and to guide them in identifying their information needs. - Costello, Barbara. "Using Blackboard in Library Instruction: Addressing the Learning Styles of Generations X and Y," Journal of Academic Librarianship 30 (November 2004: 452-460.
Describes the inclusion of a library-produced document on a Blackboard ( course management software) site. - Dembo, Myron H. "Students' Resistance to Change in Learning Strategies Courses," Journal of Developmental Education 27 (Spring 2004): 2-4, 6, 8, 10-11.
Discusses reasons why some students resist changing their academic behaviors, the dichotomy between knowing what to do and actually doing it. - Doshi, Ameet. "How Gaming Could Improve Information Literacy," Computers in Libraries (May 2006): 15-17.
Advocates integrating a gaming element into library skills instruction as a way to improve learning and portray libraries in a less boring light. - Foster, Helen. "Growing Researchers Using an Information-Retrieval Scaffold," Teaching English in the Two-Year College 31 (December 2003): 170-178.
Focuses on the embedded tasks of information retrieval and how instructors can use reflection, pre-selected sources, and internet-connected classrooms to support teaching these tasks. - Galas, Cathleen. "The Never-ending Story? Questioning Strategies for the Information Age," Learning and Leading with Technology 26 (Apr. 1999): 10-13.
In a project-based science class, the questioning process is emphasized. One interesting step is a class "roast" during which students must defend their question, plan, and project ideas to their class peers. - Gilchrist, Debra. "Collaborative Teaching through Inquiry-Based Instruction." In What is Good Instruction Now? Library Instruction for the 90s, ed. Linda Shirato, 51-54. Ann Arbor: Pierian Press, 1993.
Students in English, History, and Education classes apply an inquiry-based approach to better understand the research process. - Jenson, Jill D. "It's the Information Age, So Where's the Information? Why Our Students Can't Find Information and What We Can Do to Help," College Teaching 52 (Summer 2004): 107-112.
Points to teachers' assumptions about their students' "computer literacy," as well as to the students' lack of hands-on experience in an actual library, as potential sources of the problem. Provides suggestions for overcoming these obstacles. - Mackey, Thomas P. "Integrating Information Literacy in Lower- and Upper-Level Courses: Developing Scalable Models for Higher Education," Journal of General Education 53.3-4 (2004): 201-224.
Introduces three scalable models for teaching information literacy that work in general education as well as upper level courses: the art of annotation, research and composition, and writing for the web. - Mahaffy, Mardi. "Encouraging Critical Thinking in Student Library Research: An Application of National Standards," College Teaching 54.4 (Fall 2006): 324-327.
By reworking traditional research assignments, instructors can guide students through the research process in ways that actively develop critical thought processes. - Maybee, Clarence. "Undergraduate Perceptions of Information Use: The Basis for Creating User-Centered Student Information Literacy Instruction," Journal of Academic Librarianship 32 (January 2006): 79-85.
Analyzed interviews with undergraduate students to determine conceptions reflecting their experience of information use as sources, processes and knowledge base. - Metros, Susan E. "Visual Literacy: An Institutional Imperative" EDUCAUSE Review (May/June 2006): 80-81.
Examines the need for teaching a basic visual design vocabulary, providing the resources needed for becoming visual producers, and developing constructive critics of visual information. - Quarton, Barbara. "Research Skills and the New Undergraduate," Journal of Instructional Psychology 30 (June 2003): 120-124.
Describes teaching strategies faculty in any discipline can use to guide their undergraduate students through the basic library research necessary for writing a solid research paper. - Rodriguez, Ariel. "Training Students to be Better Consumers of Research: Evaluating Empirical Research Reports" College Teaching 53 (Summer 2005): 99-101.
Discusses why and how to teach students evaluate research. Argues that the ability to evaluate research could be more important than the ability to conduct research. - Tracey, Karen. "Teaching Freshmen To Understand Research as a Process of Inquiry" Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Conference on College Composition and Communication (March 1997).
Students begin with specific texts about which they generate questions, from which more questions develop and more substantial research projects emerge. - Veldof, Jerilyn and Karen Beavers. "Going Mental: Tackling Mental Models for The Online Library Tutorial," Research Strategies 18 (2001): 3-20.
Discusses how students' mental models affect the way they interact with and learn from online systems. Identifies ways tutorials can be designed for more effective instruction. - Williams, Sherie. "Guiding Students Through the Jungle of Research-Based Literature," College Teaching 53 (Fall 2005): 137-139.
Applies steps such as survey, question, read, reflect, review, etc. to help students decipher complex information. - Young, Niki. "From Small Step to Giant Leap in Research Ability," Academic Exchange (Summer 2005): 104-108.
Discusses ways to transform a complex process into a series of small achievable steps and deliver instruction at the student's point of need.
Service learning and information literacy
- Keyton, Joann. "Integrating Service-Learning in the Research Methods Course," Southern Communication Journal 66 (Spring 2001): 201-210.
Presents an approach and describes three case studies in which service-learning is the primary pedagogy for teaching research methods and for giving students the opportunity to apply their knowledge of research methods in community-based projects. - Potter, Sharyn J. "Integrating Service Learning into the Research Methods Course," Teaching Sociology 31 (January 2003): 38-48.
Describes the integration of a literature review and survey questionnaire development into to a service learning project.
Specific disciplines in relation to information literacy
- Calkins , Susanna. "Evaluating Internet and Scholarly Sources Across the Disciplines," College Teaching 55.4 (Fall 2007): 151-156.
The authors describe two case studies from different disciplines (psychology and history) that offer a variety of strategies instructors can use to help students learn to critically evaluate and analyze Internet and scholarly sources. - Christensen, Beth. "Warp, Weft, and Waffle: Weaving Information Literacy into an Undergraduate Music Curriculum," Notes (March 2004): 616-631.
Ideas in this article can be generalized to other course-integrated, sequential library instruction programs using specific assignments that build upon the knowledge and skills that students gain from semester to semester. - Dennis, Nancy. "Using Inquiry Methods to Foster Information Literacy Partnerships," Reference Services Review 29 no.2 (2001): 122-131.
Explains how American social history web sites were used in a women's studies class. Students integrated evaluations of web sites with analyses of content. - East, John W. "Information Literacy for the Humanities Researcher: A Syllabus Based on Information Habits Research," Journal of Academic Librarianship 31.2 (March 2005): 134-142.
Reviews the existing literature on the information behavior of researchers in the humanities, in order to develop a set of learning objectives which can be used in the planning of information literacy training programs. - Read, Brock. "Art History Without Slides," Chronicle of Higher Education 49 (January 23, 2003): A29.
Discusses the use of digital images as a teaching tool in art history, as well as issues of fair-use and building a digital collection. - Sternberg, Robert J. "Teaching Psychology Students to be Savvy Consumers and Producers of Research Questions," Teaching of Psychology 26 (1999): 211-13.
Some of the class activities described include simulation of journal refereeing, evaluation of why studies are in textbooks or lectures, evaluation of primary versus secondary descriptions of studies, and question generation.
Specific student groups, First Year students, International students
- Badke, William. "International Students: Information Literacy or Academic Literacy?" Academic Exchange (Winter 2002): 60-65.
Argues that we must provide international students a compulsory, comprehensive, competency based battery of training that will have them both understanding and showing skill in the Western approach to education, i.e. "academic literacy." - Barefoot, Betsy. "Bridging the Chasm: First-Year Students and the Library," Chronicle of Higher Education 52 (January 20, 2006): B16.
Discusses the perception of first year college students that campus libraries are largely irrelevant to their lives. Suggests ways to make library instruction an integral part of courses. - Brodsky, Karen. "Information Competence in the Freshman Seminar," Academic Exchange (Winter 2002): 46-51.
Describes a model designed to facilitate integration of information competence into the curriculum of a freshman seminar. The model focuses on collaboration among librarians, faculty, peer mentors and students. - Fitzgerald, Mary Ann. "Making the Leap from High School to College," Knowledge Quest 32 (March/April 2004): 19-24.
Summarizes three studies about information literacy skills of first-year college students. - Flynn, Mari. "Integrating Brain-Based Strategies into Library Research Assignments," Academic Exchange Quarterly 6 (Winter 2002): 66-70.
Describes the use of a controversial real-world example as a mock research event. - Mittermayer, Diane. "Incoming First Year Undergraduate Students: How Information Literate Are They?" Education for Information 23 (2005): 203-232.
A questionnaire given to first year students measured knowledge of five areas: concept identification, search strategy, document types, search tools, and use of results.
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If the swelling hasn't completely subsided by the end of 3 months one must consult with their surgeon to make sure there is no need for a touch up or a revision. I'm not sure if u will see any additional improvement after 3 months
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It can take 6 months or more for swelling to resolve following liposuction. I would give it some more time. In addition, the volume removed was small, and, as such, the improvement will be more subtle. Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA
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I actually see a noticeable improvement on the posterior view. At three months there is often still some swelling, especially in the flanks, so more definition is still likely over the next 3.
All the best.
The photos do show a nice early resuly with an obvious difference visible. The flanks don't yeild that much volume so don't be alarmend because the output wasn't in the 1000's. At 6 months you'll be done healing.
Thanks very much for your question. You likely will not see a significant amount of reduction in swelling at this point.
Appears you have an improvement. If it is not to your satisfaction than you need to discuss with your chosen surgeon.
After 90 days, you should have a pretty good idea of what the result will be. Without photos, its hard to say if 400 grams is a little or a lot. Make sure you compare before and after photos because sometimes you dont realize the improvement until you see the photos. If there really is minimal difference, then another lipo treatment may be beneficial.
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- CJ Parker said...
All right you got me. I'd just commented not five minutes before I signed on this morning tht I can never find the time i need to write. Your comment that time isn't just lying around, hit home. Great post, Rachel. Thanks for your time. Oh, and thanks for the great reads. Looking forward to more.
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After losing all my Weather Warden and Outcast books in a house fire last Labor Day am slowly looking to get those back to read. Having finished the Morganville Vampire series all the way to Last Breath looking forward to reading it maybe in time to get to read Black Dawn when it comes out, and I have to say this is the most traumatic guest post I have ever read! Thank goodness you did not get "toasted" in your car because your life is too busy for you to take time to be DEAD. (tongue in cheek, am really glad you are okay.)
Glad it all worked out Rachel please watch out for things in the areas under construction, they say most fatal accidents occur at home! - 12:47 PM
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Have always loved Ms Caine's work. The Weather Warden Series an all time favorite.
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HERNDON, Va.--April 14, 2005--True North Solutions (True North) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Cornerstone Solutions' information security division. Cornerstone Solutions is a leading provider of supply chain and information security products and services based out of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Cornerstone will continue to operate and serve their security customers locally in Indiana, operating under the True North name effective immediately. Cornerstone Solutions will retain its supply chain practice. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
"With Cornerstone's excellent reputation and presence in the mid-West and our breadth and depth of security services, bringing the two organizations together is a natural." comments Holly Thillet, True North Executive Vice President of Commercial Operations. "The addition of Cornerstone Security brings the number of True North offices to nine (9) spread from the East coast to the central region and allows us to better serve our larger national clients." Michael Volk, True North Solution's President added that "Cornerstone's get it done attitude and strong customer relationships gave us the assurance that we were joining forces with a solid company."
Cornerstone boasts an impressive list of customers in the Indiana market and surrounding areas. Their great customer service has helped them develop strong long term customer relations throughout their region. Cornerstone's Security Services practice provides foundational and emerging security technologies as well as professional services that include Firewall/VPN support 24x7, certified security training, vulnerability assessment and testing, implementation of security applications, security infrastructure integration, and security policy review and development.
Cornerstone Solutions Supply Chain Services business practice will continue operations as it has for the last eight years since Cornerstone's inception. Cornerstone Solutions' president, Chris Werling, shared his enthusiasm, saying, "My partner Brian Carlson and I are excited about the synergies we were able to find in True North. Their security offerings mirrored our business very well, allowing the Security Services division to continue to offer great Information security products and services to its customer base, while growing in the Mid-Western region. This also allows Cornerstone to advance our Supply Chain practice." Cornerstone will continue to manage this business from its headquarters in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
True North Solutions is the premier information security solutions provider in North America. Dedicated to providing innovative and integrated solutions, True North effectively manages client's information security risks. True North aligns each client's business initiatives with effective and proven best practices, deep security expertise and structured industry frameworks to ensure successful engagements. True North offers the same impressive list of services as Cornerstone, and more.
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Five Surprise residents decided two fired Surprise police officers should get their jobs back.
The city's Personnel Appeals Board voted to overturn the Surprise Police Department's termination of Michael Kennedy and Richard Yost, citing a lack of consistency in discipline meted out to officers.
Kennedy and Yost were fired in January after a Police Department investigation found they disobeyed a sergeant's order not to confront a resident.
The man had claimed Kennedy took a laminated photo and 50 cents after an October arrest.The board voted 3-2 in Kennedy's favor and 4-1 in Yost's favor. It was the first time the city's personnel board had been used for employee appeals.
When the decisions were announced after an emotional eight-hour hearing, about two dozen police officers and residents ran to Kennedy and Yost. There were hugs, cheers and tears.
Kennedy ran and leaped into the air in Surprise City Council chambers.
"I've never been more happy in my life. I can't wait to go back to work," Kennedy said. Later, a city official told him not to speak to the media.
Yost declined to comment.
Surprise Police Chief Dan Hughes said he respected the decision.
"They got a second chance," he said. "They'll make the best of it; we'll make the best of it."
The police chief said he appreciated that the board approved the police department investigation.
Board members said the investigation was fair and displayed "sufficient proof" of violations. The board also agreed the officers should have known they could be disciplined for their actions because they violated police department policies.
Assistant City Attorney Misty Leslie argued Friday that the officers willfully disobeyed their sergeant's order 10 minutes after he told them not to go to the resident's home.
Hughes was the only person to testify for the city although a handful of Police Department managers, including Sgt. Bert Anzini, attended.
The case started with an order last November from Anzini, who told Kennedy not to go to the home without him.
Kennedy, a two-year officer, has said he misunderstood Anzini's orders when he decided to go to the Surprise man's home.
A police department investigation found Yost disregarded the sergeant's order by parking near the man's home while Kennedy talked to him.
Yost, a three-year Surprise officer, said he didn't violate his supervisor's order because he never went to the man's house. Yost said that he parked nearby, in an area he was assigned to patrol, because he wanted to ensure Kennedy's safety.
Both officers said the Surprise resident involved had a history of threatening police officers.
The Surprise Police Employees Association requested a review of Anzini's actions in the case. An El Mirage lieutenant who reviewed the investigation documents in late March cleared Anzini of any wrongdoing.
Phoenix-based attorney Judith Abramsohn told the board that the police department should have chosen a division manager to conduct the investigation into Kennedy and Yost's actions, according to city policy.
Abramsohn gave examples of cases where other officers disobeyed orders and received written reprimands.
Two Surprise police officers testified on Kennedy and Yost's behalf.
Officer Evan Becher drew cheers when he said Anzini's orders about confronting the Surprise resident did not appear to be serious, but that an order he gave to officers that they write 10 citations per month was more direct.
Leslie objected to Becher's statement.
In her closing statement, Leslie said it was clear the officers had violated the sergeant's orders and that conduct warranted their termination.
Kennedy then gave a tearful statement, saying he never meant for Yost to lose his job. Abramsohn was last to speak, arguing that the officer's terminations were unfair.
The officers' actions didn't warrant termination, Board Member Ted Grove said before the vote: "I can't go home and tell my wife that I voted to terminate an officer's employment because of the facts that were presented."
Severin Hall, vice president of the police association, said after the hearing the group was happy with the board's decision. Association leaders said they planned to meet with Human Resources Manager April Reynolds to discuss several issues brought up during the hearing, including claims of inconsistent discipline.
Reynolds said she will meet with Kennedy and Yost next week to discuss the process of bringing them back to work.
Kennedy and Yost will receive back-pay and their employee benefits will be restored, she said.
The city's Personnel Appeals Board voted to overturn the Surprise Police Department's termination of Michael Kennedy (left) and Richard Yost.
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Practical considerations for integrating alternate reality gaming into science education
Bellocchi, Alberto (2012) Practical considerations for integrating alternate reality gaming into science education. Teaching Science, 58(4), p. 43.
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In this article, I present my experience with integrating an alternate reality gaming (ARG) framework into a pre-service science teacher education course. My goal is to provide an account of my experiences that can inform other science education practitioners at the tertiary and secondary levels that wish to adopt a similar approach in their classes. A game was designed to engage pre-service teachers with issues surrounding the declining enrolments in science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines (i.e., the STEM crisis; Tytler, 2007) and ways of re-engaging learners with STEM subjects. The use of ARG in science education is highly innovative. Literature on the use of ARG for educational purposes is scarce so in the article I have drawn on a range of available literature on gaming and ARG to define what it is and to suggest how it can be included in school science classrooms.
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Jim and Valerie Knies' Ministry in Hungary
1986, Jim and Valerie Knies were appointed with Baptist World Mission to minister in the country of Malaysia. They worked with the Chinese believers of Bible Baptist Church of Kuala Lumpur. After four years of ministry, Pastor Bill Toh took over the pastorate, and the Knieses transferred to the then newly opened mission field of Hungary. Dr. and Mrs. Knies returned to Kuala Lumpur in 2010 for the 30th Anniversary celebration of the church. Pastor Toh continues to lead the church to reach souls in Southeast Asia and China.
The Knies family arrived in Pécs, Hungary, on July 2, 1993 to begin language school. They started services in their living room on September 4, 1994. With the help of their Hungarian co-workers, the Oláh family, other Hungarian believers, and much prayer and provision from the Lord, the church presently owns and meets in a large building. Bible Baptist Church of Pécs chartered on May 1, 1997. Through the years of ministry many people have found the Lord as their Savior and have been discipled to become mature believers. On April 5, 2009, the church was turned over to national leadership. During the following summer, James, Jr. was married to Jamie Harvath after their graduation from Maranatha Baptist Bible College. James completed his Masters of Divinity at Maranatha Seminary in 2012. Anna graduated from the Baptist College of Ministry in Wisconsin in 2013 and has joined her parents in Budapest, working in the church ministry. Mary graduated from Maranatha Baptist University in May of 2016. Bible Baptist Church is presently pastored by Dr. David Potter, BaptistWorld Mission co-worker of the Knies family since 1998
In the summer of 2010, the Knies family relocated to Budapest, the capital of Hungary. The Lord provided an apartment in the 11th District, very near Gellert Hill, the Freedom Bridge over the Danube River, and the Citadella Statue. The Fõvárosi (Capital City) Baptist Church was chartered on September 15, 2012.
A steady gospel outreach into the city has taken place over the past 6 years with over 200,000 tracts and invitations being distributed, mostly in person. Every visitor who has attended a service has heard the gospel and many have trusted Christ as their Savior. The church has a ministry to university students, some who are members, several are from other countries. There are Hungarians in the membership and all the services are conducted in Hungarian with an English translation. The focus of the church is on Bible preaching and study, evangelistic outreach and discipleship. Every year there has been a Christmas Concert outreach. This young church is growing steadily and is looking forward to the Lord using it to reach many more in this needy city where the cry for the gospel is urgent and overwhelming.
For more information about the church there you can go to: http://www.fovarosibaptista.hu/


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Daily Range (% of ATR) |
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10610.77 |
10619.48 |
10584.14 |
-0.50 |
73.33% |
USDOLLAR Daily
Chart - Created Using FXCM Marketscope 2.0
- Struggles to Hold August low (10,646); Relative Strength Index Clears Support (39)
- Key Resistance Still Stands at 10,803 (38.2 retracement) to 10,806 (78.6 expansion)
- Key Support: 10,582 (23.6 expansion) to 10,589 (50.0 retracement)
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Actual |
Empire Manufacturing (SEP) |
12:30 |
9.10 |
6.29 |
Industrial Production (AUG) |
13:15 |
0.5% |
0.4% |
Capacity Utilization (AUG) |
13:15 |
77.9% |
77.8% |
Manufacturing Production (SIC) (AUG) |
13:15 |
0.5% |
0.7% |
The Dow Jones-FXCM U.S. Dollar Index (Ticker: USDollar) tumbled to a fresh monthly low of 10,584 as Lawrence Summers (the more hawkish contender) withdrew his candidacy for the Fed Chairmanship, but the opening gap across dollar pairs may get filled going into the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting as market participants see the central bank tapering the pace of its bond-purchasing program from $45B.
Even though Janet Yellen appears to be on her way to take the helm of the central bank, former Vice Chairman Donald Kohn, who was also mentioned by President Barack Obama as a potential nominee, warned that very easy monetary policy may create dangerous risks, and the dollar may continue to carve higher lows over the remainder of the amid the more hawkish composition for the 2014 FOMC.
Nevertheless, should the confluence of Fibonacci retracements and expansions around 10,582-10,589 hold up as near-term support, our initial topside target comes in around former support (38.2 percent Fib expansion- 10,652), and we may see a more meaningful recovery in the greenback should the Fed show a greater willingness to implement its exit strategy over the coming months.
AUDUSD Daily
- Pares Advance to 0.93388; Struggles to Hold Above 0.9370-80 (23.6 retracement)
- RSI Maintains Bullish Trend; Resistance Coming Up at 66
- Interim Resistance: 0.9570 (50.0 retracement) to 0.9600 (38.2 retracement)
- Key Support: 0.8846 (2013 low) to 0.8890 Pivot
The greenback weakened across the board, led by a 1.05 percent rally in the Australia dollar, but the higher-yielding currency may end up putting in a close below the 23.6 percent Fib retracement around 0.9370-80 as the rise in market sentiment tapers off.
At the same time, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Minutes due out later tonight may further dampen the appeal of the aussie should the central bank continue to see scope for further rate cuts, but the AUDUSD may continue to face range-bound prices over the near-term if we see the central bank strike a more neutral tone for monetary policy.
In turn, we will keep a close eye on the RSI as it comes up against resistance, and a topside break in the oscillator may bring up 0.9570 (50.0 retracement) to 0.9600 (38.2 retracement) on our radar as the RBA appears to be concluding its easing cycle.
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Kristen's New Found Life pt. 1
Science-Fiction, Alien, Anal, Mind Control, Monster, Pregnant, Teen, Teen Female/Teen Female, Transgendered
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Gender: male Age: N/A Location: N/A
Posted Fri 10th of August 2012
Kristen was a troubled teen. She was 5' even, with a small chest maybe b cups at best. Her hair fell all the way down to her nice tight ass. She was naturally a burnet, but she dyed it black with purple bangs. Her parents had been killed in an accident, but that was not the only reason for her troubles. Every night that she slept was had nightmares of being raped, and abused by monsters. No matter how much she told herself monster were not real she still woke up covered in sweat. So she didn't make any friends or talk to anyone. She cut her self off from the world long before her parents had died. Now she lived in a foster home with three other girls and her foster mother. It was the last day of school for the week and Kristen was rushing to her room and nearly flattened Jessica on her way. Kristen didn't even notice the vacant look on the girls face as she passed her. In fact the whole house was surrounded by a thick mist and the only person that wasn't affected by the mist was Kristen herself. She climbed on to her bed and put in her head phones and closed her eyes listening to music. She didn't notice the brownish blob the slipped under her door. Kristen only looked up when she thought she heard something moving nearby. She looked at her alarm clock; it was 5:00pm. She closed her eyes again and almost screamed when the blob spoke to her. "I have a deal for you. If you accept it you will never be troubled by those nightmares again, and you will have unheard of power over all those around you and your body." "What is it that you get," Kristen asked the monster? "I am dying. If you accept this deal I will implant you with part of my DNA and I will live on in your offspring," the blob answered. Kristen laid there not know what to do. She was scared and feared that her nightmare would come true and she would spend the rest of her life being raped by monsters. She decided that she would do it and hope that the monster would keep its side of the deal. Ok….I will do it, she said. At that the blob sent out its tentacles. Kristen half expected that it would tear off her clothes and start fucking her. It instead slowly, as if lovingly undressed her, and cress her, and was getting her highly turned on. Kristen realized that she was enjoying herself, she didn't know when the last time she had felt this good. She could feel the slime that the tentacles were rubbing in to her body, and it was amplifying the pleasure she was feeling. She felt a tentacle in front of her face and started to lick it. She loved how the others were working her over but it was like they were waiting for something before they would ravage her. Soon after the tentacle that was in her mouth and she was deep throating it. She was about to cum when three tentacles rushed into her pussy stretching it beyond what it could handle. Four went in to her ass and were stretching it more than her pussy. She felt like the tentacles were going to tear her in half. She was screaming in pain and fear, but the tentacle in her throat was keeping her screams from being heard. She didn't know how much longer she could take it. She was crying now from the pain and the fear. She was getting numb to the pain and that's when she felt her orgasm building. It wasn't long before she was about to cum but for some reason it wasn't happening the pleasure kept building and building. She was going crazy from the buildup, and just when she thought she was going to die from all the pleasure and thrusting of the tentacles she climaxed, and when she did so did the tentacles. It was the best feeling she ever felt, she could feel the white hot cum flowing in to her fertile whom, and that's when she passed out. This time she wasn't troubled by nightmares, but she did get visited by the blob. "You will be able to control people's minds at first by your saliva, but as you get more power you will be able to take over minds by proximity. You will be able to control your sex organ, and even grow tentacles. As impregnate girls you will spread my dna, but only you will have the gifts I gave you unless you chose to give it to others. Thank you for giving me a chance to continue to survive". Kristen woke up with a start, and jumped when she heard a knock at her door. "Kristen I need to talk to you about our home work" Jessica said from the other side of the door. Jessica is 5'2" with long brown hair that she always wore in a pony tail. Her green eyes magnified her glasses she had to wear. Kristen looked at herself expecting to see herself covered in cum and naked. She wasn't she was clean and fully clothed, only she had a belly that was obviously nine months pregnant. How am I going to hide this she thought? More knocking "can I please come in Kristen" Jessica said sounding more urgent. Shit. I guess I can't hide it Kristen thought. "Ok. Come on in" Kristen answered. Jessica opened the door and came in, and all the time Kristen expected her to say something about pregnant belly. Jessica kept talking about the project had to do school, and didn't seem to notice anything different about her. Kristen did notice that the long Jessica was in her room the closer she got to her. Kristen had an idea about how to get her first slave. "Hey Jessica can you come over here" she said. Kristen was sitting up on her bed and patted at a spot close to her. Jessica without realizing it she sat down next to Kristen, but much closer than she normally would. Jessica was still rambling on about her ideas and didn't feel that Kristen had her arm around her. She didn't stop talking till Kristen kissed her. That's when Jessica forgot everything that use to matter to her, and was replaced by only wanting to do what her mistress wanted her to do. "Jessica I want you to take off your cloths, and then I want you to go down on me" Kristen said to her new slave. "Yes mistress" was her response from Jessica, and then she lifted off her tee shirt over her head exposing her size D chest being held by a plane white bra, and threw her shirt in a corner. She then undid her bra and let her tits out. They were firm and perky, and her nipples were already hard. They were ready for someone to suck on them, but that would wait. She then unbuttoned her jeans and kicked them off. Now all she had on was a pair of white panties that would match her that was now on the floor. Jessica had two fingers in her panties one on each side of her and was about to pull then off when Kristen told her to leave them on. Kristen quickly took off her pants and panties. She was just expecting to see her well shaved pussy, but there also was a very big cock that had erupted from her clit. "Jessica I want you to suck my cock right now," Kristen ordered. Jessica quickly went over and wrapped her soft, warm lips around Kristen big cock. She was sucking Kristen off like a pro, and what got Kristen off even more was when Jessica started to finger fuck her while deep throating her cock. It didn't take long for her to cum, and she cumed down Jessica's throat. Jessica swallowed every bit of Kristen's cum, and loved every bit of it, and she wanted Kristen to fill her whom up with her cum.
Jessica's pussy was flowing with her own cum, and she wanted nothing more than to feel Kristen's cock inside her. Kristen was going to give Jessica her wish, but she was going to be her breeding slave as soon as she cumed inside Jessica, but she had plenty of time to breed her so she would have her fun for now. "Take off your panties, and bend over. I'm going to fuck one of your holes" Kristen commanded Jessica. "Mistress Will you please fill my pussy with you cock and wonderful seed," Jessica pleaded. "I will take whatever hole I want, and you will enjoy it, or you will never get to have my cock, or seed ever again," Kristen told Jessica.
Jessica had done what she was told and was bent over hoping to have Kristen's cock slid in to her moist young, tight pussy, but Kristen had other plans. She took her cock and rammed it hard and fast in to Jessica's tight never before used ass. Jessica cried out in pain at first, but Kristen took no noticed of Jessica's discomfort and kept fucking the poor girls ass. Soon Jessica was crying out in pleasure and was soon forcing herself even further on to Kristen's cock. It didn't take long for Jessica to cum, and she lost control of her legs and would have fallen to the floor if it wasn't for Kristen holding her up. Kristen's cock was being griped by the spasming ass of Jessica, and she cumed too. Shooting her load deep in to Jessica's ass, the load was so large and being forced deeper into Jessica that cum erupted into Jessica's stomach, and fill her up that she was burping up some of Kristen's cum.
Kristen pulled herself from Jessica's ass, and sat on her bed. "Clean my cock off if you want me to fuck your pussy". "Yes mistress", Jessica said just before she stuffed Kristen's cock down her throat and started to clean it up. A knock on the door startled Jessica, but Kristen knew it was it was Ms Gunn, and that even if she opened the door she would only see what Kristen wanted her to see. "Kristen it's time for dinner, and have you seen Jessica," Ms Gunn ask? "Yes Ms Gunn. Jessica is here with me we are doing some home work. We will be out in a minute," Kristen said. "Okay thank you, remember it is your night to clean the dishes," Ms Gunn said before she left. Kristen turned to Jessica and said, "hurry up and finish cleaning me up, and when we finish dinner I want you ready for me to give you my seed.
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anonymous reader
2013-09-23 22:16:03
OMG I'm so hard more please write more
anonymous reader
2013-03-09 16:49:08
the story were pretty good, allthough it could need a spellingcheck and if it were possible, actually write it in a way, so that it will fit the tags.
anonymous reader
2012-10-03 08:29:26
This appears to be prttey limited satire some of it's funny, but most of it just lamely mocks the people involved along with a narrow view of the 60 s instead of the actual project. Too bad, I was hoping for some real insight into the making of the film
anonymous reader
2012-08-13 21:59:03
Cliched, yes. Hot, anyway. Moar, please!
anonymous reader
2012-08-10 21:19:04
great beginning, need a few paragraphs tho..
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Anonymous | Duplarit K by Dupla is a laterite ball that you can just press under the gravel in an established tank. I've used it with success.... |
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If you attempt this task, don't put the pea sized gravel back in. Stick with a smaller gravel that the plants can root into. A few pounds of pea sized gravel, just for a more natural, variegted look is ok, but make sure the majority of the substrate is finer gravel. Kitty litter is excellent because it's cheap. Stick with non fragrance, no additive plain crushed clay kitty litter. Should be less than $10 for a 25 lb bag. Mix with some natural colored gravel and you've got a great start. Keep also in mind that you need to keep your filture cultured with bacteria since you'll be loosing the millions of bacteria in the gravel. Put the old water in a rubbermaid container and then hang the filter on its side, running. It will keep the bacteria ready to run the tank when you pour the water back in the tank. It might be cloudy for a few days, but don't worry. |
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Hey Jason. When you use the word substrate it refers to anything such as gravel, flourite etc.... Now that thats cleared up.... :hehe: I have succesfully added flourite to an already established tank. It was hard work and my tank was cloudy for a long time however it worked well. I didn't loose any fish and I am very happy I did it. You don't have to bother taking that much water out or the fish. You can leave the fish in there and only take out as much water as needed so that your tank doesn't overflow when you add the new substrate. Kyle |
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I have a 29 gal. tank that I just put live plants in. However when I first started the tank I just used pea sized gravel with no substait cause I had fake plants. Here is my question, Is there a way to add a substait to my astablished tank? I was thinking of drainning the tank into 2 18 gallon rubbermade containers and putting the fish in them also and moveing all my gravel to one side laying the substrait cover it with the gravel and do the same on other side. Then filling the tank back up with the old water. Is there a better way before I doo all this. Also I read a post that said you could use cat litter instead of laerite. Is this true? Thanks, Jason P.S. please excuse my spelling.:hehe: |
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For a while now, there has been a bit of a kerfuffle at Amazon over so called "sock puppet reviews" or reviews purchased by an author to help pad their books' rankings. We hadn't been covering any of it because, frankly, it was a non-story. There never was a threat to the publishing industry and it was always questionable how widespread the problem really was. Additionally, the idea that a writer would have to pay to get reviews was just a sign that those writers held no real confidence in their work.
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I've been buried in a book deadline for all of October, and haven't been paying much attention to anything else. When I finally took some time to catch up reading email, I noticed I had many authors (more than twenty) contacting me because their Amazon reviews were disappearing. Some were the ones they wrote. Some were for their books. One author told me that reviews her fans had written--fans that were completely unknown to her--had been deleted.Why did Amazon go nuts deleting reviews? Well, Konrath assumes, based on his responses from Amazon, that this was the result of a new automated sock puppet detection program. Apparently, it works in much the same way as Google's ContentID: flag anything and everything and see what sticks. Actually, no. This is way worse than ContentID. At least ContentID has some kind of -- admittedly weak -- notification, human review and appeals process. That is entirely absent from Amazon's deletion program, as Konrath explains in his letter to Amazon.
I took a look at the reviews I'd written, and saw more than fifty of them had been removed, namely reviews I did of my peers. I don't read reviews people give me, but I do keep track of numbers and averages, and I've also lost a fair amount of reviews.
My reviews followed all of Amazon's guidelines, and had received hundreds of helpful votes. They informed customers, and they helped sell books. They represented a significant time investment on my part, and they were honest and accurate and fully disclosed my relationships with the author I reviewed if I happened to know them. And these reviews were deleted without warning or explanation.Next, in his letter, he explains just why Amazon's actions were the wrong thing to do. Primarily because this action harmed more authors than sock puppet reviews ever did.
Obviously Amazon can do whatever it wants to on its site. It isn't up to me to dictate policy. It's your company, your rules, and I fully respect that. But I believe Jeff Bezos is very much about treating customers fairly, and I've heard it said many times that Amazon considers its authors to be valuable customers. So you should know that I'm just one of dozens of authors who are saddened by this, and those are just the ones who have emailed me.Admittedly, this act by Amazon was in response to a number of authors who complained about the problem. However, as I wrote above, it was a problem of egos, not actual harm to any specific authors or group of authors -- or as Konrath put it, an unjustified moral panic. Authors freaked out over news stories of people being paid to write reviews and it ballooned from there. And just like every other moral panic before it, this one did tons of unnecessary collateral damage.
The community you're trying hard to nurture is upset by your actions. They feel those actions are unwarranted and harmful.
Please express our disappointment in Amazon to anyone who needs hear it, and let them know I'll be blogging about it. People are seriously disappointed in how Amazon handled this. It was a knee-jerk, inappropriate reaction to a ridiculous case of unjustified moral panic, and a Big Fail.
So not only do a bunch of legitimate reviews just up and disappear, there is also further damage to Amazon and the authors it works with. Readers will be less likely to write thoughtful and meaningful reviews in the future. If your review that you spent an hour writing could just up and disappear, why bother? Is this really what Amazon and these authors want -- people less willing to review books they read? That would seem to be a far worse situation than an unconfirmed number of sock puppet reviews.


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- Horses for Sale
- - Opportunity is Knocking
Opportunity is Knocking Well. If I told you three weeks ago that I would be putting an offer in on a horse, I wouldn't have believed it. Probably would have laughed. I was thinking I may start looking in spring of 2011 - but was definitely not mentally prepared for a purchase right now. Then opportunity knocked. There was a situation at my barn that was fairly desperate I would call it, and the owner (who is wonderful) had to get rid of her horse by August 1. When I found out about the situation I was floored - I never would've expected it. Of all horses on the farm, this is the only one I would've been interested in actually purchasing. She is fantastic. Gorgeous mover. She's 5, Trak/Perch cross, with a super attitude and the kindest soul I have ever met. Super sound (knock on wood) and super sane. Anyways, suffice it to say I off the cuff made an offer, never thinking it would be accepted...and it was. I was THRILLED, and somewhat panicked at the same time. Test ride two was last night. My coach kicked my ass and pushed me because she knew I was apprehensive about how much talent this mare has. She is more talented then I am at this point and that was a bit intimidating. I'm a good rider, but this mare is definitely a step up movement wise and it threw me for a loop. Her trot is huge and floaty, and sitting it is quite the challenge at this point. Because she is so sane and kind, she was a champ at handling "me getting used to her". I should note that her canter is a dream, its just her trot that's a little intimidating. So after last night's test ride it was sort of decision making time - you can't test ride your life away. So I said pending vet check it was a go. Have others here had similar experiences regarding horses that were super talented and that they had to "catch up to" so to speak? How did things go in the beginning? We also had a long talk about personal goals, pressure, and burnout. I'm very hard on myself, and wasn't sure if this was the right decision for me just yet as I was worried that if I couldn't make it out 6-7 nights a week it would automatically make me "one of those crappy owners". The conversation went really well, and she completely understood. I'm sure some of you have gone through burn out with this hobby before - can any of you give me some stories about how you kept yourself from burning out? http://www.horseforum.com/data:image...AASUVORK5CYII= |
OOOO congrats!!!!! :D When i gto my horse in augest last year, she was WAY ahead of m skill level! but i rode at my skill level, didnt try to do anything fancy until my coach said i was ready for it. Sometimes you need a horse that is a big jump up from where you were, just to get your butt in gear and working hard on riding. I am finally up to her level, and actually pushing her out of her comofort zone, and OMG I LOVE IT! she is so amazing when We are at the same level!!!!!!!! If you work hard and try hard to improve your riding, trust me, you will catch up with her VERY soon! Careful the horse doesnt have a burnout too, every once in a while my mare needs a break, be it two days, or five, sometimes we crowd them with our own lives, that they get bored. Sometimes its good to take a few days off, even if you really dont want too! I went to my grandmas for two days this week, and i almost DIED i wanted to ride so badly, butt it was good for me because it keeps me refreshed, and also keeps the horse refreshed! 6-7 days doesnt make you a good owner, caring for your horse does. Ive seen owners that were out at the barn ONCE a week! and they were better owners then some people that were out everyday. personally i think the ideal is 4, 5 or 6 days a week. Just make sure your horse has proper care, and knwo you love him ;) i want to see pictures!!!!! |
^^^^ I agree with what ridergirl23 said. I also want to see pictures! She sounds gorgeous by your decription. What colour is she? |
When I got my horse a year ago, he was way ahead of me as I had only ridden ranch/cow horses my whole life and he was an accomplished show horse. But I credit him with truly teaching me how to ride. He was so patient and understanding and he didn't care that I was up there flopping around on him. He never once acted cranky and now we're a great team and we're on track to learn new things once again, together this time. Also, when I first got him, I had a crazy work schedule and I only made it to my barn 2 or 3 nights a week. But I had a few great girls out there that kept an eye on him, lunged him once in a while for me, and were very understanding with me until I could make it out as regularly as I wanted to. My horse and I went to school together, a college equine riding & training program, and it was very demanding. He got worked up to three times a day, 5 days a week, but luckily he was the kind of horse that loves that. Every day he just could not wait to get out of his stall and go do hard work, and he always did his best. Usually I worked him once a day during the weekends, just to keep him up, but not for more than 30-45 minutes, and during the weekends he got lots of outside, laying in the sun time. Just listen to your instincts about your horses and about how much you can handle, and you'll always be fine! If there's something wrong, you'll be the first to feel it, and if you do feel it, don't ignore it! |
There are awesome stories! Thanks so much for the inspiration. I will 100% post photos. I told someone else that I'd only post photos once the cheque was handed over and it was official. Didn't want to jynx it! As for her color - she is an steel/iron gray. I'm sure all people say this about their horses...but she literally took my breathe away when I saw her. She'll probably end up dappled...she's sort of like that now. And on her face she has a mottled white star that runs into the rest of her face right in the center. :oops: Such a big crush!! |
Does anyone else have stories of pacing yourself/burnout? Or perhaps a situation where you found the right horse at the wrong time and went through with it anyways? I'd love to hear more. |
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[help me] - Java programming, running console commands in the background
Heey, im new to the java fourms and new to java programming so im more than likely to mess up alot.
i was wondering how and if it is possible to write up a program where when you run the program it
runs a console command in the background.
- What code do i need and how would i write it? any exaples?
-Would i need to import anything if so, what?
Note; im running MAC OS X LION, but i want it to be able to run a command in the background for when the program is ran on a PC.
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Re: [help me] - Java programming, running console commands in the background
Can you clarify just what it is you're trying to do? What do you mean by "run a console command in the background"? Just what is a "console command"? What command or commands do you mean? Background to what? And you want your code to work for both Windows and Macs? What is the overall purpose of this program you propose to create?
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LOS ANGELES - For a brief moment, Brandon Gormleyadmits he was getting a little nervous. And Coyotes General Manager Don Maloney was more than a little surprised himself.
Twelve teams made selections, and 12 times Gormley, a standout defenseman, was bypassed.
Gormley, selected at No. 13 by the Coyotes in the first round of the NHL draft Friday, says he's happy to be headed to Phoenix, "where they've got a great uprising."
The 6-foot-2, 185-pounder played with Moncton of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League last season, scoring nine goals and 43 points. In the 2010 playoffs, he ranked third among defensemen with 17 points.
From the Coyotes' standpoint, he was a steal. He was ranked No. 5 on Maloney's overall list, and he even tried to move up to the No. 8 spot to nab either Gormley or defenseman Cam Fowler, who went at No. 12 to Anaheim.
"This was a very good pick," Maloney said. "I would say this was as good as we could ever expect."
Gormley said in his mind what matters most is not where a player is picked but what he does thereafter.
"It wasn't a big deal to me," he said. "Regardless of the number you get, it's what you do after the draft. There's a lot of work to be done, and I couldn't be happier going to Phoenix."
The Coyotes' pick of Gormley resulted when they got a No. 1 selection as part of the deal that sent Olli Jokinen to the Calgary Flames late in the 2008-09 season.
With their other pick in the first round, No. 27, the Coyotes chose goaltender Mark Visentin from Niagara of the Ontario Hockey League. The 6-2, 197-pound Visentin was rated the fourth-best goalie prospect by Central Scouting.
He said he it took some time to realize that he really heard his name called.
"I didn't expect to go in the first round at all," he said. "I came here just to enjoy the experience and couldn't believe it. It was a pure shock to me . . . My heart's still racing here."
Maloney likes the fact that Visentin is a team leader, adding: "For us, he is found money."
The Coyotes had the No. 22 pick but traded that and their 113th pick (fourth round) to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for their first-round pick and No. 57 (second round). The Coyotes now have two second-round picks, including the 52nd, and one in the fifth when the draft continues Saturday at Staples Center.
Gormley, rated by Central Scouting as the sixth best North American skater in the draft, was tabbed the top professional prospect in the QMJHL. His game - as well as his confidence level - has grown rapidly in a short time, and he believes he has evolved into a "solid two-way defenseman."
"I play a lot of minutes," he said. "I think I carry leadership qualities to be a leader in the NHL and being able to play in all situations."
He said he is eager to attend the Coyotes prospect camp next month.
"They've got a great team there, a building team, great veteran players," he said. "I can't wait to get there and meet the meet the fans and get a chance to learn off the older players."
Gormley, a native of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, was selected first in the 2008 QMJHL draft after an outstanding season with Notre Dame in the Saskatchewan Midget AAA League.
"I think the Quebec league has been great for me," he said. "Even at Notre Dame, I think my improvement there in learning the training . . . We learned how to train, juggle the schooling, your timing. You learn to deal with it, and that's what juniors are for."
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Car Loans and Divorce in New Jersey: FAQs
Find out who is responsible for car loans when you divorce in New Jersey.
Divorcing couples have plenty of important issues to resolve, including child support, custody issues, and division of property (perhaps including a jointly owned home). Settling who owes what on a car loan -- and what to do with the car -- might not seem like a big deal, given the other items on the list, but it can have enduring consequences. This article answers some frequently asked questions about handling a car loan when you divorce in New Jersey.
(For more information on New Jersey family law, see our New Jersey Divorce and Family Law page; you can find all of our articles on dividing property and debt in our Divorce and Property area.)
What options do we have for handling our car loan?
When deciding how to deal with your car loan -- and all of your other debts and assets -- it's important to keep in mind that you'll have to live with the terms of the division long after your divorce is final. In my experience, the "real divorce" involves enforcing the terms of the judgment in years to come. Collecting child support and alimony can be a daunting task. Many former wives are flooded with unending motions to reduce or terminate alimony. Forcing the sale of the marital home can take years. Getting a former spouse to pay a credit card debt can be as elusive as peace in the Middle East.
Many divorcing couples can't wait to be separated. They are thrilled with the prospect of not having to deal with their ex-spouse any more. Unfortunately, joint financial obligations often make this goal unreachable -- and car loans are no exception. Joint car loans can tie disgruntled spouses together for years, even after the divorce is final. To avoid problems, you should make sure that your property settlement agreement addresses what will happen to your car loan(s).
The best course of action is to try to sell the vehicle. If possible, make sure that the vehicle is sold before the divorce is finalized. If you just have an agreement to sell but haven't gone through with it yet, you are still responsible for the payments and your credit is in jeopardy. If the vehicle still has payments due, then it is better to sell the car at a loss than risk ruining your credit. Unfortunately, selling the vehicle is not always a feasible option in a divorce case, especially if you have kids or either of you depends on the car to get to work. If a vehicle is sold, then how are the kids going to get to baseball practice, karate classes, or ballet classes? Will you be able to commute on public transit? Sometimes, going without a car is almost impossible, even for a short period of time.
The second best option is to have one spouse refinance the car in his or her own name. If one spouse will keep the car after the divorce, then you should insist that your soon-to-be-ex obtain new financing in his or her own name before the divorce. You can't just call up the car finance company and ask for one or the other to be removed from the loan. Your bank is going to require the financing spouse to go through the formal loan process to qualify. If he or she is not able to qualify for separate financing, maybe a relative can co-sign the loan.
Don't just take your name off the title, as this will remove only your ownership rights, not your responsibility for the loan. Put a time limit on how long your ex-spouse can have possession of the car before it has to be sold or refinanced. Also, notify the car finance company of your change of address and have all statements sent to both addresses. At the very least, inform them that you wish to be notified if any payments are missed. In this way, if your ex is late on payments, you will be notified and have the chance to make up the payments.
In my experience it is also very difficult to refinance a car loan in a divorce situation. The loan refinancing process requires that the parties cooperate. In many instances, it is impossible even to have the divorcing spouses in the same room together, let alone collaborating on complicated financial arrangements.
The most practical solution is often to use a setoff arrangement (against support or alimony) to insure that the car loan is paid off. This can also protect your credit rating. If a divorced husband has to pay alimony and child support, for example, he can try to work out an arrangement in which he pays the car loan directly, subtracting that amount from his support payments.
My spouse is responsible for the car loan, but I've been getting collection calls; should I pay what my spouse owes?
When two people apply for joint credit in purchasing a car, they sign a legal agreement with the auto finance company or the bank, agreeing to pay back the debt. If one spouse can't pay, then the other spouse is responsible. A family court cannot overturn the contract between the spouses and the financial institution unless it is fraudulent or unlawful. A divorce will not invalidate or void an auto loan agreement.
Thus, a divorce judgment cannot relieve you from the financial obligations of a joint car loan, even if your agreement specifies that only one of you will be responsible for paying it. Your divorce agreement has no legal effect on the car contract. An amendment to the car loan contract requires the agreement of all of the parties, including the auto finance company. The auto finance company wasn't involved in your divorce and may not even know about it. Consequently, if your ex-spouse does not pay the auto loan that was assigned to him or her in the divorce judgment, you are responsible for it. If your ex stops making payments, the lender can sue you as well as your ex. And, if your ex stopped paying because of financial problems, you can bet that the lender will be very interested in coming after you.
Unfortunately, failure to keep up payments on car loans after divorce often leads to damaged credit reports for both spouses. This doesn't have to happen, but it does take some effort and planning to avoid it.
Will my credit rating be affected if my ex doesn't make payments on the car loan?
If you have a joint car loan obligation with your ex, your credit will be affected if there are payment delinquencies. This is true even if your spouse was assigned sole responsibility for paying the loan in your divorce. Your legal obligation to pay back a loan you took out when married does not go away because a divorce judgment assigns responsibility for that debt to your ex. Along with your legal responsibility to pay comes the creditor's right to report the debt as delinquent on your credit report if it is not paid as agreed upon in the original contract. The creditor also has the right to sue both of you to collect on the loan.
An especially tragic situation occurs when an ex files for bankruptcy and includes the joint car loan debt in the case. Although the spouse who files for bankruptcy will likely receive a discharge of his or her obligation to repay the debt, the other spouse won't. This means that the spouse who did not file for bankruptcy is left holding the bag for the entire car loan. The "innocent" spouse might not even be notified of the ex-spouse's bankruptcy filing until months or years down the road, when it is too late to correct the situation. So, not only is the non-filing spouse responsible for the unpaid car loan, but that spouse's credit is also ruined.
What can I do to protect myself if my spouse files for bankruptcy?
In many divorce cases, there are two or more car loans outstanding. The car loans are assigned to each spouse in the property settlement agreement. If one spouse later files for bankruptcy, that will likely wipe out his or her responsibility for the car debt. However, it won't wipe out the other spouse's obligation to pay back the loan, even if the divorce judgment did not assign this debt to him or her. To protect against this potential catastrophe, it's a good idea to add language to the property settlement agreement or divorce judgment that limits the impact of a bankruptcy. Clauses can be put into a property settlement agreement that will give a spouse the right to reopen a case if a spouse has filed for bankruptcy. Here are a couple of examples:
I'm being sued for a car loan debt after my ex-husband filed for bankruptcy; what can I do?
Under New Jersey law, courts have continuing jurisdiction to review awards of alimony and child support. A court may increase or decrease such an award if the spouses' circumstances have changed.
The post-divorce bankruptcy of a spouse is a change in circumstances that may warrant modification of an alimony award. More likely, it will be the non-debtor spouse who requests the modification, because the bankruptcy has diminished the amount paid to that spouse as part of the property distribution and because the discharge of the debtor spouse leaves more money available to distribute as alimony or child support.
In other words, you can file a motion with the family court, requesting that the alimony, child support, and other terms of the divorce settlement be reconsidered because of your ex's bankruptcy. This type of application is commonly referred to as a Lepis application. In most cases a family court judge will sympathize with the so-called "innocent spouse," and may increase the alimony or child support award to remedy this inequity.
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Healthy Swaps-Mushrooms
Mushrooms are an adult food –– their earthy flavor and texture are for the sophisticated palate –– but most of us never get much past the white, button mushrooms (officially known as agaricus) that top pizzas or find their way into soups and stews. Some of the other common varieties of these fascinating fungi are full of health benefits and worth experimenting with, such as: chanterelles, crimini, shiitake, oyster, enoki, portabello, porcini, and morel.
Research suggests that mushrooms may have anti-cancer properties, thanks to their rich array of phytochemicals and unique nutrient profile. Here are some substitutions that will crank up the health quotient of your meal, and also deliver the sumptuous, one-of-a-kind flavors:
- Grilled portabellos in place of a bun for turkey, salmon, or beef burgers.
- A medley of sauted mushrooms for half of the breading in stuffing.
- In place of some of the mayo or other fat, add raw, chopped, or whole mushrooms to chicken, tuna, or other salads.
- Finely chopped, sauted mushrooms to replace half or all of the ground beef in a recipe for pasta sauce, chili, tacos, or burritos.
Reviewed by Susan Weiner, R.D., M.S., C.D.E., C.D.N. 3/08


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Father Of The Modern Submarine
Dauntless John Holland not only perfected the undersea boat but fought to get it accepted. Both achievements brought him only grief
February 1961 | Volume 12, Issue 2
But that first Navy boat, the Plunger, was a fiasco from the start. She was built at the Columbian Iron Works in Baltimore. During a good part of the time she was under construction Holland was sick, and the project fell into the hands of naval engineers who knew a good deal less about submarines than he. Unrealistic Navy specifications calling for 1,500 horsepower on the surface and 70 submerged—the Plunger was supposed to be capable of a six-hour run at eight knots—resulted in a cumbersome monster 84 feet long. Along with the diving planes which Holland favored, she was equipped with two small down-haul blades in open hatches fore and aft, designed to hold her on an even keel while submerged. Port and starboard main propellers, coupled to a pair of triple-expansion steam engines, drove the submarine on the surface. To propel her underwater she had a third screw, on the axis of the vessel and aft of the rudders, driven by a 75-horsepower electric motor. An additional compound steam engine operated the dynamo used to charge the batteries. She carried two torpedo tubes in the bow.
The Plunger was, to put it mildly, over-engineered. Holland, dismayed by what he had brought forth, suggested alterations in the direction of simplicity, but instead the Navy supervisors insisted upon more "improvements" which merely made matters worse. Launched at her dock in 1897, the Plunger was so unstable that when her engines were started she nearly turned turtle. When the hatches were closed, moreover, the heat from the huge oil-burning boiler in the center of the boat was so intense that it threatened to cook the crew alive. Attempts were made through 1900 to rehabilitate the boat with a diesel engine, but eventually she was abandoned.
Long before the Plunger was finished, Holland realized she would be a dismal failure, but he knew too that further Navy contracts depended on his producing a successful submarine. "The Lord only knows," he wrote, "when [the Navy] will consent to be satisfied to recommend the construction of other boats." Consequently, he persuaded his backers—among them Mrs. Isaac Lawrence of New York, who came up with $25,000—10 finance another submarine of his own design. If the Navy wouldn't buy it, at least it could be used as a demonstrator or sold abroad.
With a sense of urgency, Holland sat down at his drafting board, and by September of 1896, when the plans were finished he wrote, with the ardor of an inventor who knows he's on the right track: "I don't think I can improve on the arrangement or general features of this design … it represents a powerful and effective boat."
And so it did. Designed in accordance with Holland's belief that "a submarine boat should be as small as possible consistently with possessing sufficient offensive powers," the Holland measured only 53.3 feet compared to the Plunger's 84, but would make seven knots submerged and eight on the surface. Moreover, she had a surface cruising range of about 1,000 miles. She was armed with only one torpedo tube—the Plunger had two—and two inclined dynamite guns; inside her cramped interior there was room for a crew of five. Like the Plunger, she was to have had a steam plant to propel her on the surface, and an electric motor for subsurface running, but when Holland observed at an exhibition in New York a 45-horsepower gasoline engine, he substituted that for the steam plant, retaining the battery-operated electric motor for running underwater.
Thus it was that the following May, at her husband's shipyard in Elizabethport, New Jersey, Mrs. Lewis Nixon appeared in her best brown dress to christen the Holland with a bottle of champagne. There were still many details to be attended to after the launching, however, and not until early in 1898 was the Holland ready for testing.
By that time the Cuban situation was boiling up toward war, and when, on February 24, the Holland headed down Arthur Kill to her first base at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, conflicting rumors began to circulate. One said that the inventor had sold his boat to Cuba, another that he was about to attack the Spanish warship Vizcaya, then anchored in New York Harbor. A Navy tug followed carefully that February day, and the next morning the New York Times quite seriously reported: "Spanish spies watched the Holland from docks above and below the shipyards all the morning."