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		<title>2010 Census Required Answers &#124; is your information safe?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Rice</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almost every mailbox in the United States is going to receive a form from the 2010 Census this week. The U.S. Constitution requires a census of the country every 10 years &#8211; and those numbers help determine everything from congressional representation to educational funding. Filling out the form takes 10 minutes &#8211; less than a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="float:right;margin-right:5px;margin-bottom:5px;width: 310px"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Census-2000-Data-Top-US-Ancestries-by-County-1396x955.png" rel="external"><img class="  " title="US Census Ancestry Chart" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Census-2000-Data-Top-US-Ancestries-by-County-1396x955.png/800px-Census-2000-Data-Top-US-Ancestries-by-County-1396x955.png" alt="US Census Ancestry Chart" width="300" height="205"  style="display:block;float:right;border:none;"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Charts like this are created using U.S. Census Data. Image from Wikimedia Commons. </p></div>
<p>Almost every mailbox in the United States is going to receive a form from the 2010 Census this week. The U.S. Constitution requires a census of the country every 10 years &#8211; and those numbers help determine everything from congressional representation to educational funding. Filling out the form takes 10 minutes &#8211; less than a personal loan application &#8211; and is incredibly important. So what are the census required answers? Is your information safe? And what happens with the data?</p>
<h2>Census required answers &#8211; what to tell the Census Bureau</h2>
<p>Because the 2010 Census will help determine the allocation of hundreds of billions of government dollars, it is incredibly important that the count be accurate. According the the <a href="http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/13/" title="United States Code" rel="external">United States Code</a>, refusing to participate in the census means a fine of $100, while deliberately giving false answers can mean a fine of $500.</p>
<p>This year&#8217;s 2010 Census form is only 10 questions &#8211; and is one of the shortest forms on record. It asks about the number of people that live in the household, their ages, their ethnicity and whether they stay somewhere else. There is also a question about what type of home it is &#8211; a mobile home, apartment, condo, house, etc. So what are the 2010 Census required answers? All of them. An answer to every question is required by the Census Bureau.</p>
<h3>What happens if I don&#8217;t mail back my 2010 Census Form?</h3>
<p>If a household does not mail the form back, the U.S. Census Bureau will send an enumerator to the house &#8211; and send them back as many as two dozen times &#8211; until they talk to someone. If th enumerators are not able to talk to anyone at the house, they will talk to neighbors in an effort to get an accurate count of people. The Census enumerators are not immigration officials, police officers, members of the military or even representatives of anything other than the U.S. Census. They don&#8217;t care about anything except the number of people that live somewhere.</p>
<h3>Is my 2010 Census information safe?</h3>
<p>It can seem very scary, giving personal information to a government representative. However, the U.S. Census exists in a very unique &#8220;walled garden&#8221; of government protections. As the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/04/AR2010030404867.html" title="Washington Post" rel="external">Washington Post</a> reports, not even the U.S. Patriot Act, which overrides dozens of security protections in other parts of the government, can penetrate Census information.</p>
<p>Private information about individuals is never published by the Census Bureau, and it publishes statistics only. U.S. Census workers are subject to a <a href="http://2010.census.gov/2010census/privacy/index.php" title="quarter-million dollar fine" rel="external">quarter-million dollar fine</a> and five years in prison if they so much as share an address. That is the kind of fine  that most U.S. Census workers could not even pay with the help of quick payday loans. Census workers are not allowed to discuss even the area of a city they are working in, much less any private information. Not even immigration enforcement can make use of the data. Illegal residents are specifically protected in the Census and have been since 1790.</p>
<h3>What happens to my 2010 Census Answers?</h3>
<p>Once you&#8217;ve filled out the 2010 Census forms or talked to a Census enumerator, your data is used in a dizzying array of places. Not only is the data used to determine congressional representation, it is also used to help allocate funding for roads, education, stimulus packages and more.</p>
<p>Census data is also used by financial institutions and businesses to determine expansion and business improvement plans. Everything from the population signs when you enter a city down to the new sidewalks in your favorite business district are determined by the Census. Depending on your locality, a single person providing the Census required answers can help allocate anywhere from $1,400 (in <a href="http://www.timesrecordnews.com/news/2010/mar/16/caution-ignoring-census-form-illegal-and-may-1-1/" title="Wichita Falls" rel="external">Wichita Falls</a>) to $4,656 (in <a href="http://www.welovedc.com/2010/03/16/dc-mythbusting-the-2010-census/" title="Washington, D.C." rel="external">Washington, D.C.</a>) for the city.</p>
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		<title>Google Maps for Bicyclists</title>
		<link>http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2010/03/11/google-maps-bicyclists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Weiss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Google announced that it has added biking directions to Google Maps for the United States.  Whether you ride for exercise, to run errands, to commute to work, or just for fun, Google Maps can now make your life little easier, a little more scenic, and even a little safer.  No matter why you [...]]]></description>
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<p>Yesterday, Google announced that it has added biking directions to Google Maps for the United States.  Whether you ride for exercise, to run errands, to commute to work, or just for fun, Google Maps can now make your life little easier, a little more scenic, and even a little safer.  No matter why you ride a bike, chances are you&#8217;ll appreciate this: Google Maps bicycling directions will help you avoid hilly terrain whenever possible.</p>
<p>Google Maps now includes a “bicycling” layer showing bike lanes, bike-friendly roads, and bike trails. The directions feature of Google Maps, which previously included walking and public transit as well as automobile driving, now provides detailed routing directions for bicycling, too. When you&#8217;re strapped for cash and out of gas, you can pull up Google Maps, print out directions, hop on a bike, follow the best possible route to any number of payday lenders, and fill out a quick personal loan application.</p>
<h2>It’s as easy as riding a bike</h2>
<p>Just like Google Maps for driving, bicyclists simply type in a starting point and a destination, choose “bicycling” from the drop-down menu, and customize their routes by clicking and dragging.  Before starting out, bicyclists who prefer not to sip on the fly can use Google Maps to figure out where to take water breaks, and those who aren’t comfortable fixing flats on the fly can figure out where bike shops are along the route.  True to form, Google Maps even provides bicyclists with time estimates based on route length, terrain, fatigue over time, and other factors.</p>
<h3>Naturally, there’s more</h3>
<p>As if that weren’t enough, the “more” drop-down menu on Google Maps displays a color-coded overlay to indicate trails (dark green), bike lanes along roads (light green), and roads without bike lanes that are appropriate for biking (dotted green), based on traffic, terrain, and intersections.  It’s really pretty impressive.  <a title="click here for Google Maps" href="http://maps.google.com/" rel="external">Take a look</a>: It could make you turn off your computer and go ride a bike.</p>
<h3>Working with others, including you</h3>
<p>Google has partnered with the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy to provide bicycling information for more than 12,000 trail miles in the United States.  Rails-to-Trails is a nonprofit organization that builds walking and riding trails on former railway lines.  Google encourages bicyclists to provide feedback by using the reporting tool found at the bottom of the map.</p>
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		<title>Top 7 annoying grammar mistakes on Facebook</title>
		<link>http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2010/03/03/top-10-annoying-grammar-mistakes-facebook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Fairchild</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Internet has done countless wonderful things for humankind. However, it has also served to highlight people&#8217;s lack of regard for the written word, specifically when it comes to grammar, punctuation, capitalization and spelling. Most days I feel I must not waste time being annoyed by the countless errors I&#8217;m subjected to as I read [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="float:right;margin-right:5px;margin-bottom:5px;width: 310px"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nics_events/2349632625/" rel="external"><img title="grammar on Facebook" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2259/2349632625_4eba371b56.jpg" alt="Editing marks cover a printed page. " width="300" height="199"  style="display:block;float:right;border:none;"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Oh, how I wish I could do this to Facebook. Image from Flickr.</p></div>
<p>The Internet has done countless wonderful things for humankind. However, it has also served to highlight people&#8217;s lack of regard for the written word, specifically when it comes to grammar, punctuation, capitalization and spelling. Most days I feel I must not waste time being annoyed by the countless errors I&#8217;m subjected to as I read through my friends&#8217; status updates on Facebook, but sometimes it is just too much to bear. If you want to make the day just a little better for your cousins, your grammar-loving friends, your mom and especially me, avoid these common Facebook mistakes.   You can learn to avoid these mistakes without needing cash loans for tutors.</p>
<h2>1. Misusing &#8220;your&#8221;</h2>
<p>For some reason this word seems to be misused more often than it is used correctly. If you are using the contracted form of &#8220;you are,&#8221; the word is &#8220;you&#8217;re,&#8221; with an apostrophe and everything. Take the extra two seconds to think about what you are writing and get it right. You double check your information before you submit a personal loan application, right? Your is possessive, as in &#8220;your Facebook status.&#8221;</p>
<h3>2. Apostrophe usage</h3>
<p>Many people have decided that using apostrophes is unnecessary when posting message for all the world to see on Facebook. This can result in unclear communication and, more importantly, annoying me. When you&#8217;re using a contraction or making a word possessive, go ahead and use apostrophes. It will make your pinky feel useful.</p>
<h3>3. Capitalization</h3>
<p>I admit, I often neglect capitalizing when I am talking to friends on instant messenger. However, that&#8217;s because many times a lag in the conversation can make it confusing. When it comes to a Facebook status message, don&#8217;t be in such a hurry. Capitalize things, especially when referring to yourself as &#8220;I.&#8221;</p>
<h3>4. Using homophones incorrectly</h3>
<p>Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings. People use &#8220;past&#8221; when they mean &#8220;passed,&#8221; &#8220;then&#8221; instead of &#8220;than,&#8221; &#8220;to&#8221; instead of &#8220;too,&#8221; etc. This bothers me mostly because I think that if writers were to think for a split second, they&#8217;d know the correct form to use.</p>
<h3>5. Totally random punctuation</h3>
<p>People use punctuation on Facebook that doesn&#8217;t actually exist or have a function in the English language. For instance, I have a friend who often uses &#8220;..&#8221; instead of an ellipsis (&#8230;) or a period. Why? I understand that commas and hyphens and semicolons and such are way too much to ask for, but at least stick to real punctuation. Calm down on the exclamation point usage while you&#8217;re at it.</p>
<h3>6. Copy/paste statuses</h3>
<p>This is not a specific mistake so much as an instance in which mistakes are more annoying. I am not a fan of the &#8220;copy and paste this to your status&#8221; trend, and it bothers me even more when I see the same mistake over and over. If you do copy and paste one of those viral status messages, go ahead and fix mistakes in it. You can do it. It&#8217;s as easy as getting online cash loans.</p>
<h3>7. Quiz titles</h3>
<p>I have actually seen grammatical mistakes in quiz titles that were about grammar. I don&#8217;t know who writes these quizzes, but for heaven&#8217;s sake, if you are writing a title on something that will be passed around and inevitably end up in my news feed, please get get it right. It is annoying enough to have my news feed clogged with announcements about the ridiculous quizzes my acquaintances are taking; at least don&#8217;t force me to read even more grammatical mistakes than I already have to.</p>
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		<title>Urban Dictionary and the latest Facebook craze</title>
		<link>http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2010/02/03/urban-dictionary-latest-facebook-craze/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Fairchild</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Urban Dictionary and Facebook fads
A lot of people simply roll their eyes when they come across the inevitable &#8220;copy and paste this as your status&#8221; update on Facebook. However, the latest Facebook craze seems to be catching on big time, even with the unlikely-to-repost crowd.
Today&#8217;s Facebook fad says &#8220;Go to UrbanDictionary.com. Look up your first [...]]]></description>
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<div style="float:right;margin-right:5px;margin-bottom:5px;width: 310px"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/personalmoneystore.photos/Desktop2#5389606987105716690" rel="external"><img title="Urban Dicctionary" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_ILA-VL6ldSQ/Ssu6_9lmSdI/AAAAAAAABbs/JHIp80_70dU/s640/27_2521337.jpg" alt="Urban Dicctionary" width="300" height="240"  style="display:block;float:right;border:none;"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">UrbanDictionary.com says Belinda has a &quot;wacky sense of humor, brilliant sharp mind.&quot;</p></div>
<p>A lot of people simply roll their eyes when they come across the inevitable &#8220;copy and paste this as your status&#8221; update on Facebook. However, the latest Facebook craze seems to be catching on big time, even with the unlikely-to-repost crowd.</p>
<p>Today&#8217;s Facebook fad says &#8220;Go to UrbanDictionary.com. Look up your first name. Put this in your status and what it says about your first name in the 1st comment.&#8221; So far, it looks to me like the ones about women are generally complimentary, and the ones  about men are not-so-much. I guess it&#8217;s a good thing that the Urban Dictionary definition of your name isn&#8217;t considered when you&#8217;re filling out a personal loan application.</p>
<h3>Try the Urban Dictionary game</h3>
<p>In an article about Urban Dictionary, you must expect that there will be some foul language. If you didn&#8217;t expect that and want to avoid naughty words, you should stop reading now. A lot of my friends have short, sweet definitions like Tami&#8217;s: &#8220;a kick-ass girl who won&#8217;t take any shit from anyone.<br />
Tami is the coolest babe around.&#8221;</p>
<p>Elizabeth has several definitions, but the first one is &#8220;The most amazing, beautiful, awesome, spectacular, gorgeous, cute, incredible, breathtaking, wonderful, pretty, adorable, and most importantly cutifulazing girl ever.&#8221; I had to look up cutifulazing in Urban Dictionary, too, and it turns out it&#8217;s a combination of cute, beautiful and amazing.</p>
<h3>Sometimes Urban Dictionary is not so nice</h3>
<p>See what I mean about being super complimentary about women&#8217;s names? Well, it seems Urban Dictionary is not quite so nice to all the menfolk: &#8220;Barry &#8211; a male prostitute, normally gay, and likes to play with people who have a piss fetish.&#8221; Of course, anyone who wants to can put information into Urban Dictionary, so that entry could just be the result of one person who was in a fight with a guy named Barry.</p>
<p>Not all of the definitions of men&#8217;s names are insulting. Some of them are dirty but complimentary. There are also plenty like the definition for Steven: &#8220;Sexy, cool, suave and sophisticated.&#8221; Kudos, Steven!</p>
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		<title>Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Picks Safest Vehicles</title>
		<link>http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2009/11/18/insurance-institute-highway-safety-picks-safest-vehicles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Fairchild</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[27 vehicles make Top Safety Picks list
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has come out with its annual list of Top Safety Picks. Eight SUVs and 19 cars have been given Top Safety Pick awards for 2010. People who want to make sure they&#8217;re getting the safest cars before filling out a personal loan application [...]]]></description>
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<div style="float:right;margin-right:5px;margin-bottom:5px;width: 310px"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/31282765@N03/3198247629" rel="external"><img title="insurance institute for highway safety" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3499/3198247629_b738cfa468.jpg" alt="Jeep Patriot image from Flickr. " width="300" height="200"  style="display:block;float:right;border:none;"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Jeep Patriot image from Flickr. </p></div>
<p>The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has come out with its annual list of Top Safety Picks. Eight SUVs and 19 cars have been given Top Safety Pick awards for 2010. People who want to make sure they&#8217;re getting the safest cars before filling out a personal loan application for a car loan should definitely check out this list.</p>
<p>The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety named six vehicles made by Ford, which makes Volvos, Top Safety Picks. Subaru and Volkswagen each had five vehicles named on the list. The Institute picked four Chrysler vehicles.</p>
<h3>The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety</h3>
<p>For 50 years, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has operated for the purpose of reducing automobile accidents and injuries. The Institute is a non-profit organization that gets its funding from insurance companies. Each year, four tests are conducted to determine the Top Safety Picks:</p>
<ol>
<li>Frontal offset impact test</li>
<li>Side impact test</li>
<li>Rear crash protection and head restraint ratings</li>
<li>Roof strength test</li>
</ol>
<p>The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety also rates child booster seats for cars and other consumer products. Of course, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has been accused in the past of serving the interests of the insurance companies rather than the public, which is why vehicle testing is highly regulated. It has also come under scrutiny for being unfairly hard on motorcycles, but who are we kidding? Motorcycles are not known for their safety features.</p>
<h3>New safety requirements</h3>
<p>The <a title="New York Times" href="http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/ford-and-vw-lead-in-top-safety-picks/" rel="external">New York Times</a> noted that there were some major changes in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety&#8217;s list. For instance, last year 94 vehicles were named on the Top Safety Picks list, and this year there were only 27. Furthermore, Toyota and it subsidiaries last year earned a total of 11 Top Safety Picks awards, and this year the company, which includes the Lexus and Scion brands, got none at all.</p>
<p>In order to make the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety&#8217;s Top Safety Picks list this year, vehicles had to get a rating of &#8220;good&#8221; on the roof strength test, which measures rollover protection, was required in order to make the list. &#8220;Good&#8221; is the highest rating. This change caused Toyota vehicles to be shut out, the length of the list to be reduced dramatically and the Honda Accord to be left off the list after it made the 2008 and 2009 lists.</p>
<h3>Auto industry impact</h3>
<p>Naturally, safety ratings play a big part for many consumers when they are considering vehicle purchases. After a couple of tumultuous years in the auto industry, the stellar safety ratings for Ford should help the company stay afloat while we ride out the rest of the recession.</p>
<p>Chrysler should be particularly encouraged by its four wins after it had to file for bankruptcy protection this year. Sales of the four vehicles that made the list should help stabilize the company. Those four vehicles are:</p>
<ul>
<li> Chrysler Sebring 4-door with electronic stability control</li>
<li>Dodge Avenger with electronic stability control</li>
<li>Dodge Journey</li>
<li>Jeep Patriot with side torso air bags</li>
</ul>
<p>Check out the full list of vehicles that made the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety&#8217;s list in the <a title="New York Times" href="http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/ford-and-vw-lead-in-top-safety-picks/" rel="external">New York Times&#8217; Wheels column</a>.</p>
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		<title>Michael Vick and Nike Contract &#124; No Go, Says Nike</title>
		<link>http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2009/10/01/michael-vick-nike-contract/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Tarlow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yet They Endorse Him by Sending Him Nike Products
I understand that professional sports are more about business than they are about the love of the game on an organizational level. A great deal of money is changing hands among fans, advertisers, merchandisers and teams, and that money must be handled properly. Nike and the Philadelphia [...]]]></description>
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<div style="float:right;margin-right:5px;margin-bottom:5px;width: 310px"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkadog/3820961091/" rel="external"><img class="size-full wp-image-51289" title="michael vick nike contract" src="http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/michael-vick-nike-contract.jpg" alt="Boycott the Eagles, and now boycott Nike. Don't be like Mike. (Photo: flickr.com)" width="300" height="260"  style="display:block;float:right;border:none;"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Boycott the Eagles, and now boycott Nike. Don&#39;t be like Mike. (Photo: flickr.com)</p></div>
<p>I understand that professional sports are more about business than they are about the love of the game on an organizational level. A great deal of money is changing hands among fans, advertisers, merchandisers and teams, and that money must be handled properly. Nike and the Philadelphia Eagles are not different in that regard, so it&#8217;s understandable that products, endorsements and other kickbacks will fly back and forth. While an average people contemplate a personal loan application, a sports team or shoe executive contemplates when to bust out the Cristal.</p>
<p>However, when someone like Michael Vick gets involved – <a href="http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2009/08/17/michael-vick-60-minutes-pt-1/" title="a convicted dog killer">a convicted dog killer</a> – right-thinking people need to take a stand for what is right.</p>
<h3>Boycott the Eagles</h3>
<p>First of all, Vick was reinstated into the NFL by Commissioner Roger Goodell. If I were an owner, Vick&#8217;s reinstatement would have earned my vote of &#8220;no confidence&#8221; in the leadership Mr. Goodell supposedly brings to the NFL. Second, as a fan of the NFL, I would take action against the Philadelphia Eagles. An Eagles boycott is entirely appropriate, as they are displaying no sense of social responsibility by putting Michael Vick on the field and paying him an NFL-sized salary. He got off too easy for his crime; hopefully tougher legislation will be passed that make serious crimes against animals punishable by tougher sentences – even for &#8220;super&#8221; stars.</p>
<h3>Boycott Nike</h3>
<p>Next came the rumor of a Michael Vick Nike contract. Before his dog fighting history came to light, Vick was a Nike spokesman, but they dropped him in 2007 in order to save face. Because we all know that Nike is a corporation that does not concern itself with others:</p>
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<p>According to the <strong>USA Today</strong>, <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2009/10/nike-there-is-no-new-endorsement-deal-with-michael-vick/1" title="Nike has denied that Michael Vick is signing an endorsement contract" rel="external">Nike has denied that Michael Vick is signing an endorsement contract</a> with the company. That&#8217;s what spokesman KeJuan Wilkins is saying on behalf of his oh-so-socially conscious employer. However, Vick&#8217;s agent Mike Principe says otherwise.</p>
<h3>Here&#8217;s Nike&#8217;s Official Word</h3>
<p>&#8220;Nike does not have a contractual relationship with Michael Vick. We have agreed to supply product to Michael Vick as we do a number of athletes who are not under contract with Nike,&#8221; they said in a statement. But another Michael Vick agent – Joel Segal – told <strong>SportsBusiness Journal </strong>that the Vick is &#8220;excited to be part of the Nike team again.&#8221;</p>
<h3>Damage Control! Must Separate From the Vick!</h3>
<p>Multiple sources are indicating that an explicit endorsement where Michael Vick and Nike contract to promote one another is bogus. I say &#8220;explicit&#8221; because Nike is still implicitly endorsing Michael Vick by giving him free product. Vick is scratching Nike&#8217;s back by accepting, because he (and his team) can certainly afford to outfit him with gear. Thus, Nike continues to prove that they have the conscience of an ax murderer buried beneath all the token efforts they make to seem like a decent company that cares about their fellow man.</p>
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<p>Michael Vick doesn&#8217;t deserve anything but the chance to rehabilitate himself out of the spotlight in an authority-monitored community service program.  The Philadelphia Eagles boycott should go forward, no matter how many mindless slobs in Philadelphia and elsewhere there are who think Vick &#8220;did his time.&#8221; Now, a Nike boycott should commence. I don&#8217;t own Nike products and will never purchase them again. If I had to buy shoes and only Nike was on sale, I&#8217;d fill out a personal loan application so that I could buy anything other than Nike product. That&#8217;s a decision I can sleep with at night.</p>
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		<title>National Dog Daydream</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Weiss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dogs need people
One day Puppy found Al in a parking lot.  It was August 26, which happens to be National Dog Day.  On National Dog Day, people are supposed to say “thank you” to all the dogs by having bark-a-thons, photo contests, and picnics.
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<div style="float:right;margin-right:5px;margin-bottom:5px;width: 235px"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3207/2606855547_144291701e.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300"  style="display:block;float:right;border:none;"/><p class="wp-caption-text">Little dogs have big needs</p></div>
<p>One day Puppy found Al in a parking lot.  It was August 26, which happens to be National Dog Day.  On National Dog Day, people are supposed to say “thank you” to all the dogs by having bark-a-thons, photo contests, and picnics.</p>
<p>It was hot out, but Puppy was shivering because she wanted something to eat.  Luckily, people are also supposed to help needy dogs on National Dog Day, so Puppy got in Al’s car and went to his house.</p>
<h3>Dogs need things</h3>
<p>Al gave Puppy a bowl of water and the last hot dog out of his refrigerator.  Then he went upstairs to fill out a personal loan application.  Al said they were going to need some quick cash to fix the place up a little now that Puppy was living there.</p>
<p>They were going to need a new screen door, some fence materials, a dog house for the back patio, one of those pet enclosure systems to keep Puppy out of mischief, a vet appointment, a license, and proper dog food.</p>
<h3>Dogs need to work</h3>
<p>But Puppy wasn’t listening to Al talk about borrowing money.  The hot dog was gone and she was busy going through the garbage in her new kitchen.  Al said there was a time and place for everything, and that this was the time and place for a quick payday loan.  But Puppy wasn’t listening to Al talk about philosophy.  She was working on the garbage in her new bathroom now.</p>
<h3>Dogs need to go outside</h3>

<p>Al went to the best place he knew to get emergency cash loans online.  Personal Money Store was fast, but Puppy was faster.  By the time Al had his easy loan wrapped up, Puppy had sorted through everything in her new laundry basket and was half-way down the block.  Al came downstairs and took a quick look around at how much Puppy had done.  He threw open the screen-less screen door and there she was, running down the sidewalk with a hot dog wrapper and a dirty sock in her mouth.</p>
<h3>Dogs need to run</h3>
<p>Puppy had gone out because she wanted something to do.  When she saw Al running, she thought a race would be good.  So she dropped her things on the sidewalk and took off as fast as she could.</p>
<h2>Dogs need to dream</h2>
<div style="float:right;margin-right:5px;margin-bottom:5px;width: 310px"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3599/3488793313_e708383aa9.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200"  style="display:block;float:right;border:none;"/><p class="wp-caption-text">Little dogs have big dreams</p></div>
<p>Suddenly she was a big, red, professional racing dog with long legs and an official identification tag with her name and information on it.   All her feet were off the ground.  Her tail was quite big and her ears went straight back.  Her mouth hung part-way open.</p>
<h3>Dogs need attention</h3>
<p>She was a mile off the ground and the background was a blur.  Regular dogs from all around came running after her but she didn’t look at them.  She just kept staring straight ahead and no one could catch her.  Cars slowed down and people came out to see her run.  No one could believe how fast she was.</p>
<h3>Dogs need to be kept safe</h3>
<p>Then Al grabbed her.  He scooped her up and flipped her belly-side over, but she kept right on running, even if it was only in the air.  Just as she crossed the finish line, Al said the race was over.  Puppy was the winner and Al was happy, too, so they went home.  Al put Puppy in the mudroom.  “Wait here,” he said, “I have to go spend my cash now, but I’ll be right back,” and he closed the door.  Puppy didn’t mind waiting, because Al had left the light on so she could see all the shoes lined up in a row.</p>
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		<title>Laconic: A Short, Pithy Trend</title>
		<link>http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2009/08/14/laconic-short-trend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Weiss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marked by the Use of Few Words
I know that Michael Jackson died and that the Chevy Volt is expected to retail for around $40,000.  I’ve heard of Twitter and I understand that Hillary Clinton had an emotional outburst in a foreign country.
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<p><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-47166" title="gt" src="http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/gt-300x148.jpg" alt="gt" width="300" height="148"  style="display:block;float:right;border:none;"/>I know that Michael Jackson died and that the Chevy Volt is expected to retail for around $40,000.  I’ve heard of Twitter and I understand that Hillary Clinton had an emotional outburst in a foreign country.</p>
<p>Except for random news like this that I assimilate by accident, I don’t know anything about important events and trends.  Sometimes when I need a break from my online search for fast cash from a cheap payday loan, I attempt to bring myself into cultural conformity by glancing at Google Trends, but I never have a clue what I’m looking at.</p>
<h3>Effectively concise and to the point</h3>
<p>Today, however, at number 67, wedged between <em>cunagin sypher</em> and <em>starwood property trust</em> was <em>laconic</em>, a word I recognized.  How did a word like <em>laconic </em>make it to the Google Hot Trends list?    With so many colorful search-terms to choose from &#8212; <em>more to love episode 3</em>, <em>mutant parakeet</em>, <em>driven media</em>, <em>myfreecar</em>, and<em> erector spykee the spy robot</em>, to name just a few – why would so many people, relative to total search volume, type something so pedestrian as <em>laconic</em> into their Google search bars?</p>
<h3>Very brief in statement or expression</h3>

<p>So I put my search for unsecured loans on the back burner, and clicked on <em>laconic</em>. Sure enough I didn’t understand what I was looking at. I resumed my search for the cheapest personal loan, but I couldn’t stay away from <em>laconic</em>. I came back to Google Trends just a minute later, and to my horror, <em>laconic</em> had already slipped to number 88 on the list, just after <em>us mexico soccer</em> and before <em>mark boresow</em>.  I clicked on <em>laconic</em> again and began to study in earnest.</p>
<h3>Tending not to speak frequently</h3>
<p>The first thing I learned is that some Elvis reincarnation named Robert Pattinson delivered a “pretty laconic speech” at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards when he said “that to him Twilight fans ‘are the hottest hotties and the hottest teens.’”  So I learned that when you haven&#8217;t had much practice speaking, one way to be laconic is to use a single free morpheme like <em>hot</em> as many times as you can in one short sentence.</p>
<h3>Precise expression with an economy of words</h3>
<p><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-47170" title="jack-daniels" src="http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/jack-daniels-197x300.jpg" alt="jack-daniels" width="118" height="180"  style="display:block;float:right;border:none;"/>The next thing I learned is that Jimmy Bedford died and that he was a lean, laconic Tennessean whose job it was to make sure Jack Daniel&#8217;s Old No. 7 Tennessee Whiskey tasted just the way it had since 1866.  For 20 years as master distiller he sipped whiskey without swallowing, and he once said, &#8220;People tell me I have more will power than anyone they&#8217;ve ever known.”   From Jimmy Bedford’s story, I learned that without wasted words, 9.5 million cases of whiskey can be dispatched to 135 countries every year.</p>
<h3>Terse and to the point</h3>
<p>The next entry was more difficult to decipher.  As near as I could tell, a horror punk group called Offcuts released a recording “that sounds at the same time laconic and mightily ?!*#ed off but they do it no favours in burying it with distorted screams.”  From this, I learned that not everyone who uses a sesquipedalian term like <em>laconic</em> knows how to look it up.</p>
<h3>Brevity of speech</h3>
<p><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-47171" title="tv3" src="http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/tv3-300x199.jpg" alt="tv3" width="240" height="159"  style="display:block;float:right;border:none;"/>Then I learned something important about TV-watching.  Starting next March, there will be a new show called <em>Lawman</em> and it will be marked by Timothy Olyphant’s “easy drawl” and “laconic, very Elmore Leonardesque dialogue.”  This wasn’t in the article, but I happen to know that Elmore Leonard is the author and screenwriter who said, “Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.” Thanks to Google Trends, I now also know that when the dialogue is short and terse and easy to understand, a new TV show can be a real “humdinger.”</p>
<h3>Short, brief, and pithy</h3>
<p>The next entry was a blog site called “Laconic Reply” from which I learned that even if you have your very own blog site and you put <em>laconic</em> in the name of it, you might still need 588 words to express your opinion that gender stereotypes are bad things.  All because you didn’t look up <em>laconic</em> before you started blogging on your very own site.</p>
<h3>Concise to the point of seeming rude, uninterested, or mysterious</h3>
<p>I learned all this just today on Google Trends.  But already I’m behind the times again, because<em> laconic</em> has now slipped off the Hot Trends list and neither <em>jj hardy</em>, <em>marisa elise</em>,<em> porcini louisville</em>, nor any of the other 97 entries means anything to me.  So I’m going to concentrate on getting some quick cash now, because as luck would have it, it&#8217;s easier to fill out a personal loan application than it is to keep up with all these crazy trends.</p>
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		<title>Baja Fresh Gives Free Burrito with Drink Purchase</title>
		<link>http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2009/07/22/baja-fresh-free-burrito-drink-purchase/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 20:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Fairchild</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baja Fresh free burritos today only
You can get a free burrito at Baja Fresh if you get there before 9 p.m. tonight. Of course, you do have to purchase a drink, but still, who could pass up that deal? Wait, wait! Don&#8217;t run out the door yet.
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<p><img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-44004" title="burrito" src="http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/2687121756_0e8351d8c111-250x300.jpg" alt="burrito" width="200" height="267"  style="display:block;float:right;border:none;"/>You can get a free burrito at Baja Fresh if you get there before 9 p.m. tonight. Of course, you do have to purchase a drink, but still, who could pass up that deal? Wait, wait! Don&#8217;t run out the door yet.</p>
<p>To get your free burrito, you must get Baja Fresh coupons. Keep reading for instructions.</p>
<h3>Baja Fresh on Facebook</h3>
<p>You can get your free burrito Baja Fresh coupons from the restaurant&#8217;s <a title="Go to facebook" href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Baja-Fresh/91300429034#/photo.php?pid=2040241&amp;id=91300429034&amp;ref=mf" rel="external">Facebook page</a>.  If that link doesn&#8217;t work, go to the Baja Fresh Facebook page and find the posting on the Baja Fresh wall. The coupon is posted as a photo.</p>
<p>Of course, you must have a Facebook account in order to print the coupon and get a free burrito from Baja Fresh. But don&#8217;t worry, joining Facebook isn&#8217;t like filling out a personal loan application, it only takes a second.</p>
<h3>Find a Baja Fresh, get a free burrito</h3>
<p>To find the Baja Fresh nearest to you, use the <a title="Go to site" href="http://www.bajafresh.com/locations/index.php" rel="external"><strong>store locator</strong></a> on the Baja Fresh official web site. Baja Fresh has about 300 locations in the U.S., and its headquarters are in Cypress, California.</p>
<p>For  health-conscious individuals and calorie-counters, there is a <a title="Go to" href="http://www.bajafresh.com/nutritionals.php" rel="external">nutritional table</a> on the company&#8217;s web site as well.</p>
<h3>Rocky road</h3>
<p>Baja Fresh has been on a bit of a financial rollercoaster for the past decade or so. According to Wikipedia:</p>
<blockquote><p>In 2002, Baja Fresh became a wholly owned subsidiary of Wendy&#8217;s International with a purchase price of $275 million. Under Wendy&#8217;s ownership the original Baja Fresh menu of freshly prepared-on-site ingredients was replaced with standard fast-food joint staples and sales at the chain predictably slid, and it quickly began to lose money. On November 28, 2006, Wendy&#8217;s sold Baja Fresh to David Kim, a private investor consortium for $31 million.</p></blockquote>
<p>I guess that proves that one size doesn&#8217;t fit all when it comes to fast food formulas. Also, I couldn&#8217;t find a lot of information on the company&#8217;s current financial situation, but if Baja Fresh is handing out free burritos, that must mean they are doing OK.</p>
<h3>Personal review</h3>
<p>I don&#8217;t live near a Baja Fresh now, but I used to several years ago, before the place was sold to Wendy&#8217;s. The company&#8217;s web site now says &#8220;you won&#8217;t find freezers, can openers or microwaves in a Baja Fresh,&#8221; so clearly things have gone back to the pre-Wendy&#8217;s operating procedure.</p>
<p>I really liked Baja Fresh a lot because the food is not at all greasy, and there are so many different types of salsa. I really love spicy food, and Baja Fresh definitely has the right stuff to spice your food up. If you have never tried it before and you live near a Baja Fresh, I personally recommend that you try a free burrito. I hope this promotion does help Baja Fresh&#8217;s business. It is nice to have inexpensive alternatives to fast food.</p>
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		<title>Payday Loans Can Help You Beat The Credit Crunch!</title>
		<link>http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2009/05/07/payday-loans-beat-credit-crunch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 21:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Yurgalite</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is the Credit Crunch?
Before I begin to describe how payday loans can help us during this credit crunch, let us first see what exactly a credit crunch is.

It basically means that there is no credit to be had in the market. This in turn means that the traditional lenders like banks, etc., have no [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>What is the Credit Crunch?</h2>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/80031239@N00/120973041" rel="external"><img class="alignright" style="border: 0pt none; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" title="Old Money / Money Talks" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/40/120973041_ba329b46d7_m.jpg" border="0" alt="Old Money / Money Talks" hspace="5" width="166" height="240"  style="display:block;float:right;border:none;"/></a>Before I begin to describe how<strong> payday loans</strong> can help us during this credit crunch, let us first see what exactly a credit crunch is.</p>
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<li>It basically means that <strong>there is no credit to be had </strong>in the market. This in turn means that the traditional lenders like banks, etc., have no money to lend you, as there is no liquidity in the markets, forget about<strong> personal loans</strong>.</li>
<li>And even if they have money they will still not lend&#8211;why? Because they are looking for ‘safe’ parties to lend to, common people like you and me are not in that category anymore. Additionally, <strong>if you have a bad credit rating</strong>, like so many of us in these times, then they will not even consider your personal loan application.</li>
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<h3>What are the implications of this credit crunch for you?</h3>
<ul>
<li>The result here is that the commoners, i.e. us, who are already grappling with<strong> job cuts and pay cuts</strong> now have an additional monster to fight. Your trusted bank, to which you have given regular business for so many years doesn’t care what your situation is! Sad, very sad state of affairs indeed!</li>
<li>The net effect being that, due to your urgent needs you are forced to go for alternative means like over drafting your account,<strong> cash advances on credit cards</strong>, late fees, etc.</li>
<li>All these methods are not just expensive and affect your credit ratings, trapping you into a vicious circle but they also magnify and perpetuate the problem of the credit crunch.</li>
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<h3>Now, on to the brighter side of the ‘credit crunch’ i.e. the payday loan</h3>
<ul>
<li>A payday lender acts in exactly the opposite manner to the big institutional lenders. A payday lender would not look at how ‘safe’ you are, nor do they have anything to do with your credit rating.</li>
<li>This is essentially because a<strong> payday loan</strong> is a short term cash advance that needs to be paid with your next paycheck.</li>
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<h3>How payday loans beat the credit crunch</h3>
<ul>
<li>So, unlike the banks, a <strong>payday lender works independent of the markets</strong>. Credit crunch or no credit crunch, the payday lender is always there to fulfill your needs.</li>
<li>In that sense, when markets are struggling with liquidity shortage, <strong>payday loans</strong> are a great way to put money in people’s (i.e. your) pockets for you to spend on your needs and hence that infuses some liquidity and confidence.</li>
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<h3>The additional benefits</h3>
<ul>
<li>Besides all the advantages listed above,<strong> payday loans</strong> are also incredibly easy and fast to secure. Just an online application and, if you are approved, voila, the cash is in your account, sometimes in less than 2 hours, thanks to direct deposit.</li>
<li>Typically, <strong>no need to fax anything and no credit rating checks</strong>. It does seem incredibly good when everything around seems to be dark and dreary. Incredible but trustworthy!</li>
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<p>So, remember next time you need some cash urgently, don’t waste your time at the bank, running around in circles for nothing. Instead, maybe you should get in touch with a short term loan lender and apply for a <strong>payday loan</strong>.</p>
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