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Immerse yourself in the heart of our Champagne House, and discover our know-how by coming to live a Clicquot experience at your own pace. In a group or just for you, this visit will awaken your senses through the unique atmosphere of the cellars classified as World Heritage by UNESCO, and by sharing our great Champagne or by enjoying time spent with our team.
You can also create your own event at Domaine Veuve Clicquot.
The visits center will be closed from January 28 to March 2, 2020.
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We invite you to discover our House, our wines and our universe through tailor-made tours.Our Crayères and our vineyard, located in the best terroirs of Champagne, offer an ideal scenery where you will discover unique experiences.
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Q: I have koi in my pond and one of them is constantly chasing the other fish by bumping and nuzzling the other fish on their bottom side in front of the tail and behind the ventral fin. Is there a reason for this behavior?
A: Yes there is a reason for this. The fish getting bumped into is a female carrying eggs, while the fish doing the bumping is the male. The male fish is trying to knock the eggs out of the female so it can fertilize them. This is very common, but it is best to keep an eye on the fish during these times to make sure no injuries happen. Also, if you would like the koi to have babies, I would suggest making sure you have a sufficient amount of bog and submerged plants. Koi are known to eat their own young and adding aquatic plants will create hiding spaces for the babies to allow them time to grow.
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For a Minor Reflection – A Moll
Since space and time are the same, how would it feel spending space with somebody? And zooming in time? I'll give you the answer next space…
For a Minor Reflection is a post-rock band from Reykjavík, Iceland, comprised of Kjartan Holm, Guðfinnur Sveinsson, Elvar Jón Guðmundsson, Andri Freyr Þorgeirsson.
A Moll is a song on their second album, entitled "Reistu þig við, sólin er komin á loft…" (which means "Rise and shine, the sun's up") and released in 2010.
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Soul Tribe Sunday
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This event is 21 and over
Bizio started playing around with mixing music in late 2013. In a short two years he has made massive strides across Oregon in the dance music scene having opened up for artists such as Big Gigantic, The Floozies, tyDi, Sound Remedy, Louis Futon, Love and Light, and many more. Bizio started playing out in the outdoor renegade scene in the spring of 2014 and by the fall of 2014 made it to the main stage of Eugene's very own WOW hall. Furthermore, 11 months later he was honored to play at the legendary McDonald Theatre. Bizio's DJ sets have a little something for everyone as he mixes everything from House to Breaks, Techno to Glitch Hop, Nu Disco to ChillWave; Bizio is known for being able to read the crowd and know his time slot and play the mood the crowd is begging for, without losing his own unique style. Every year leads to bigger and better opportunities for improvement and Bizio is hoping to make this his biggest year yet.
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I found this piece by Dr Helen Pringle, 'Killjoys, Wowser and The P-rn Wars' in New Matilda so inspiring. I hope my fellow women's activists will draw strength and renew their commitment to our cause, after reading it.
"Justice is an element of beauty as much as colour and outline on canvas." – Mary Richardson
Were the Suffragettes puritanical? Hardly. As the debate over p*rn rages, the history of feminism is being mischaracterised as the terrain of wowsers and killjoys. Helen Pringle responds to Eva Cox
Eva Cox tries to portray feminists who have concerns about what she characterises as "tasteless porn" as simply being in the grip of "current anxieties about the dominance of markets", and as linked to "puritanical" strains in the history of feminism. In the process, Cox has rewritten that history to police the boundaries of feminism so that it does not include women who have a concern with the power of images and words in pornography.
Cox also slips in a characterisation of some of the Suffragettes who campaigned for the vote as wowsers and killjoys. She laments, "Women members of the Christian Temperance Union fought for women to get the vote in the hope that women would vote to ban alcohol". In fact, those women and others knew only too well the dangers that alcoholism posed to women's safety and equality when it was linked to male entitlement.
The Suffragettes more broadly are often portrayed along Cox's lines as delicate creatures asking for protection from "evil masculinity". But when Christabel Pankhurst coined the slogan "Votes for Women … and Chastity for Men", it was a call for an end to sexual subordination and damage of women often caused by the spread of VD through the prostitution of women. It was not a sexually puritanical claim. There is no evidence that Suffragettes, or in fact feminists, appreciated intimacy, love or beauty any less than anyone else. Read more>


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Get the business insights you need, on your own. Self-service data preparation from SAS – on SAS® Viya® – helps you access, profile, cleanse and transform data from an intuitive interface, so you can get the job done without an IT or data specialist. That means you can act quickly. Make decisions confidently. And help your team work more efficiently.
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Minimize the time you spend preparing data so you can spend more time analyzing it. Prebuilt transformations and data cleansing functions run in memory to increase processing speed. Advanced analytics, data visualization and data preparation capabilities are seamlessly combined. The result? You have more time to explore data, get answers and react to situations in near-real time.
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Working with multiple members of your team on the same project has never been easier. With SAS Data Preparation you can share jobs as centrally managed assets. Project activity feeds can be set to notify teams and individuals of changes and updates. You can share and reuse tasks, post updates and work together to generate more value from your data.
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NTDA needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 51 designs submitted by 15 freelance designers.
Looking for upbeat logo and catchy Stationary. Partial to a burnt orange and black color theme but open to all ideas!
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Catchy and modern, serious but not stuffy.
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Logo, Business Cards, Letterhead, #10 envelope and catalog envelope.
This contest was originally listed in multiple categories:
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The Learning Groove needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 55 designs submitted by 13 freelance designers.
The Learning Groove needs a logo! We create music and class curriculums for early education (ages 0-6). Our goal is to be hip for parents while still being fun & loving for kids. We like folk art and simplicity. Visit http://www.thelearninggroove.com to get a feel for our style.
The Learning Groove (TM)
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child-friendly, hip, cool, folksy
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Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png); Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
We have one idea in mind, though we are open and interested in other ideas. The idea we have now is basically having "The Learning" above a musical staff that has the word "Groove" on it -- the two letter o's in the word Groove could be whole notes on the staff (whole notes are elipses without a stem protruding from the ellipse).
Since we don't have the word "music" in our company name, we need the logo to make it clear we make children's music.
We lean towards folky colors as opposed to cliche overly bright rainbow colors for kids products. (Though we still want to be fun!) Best is to check out our site (under construction) to see the artwork we are currently using:
You can also check out http://ericlitwin.com/cd_store.htm to see past kid's CD covers we've produced.
Once again, our goal is to be hip & cool for parents while still being fun & loving for kids.
Thanks, and be well!
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Friday's the day in Beijing, finally
A member of the Russian synchronized swimming team performs during a practice session at the National Aquatic Center in Beijing. (Getty Images)
Janet Culp: Today was our last full practice day of the 2008 Olympics! When I first made the training squad in December of 2006, this day seemed so far away. I can't believe it's here now, it seems so unreal!
In typical synchro fashion, we made the most of every last moment today. We had a pretty tough morning practice where the team perfected our technical elements and did a lot of swimming. We've decided we must be in pretty good shape though, since swimming small sections is just as hard as swimming the whole program! We also touched on free a little which was an amazing feeling. After focusing on tech for a few days, the free program feels so amazing and, well free!! We went to the cube in the afternoon and did a full rehearsal of tech, from the practice in the warm-up pool to the last stroke. And an amazing thing happened…during the tech run-through the music cut out after the second lap, but the team got right back up and started again. The second swim was still calm and connected, despite the music flaw. That proves that we are prepared for any situation, because the music stopping during the routine is one of the craziest things that can happen mentally to us.
Tonight we have a little time to relax and prepare for our first day of team competition tomorrow. I am so ready to start! But tomorrow I'll just be there to help everyone out, make sure my team-mates are hydrated, happy, and comfortable so they can have the best possible swim. The tech program is worth 50% of our final score, so ultimately tomorrow's performance is just as important as the free program the next day.
This is the moment we've been waiting for … I can't wait!
Littleton native Janet Culp will compete in synchronized swimming for Team USA at the Beijing Olympics. She is reporting on her experience half a world away for The Denver Post.


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Best Buy has started a 19-store trial of a new section for electric scooters, assisted bikes and Segways. The new business plan, in full: lure customers in with below-wholesale CDs, then pitch them to buy multi-thousand-dollar personal transportation devices favored by eccentric billionaires and mall cops. Though to their credit, this line from on of their execs about the section's business prospects is pretty funny:
I'm not sure how it's going to do either, but I like the muscles we're exercising.
They're heroically flexing their metaphorical creative retail muscles, so you don't have to flex your real ones. Anyway, the trial is happening in Washington, Oregon and California for now, so stop by to snag a test ride around the appliances section. [WSJ]


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What are your favorite products that you've seen this year that would make great stocking stuffers?
I've come across some great brands blogging and shopping for online. Here are a few of my faves ranging from toxic free beauty, to art and crafts and much more.
For older kids I love non toxic free nail polish from Keeki even for the pregnant mom it's my Must Have nail polish. Its completely safe and toxic free.
Tegu's Pocket Pouch which comes in a variety of colours are amazing little magnetic wooden blocks that bring endless fun for kids. Tegu is not just wooden toys that are magnetic, it's the play value the magnets add. Tegu blocks work with the polarity of the magnets. Tegu blocks are recommended for ages 0-99!
Glob Natural Paint Kit is fun and makes for beautiful art naturally.
Glob natural paint is derived from botanical ingredients such as fruits, flowers, vegetables and even spices and reminds me of jello powder when I open it to add water. It makes for beautiful art.
Crayon Rocks are great too! They are excellent to take along on long or short trips out of the house; conveniently stored in a cotton bag, they are great to occupy your kids in the restaurant or in the car. Crayon Rocks develop fine motor skills in young children as they use their fingers to form a tripod grip on the crayon.
Grimms wooden puzzles are fun too. All Grimm's toys are produced and hand painted in small factories within Germany. Each item is produced with lots of care and anyone that has ever held a Grimm's toy in their hands will understand their slogan: "Joy through colours"! Grimm's developes toys that help children discover their own creativity. We have their infamous Rainbow puzzle and it's one of my sons favourite items to build and play with.
Pied Piper Fairy Pocket Kit is lovely for the little girls in your home they also make a Sailboat building Kit and are made in the USA. This craft kit promises hours of fun craft & play time.
For new Moms My Teethease teething necklaces are a nice alternative to regular jewelery. My Teethease has proved to be a fashionable yet functional. They come in lots of cute styles.
Pong Research iPhone/Andriod/iPad covers are also a fave of mine. Great for the whole tech savvy family. They take radiation exposure from these devices seriously and has the studies to back it up on their site. Love their covers!
For Mom and Dad you can't go wrong with gift cards, chocolates and other treats to really personalize one's stocking. Starbucks, iTunes are always appreciated and my personal fave....a gift certificate to the spa!


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Our chic personalized melamine plates pack plenty of posh and are perfect for setting the table in style. They add a memorable customized touch to any celebration, and make for perfect gifts too.
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The settlement of Baltalimani was built illegally by workers from three mines close to the Bosporus. These spontaneous settlements are known as gecekondus, which literally means "built overnight" (gece = night). Baltalimani was part of the Rumeli Hisari mahalle and only became an independent neighbourhood in 1997.
Rural migration to Istanbul started to accelerate in the early 1960s. Istanbul almost doubled its population in the following 20 years. The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge was completed in 1988. The TEM Highway, linking Ataturk Airport to the Bosporus Bridge, was completed in 1987. Both accelerated urban development in this part of the city.
As house owners of squatter settlements do not have title deeds, there is a threat of evictions as the Istanbul Municipality implements new road projects. In the long run, the authorities also aim to replace gecekondus with new, better earthquake-protected flats..
In 2007 more than 450 houses in the two squatter settlements of Armutlu and Baltalimani were destroyed in order to construct a new road. The owners of the houses were paid YTL 12 Million (€ 6.3 Million) in compensation. 242 social housing units (council flats) were also built on the outskirts of Istanbul for resettlement purposes.
Baltalimani squatter settlement, partly destroyed for the TEM road
One part of Baltalimani which was not destroyed can still be found near the new road. This small settlement, which has less than 30 houses, has recently seen its fortunes improve as authorities invested in infrastructure, including new waste management, a modern playground, and sports facilities. For residents like Gazanfer Oygur, who recall living conditions from a decade ago, this is no less than an urban revolution.
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clementine cake
Years ago—when I was still in high school? maybe college—my mom and I were watching cooking shows one afternoon and saw Nigella Lawson make this clementine cake. It was near the holidays and mom had clementines in the house, of course, and if I remember correctly, she made one immediately after seeing the episode. Over the years she's made it more than once, but I never had.
Clementines are so perfect this time of year—I've always associated them with Christmastime—and I recently bought a crate of them. Though I ate practically one a day, I still have a lot left, so this cake is perfect, as it uses up 5! Though it doesn't have what we might consider "traditional" Christmas flavors, it's still one of those scents and tastes that is very, very December.


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Watercolor paints are activated when water is added. To obtain a deeper, denser tone of color, pre-wet the desired paint with a brushful of water and stir gently. Let sit for 30 seconds. For more translucence, mix paint with water in a plastic mixing tray or plastic plate.
Dampen paper with a wet sponge or briefly hold paper under water. Lay flat. Spread one color over the entire paper. Tilt the paper to help the color spread evenly.
Overlay colors to build up dark colors or to mix hues. Once the bottom layer is dry, brush paint over it. Repeat until desired color effect is reached.
Wet the paper before you begin, so colors will blend quickly and easily, spread evenly, and have a lighter shade. Begin with dry paper for colors that will be darker and won't blend as quickly or easily.
Sprinkle salt on wet paintings and let dry. Once dry, brush off the remaining salt. You'll have an interesting design because the color concentrates into the areas where the salt crystals form.
While paint is still wet, press crumpled plastic wrap onto the artwork. This technique will leave an interesting texture. Or try laying plastic wrap flat on the wet painted surface. Pull with one strong stroke in one direction. As the wrap moves, it will pull the paint along.
Select a leaf, stick, or piece of string. Paint one side of the object with a dark color and press onto paper for a 'half print.' Then paint the second side of the object with a different color and press the object on top of the other print.
Try a crayon resist for a uniquely textured surface. First, color lines and shapes heavily with crayons. Then cover with paint. The waxy crayon will "pop" though the painted surface. Experiment with thinning the paint with water.


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Damien889 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 36 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
DealSurf, http://www.DealSurf.com
I am the founder of DealSurf, a meta search engine for daily deals.
As you know daily deals have become extremely popular lately. We aggregate deals all over the country since last August. We are growing in hundreds of new members and visitors every day. soon it will be in thousands.
We want to give a fun experience to our users. We want to make their life easier and help them save money.
Be part of this unique experience. The winner will have his name in our About us section with a link to his/her portfolio.
Market is everyone who wants to find great deals in their city, save money or discover new fun things to do that match their interests.
Check our website DealSurf.com to discover our platform and have a feel for it.
I design the current logo and yo ucan do 100 times better.
Currently it's DealSurf with a discount tag on and a surfing wave.
Deal should stand out more.
Please keep similar color. You can enhance them to make it more precise, appealing and attractive.
The ideal is to surf crazy amazing deals everyday.
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Michael O'Neill acknowledged his Northern Ireland team's introduction to major tournament football was an eye-opening experience as they were beaten in their first fixture at a finals since 1986.
Arkadiusz Milik's 51st-minute goal consigned O'Neill's side to a 1-0 Euro 2016 loss to Poland in Nice, 30 years to the day since Billy Bingham's side were beaten by Brazil at the Mexico World Cup.
For a team that started two wing-backs who ply their trade in England's third tier, O'Neill conceded facing the likes of Milik, Robert Lewandowski and Grzegorz Krychowiak on such a grand stage may have been a shock to the system.
"I felt they started very brightly, maybe we didn't expect that type of start," O'Neill admitted.
"If you look at our team the two lads that were playing in the wing-back positions, they play their club football at League One level.
"It was a massive game for us to come in, (with) fantastic support and the prestige of the game. Everything around the tournament has been top class.
"Maybe there was an aspect that it did take us a while to settle into the game.
"We found it difficult to get a foothold into the game and I think that was partly down to that physicality. I don't think we won enough second balls.
"They were very, very powerful in every area of the team and that's something we're going to have to adapt to very quickly, because I don't envisage Ukraine will be any different prospect in that respect.
"Having got the opening game out of the way, we have to do better and see what we can take out of the second game."
While the margin of defeat was slender, the statistics were telling.
Northern Ireland had only two attempts on goal, neither of which were on target, and the Poles enjoyed over 60 per cent of possession in both halves.
"I don't think we ever envisaged coming into this game thinking we'd be disgraced, but there's a bit of disappointment in the dressing room that we didn't do as much with the ball as what we could have done," O'Neill added.
"Individually maybe the players felt they could have done better, collectively we couldn't have asked for any more than that."
Part of the problem appeared to be the change in system.
O'Neill left Kyle Lafferty up top on his own and he was clearly isolated for much of the contest, with the likes of skipper Steven Davis unable to provide ample support.
"We have to give them a system that gives us a chance and we did that. It was 0-0 at half time and 1-0 until right up until the death.
"The disappointment is that maybe in qualification that's a game we might have taken something from."
While the monkey of a first victory at the Euros is off Poland's backs, head coach Adam Nawalka is not prepared to entertain the idea that they could be a surprise package in France ahead of their next meeting with world champions Germany.
"In terms of our expectations, we are very positive and have a very positive approach to this tournament," he insisted.


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Miley Cyrus Confirms Collaboration With Snoop Lion
Miley Cyrus is continuing her crossover into the hip-hop arena. During a funny interview on Ryan Seacrest's radio show, she confirmed that the rumors about her working with Cali-rap veteran Snoop Lion were true. She said the record was a surprise even to herself.
"I want this record to be something different and a bunch of passion projects. The first thing I would not have calculated [is] the first song I want to come out is going to be me and Snoop Dogg… that's never what I thought was what was going to be," she said.
This is not the first time Miley Cyrus has worked with hip-hop's finest. She has collaborated with Wiz Khalifa, Tyler the Creator, Mary J. Blige and producer Mike Will Made It for her upcoming album. She also made an appearance in a music video for 'Twisted,' by raptress Tiffany Foxx, who is mentored by rapper Lil Kim.
In other Cyrus hip-hop news, the singer recently released a twerk video, dancing in a unicorn onesie to J. Dash's dance track 'Wop.' Her friend recorded it and she decided to upload it. "It's a lot of booty action," she said, explaining the definition of twerking. "It's kind of weird that I twerked for six million people," she said, laughing. "I haven't seen one bad comment about my twerk video."
We wonder if Cyrus will be spitting some bars on her album? Only time will tell.
Listen to Miley Cyrus' Interview with Ryan Seacrest


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You'll never run out of power again! If the battery on your smartphone or tablet is running low... no problem. Just plug your device into the USB port on the top of this portable battery charger, and then continue to use your device while it gets recharged.
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These materials-magnetic Weyl semi-metals-are innately quantum but bridge the two worlds of topology and spintronics. [25] Weyl fermions are novel particles that were predicted to be seen in high-energy physics experiments but have not been observed. [24] The research shows that concentrated electrolytes in solution affect hydrogen bonding, ion interactions, and coordination geometries in currently unpredictable ways. [23] An exotic state of matter that is dazzling scientists with its electrical properties, can also exhibit unusual optical properties, as shown in a theoretical study by researchers at A*STAR. [22] The breakthrough was made in the lab of Andrea Alù, director of the ASRC's Photonics Initiative. Alù and his colleagues from The City College of New York, University of Texas at Austin and Tel Aviv University were inspired by the seminal work of three British researchers who won the 2016 Noble Prize in Physics for their work, which teased out that particular properties of matter (such as electrical conductivity) can be preserved in certain materials despite continuous changes in the matter's form or shape. [21] Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a new technology for switching heat flows 'on' or 'off'. [20] Thermoelectric materials can use thermal differences to generate electricity. Now there is an inexpensive and environmentally friendly way of producing them with the simplest tools: a pencil, photocopy paper, and conductive paint. [19] A team of researchers with the University of California and SRI International has developed a new type of cooling device that is both portable and efficient. [18] Thermal conductivity is one of the most crucial physical properties of matter when it comes to understanding heat transport, hydrodynamic evolution and energy balance in systems ranging from astrophysical objects to fusion plasmas. [17] Researchers from the Theory Department of the MPSD have realized the control of thermal and electrical currents in nanoscale devices by means of quantum local observations. [16]
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There's been a massive, horrifying bomb blast, followed by a shooting spree directed at a youth group in Oslo, Norway. At least seven were killed. This video provides a powerful scope of the devastation.
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ok, here is the deal , i am given the following instuctions and through them i must write a program :
HERE is the link to bookstore.csv http://eduportal.dmst.aueb.gr/html/d...ore__13821.csvA bookstore has a system for managing its customers. The system keeps information about the books each customer has bought,his debit balance[ the customers have the option of buying with credit (in other words to pay after a few months)], and the total amount of money he has spent till now( the cost of the books he bought so far). For each customers ,are available the below data(integers):
his code ( which constructed by 3 capital letters and 5(number) digits) > (Code)
his age >(Age)
the number of Books he already bought > (Books)
Total amount he has paid(spent) so far> (Total)
Debit Balance > (Decifit)
(in parenthesis are the name of the variables)
The file 'bookstore.csv' contains 1000 records of clients, unclassified, which are 'printed' from source file 'printCSVFile.java'.
And Below are the "Questions"for this Project :
B1. to write a class named 'client', which contains the above elements.
B2. to write a method that calculates the average price of books purchased by the customer (to the nearest whole number). Sought retroactive implementation of the method.
B3. to write a method, which calculates the net profit per customer of the bookshop, ( the money already spent minus the debit balance.)
B4. to write a method, which calculates the amount of monthly installment, if the outstanding balance must be paid within 3 months for a balance of 100 € and within six months on balance over 100 € (without regard to any rate) .
B5. to write a method, which calculates the importance of a client. A customer is considered 'important':
a. if you are over 40 years, has purchased at least 30 books and the outstanding balance does not
exceed 5% of the amount already spent or
b. if between 25 and 40 years and has purchased at least 10 books on average at least 15 € or
c. if you are over 40 years and the amount already spent at least 1500 €.
B6. to write a method (out of the class) that outputs to the minimum, maximum, average and standard deviation of the number of books already purchased by customers, the amount already spent and their debt balance. Finally, print and the percentage of customers that is important.
B7. to write a method (out of the class) which can print all customers who have already spent more than a certain amount or customers who have already bought more than a specified number of books. The criterion of 'amount' or 'books' should be selected by the user, as well as the minimum for the selected criteria.
B8. to write a method (out of the Class) which is to seek a client based on his code, using the method of BinarySearch.
and HERE is the printCSV.java http://eduportal.dmst.aueb.gr/html/d...le__13820.java
I thought that i need to first read the contents of csv , split the values wherever ther is a ";" an then insert them into an array. Thats for the first step. The problem is that i havent the slightest idea how to do so!( since the havent even mentioned this in class ...) I tried using scannner class but failed.
I experemented a litle and came up with this
but it returns a"input missmatch Exception" I believe that it is caused by the fact that the first coloumn is a read as a string( cause it has the form ex: AAA12345)int [][] customers = new int [1000][5]; File file = new File("bookstore.csv"); Scanner scanner = new Scanner(file); for (int i=0;i<1000;i++){ for (int j=0;j<5;j++){ pelates[i][j]= scanner.nextInt();} } System.out.println(customers[i][j]); //System.out.println(customers[999][1]);
Ive searched the net, and found about the StringTokenizer method, but i think that method reads all data as strings, meaning that customers array must be string type. if i do so though isnt it "imposible" to do the calculations mentioned afterwards?? ( ex: the minimun,max, average etc) .
Please i could really need some help on this, and if you could be kind enough to explain to me what to do . I dont want someone to solve it for me, just to help me . mostly with the arrays part


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Second kind of Java interviews for Java EE or Java web development role where the focus is mostly on Java EE related technologies e.g. JSP, Servlet, EJB, JDBC and frameworks like Spring, Hibernate, Web services like REST And SOAP and messaging technologies like JMS and MQ Servies.
In this article, I have covered two types of books, first type are specially written to help with programming interviews, covering a wide range of questions starting from object-oriented design, coding, Java basic concepts, networking, database, SQL, XML and problem-solving skills, and second which are specially written for Java and J2EE interviews. Once you are done with these books, you can take on any Java interview with confidence.
Good Books for Java Programming InterviewsJava Interviews usually have two kinds of questions, one based upon the facts and concept of Java programming language and API and other are typical programming questions, some based on data structure and algorithm, some require you to develop logic and coding and other's related to object-oriented programming and design patterns. If you are preparing for Java EE or JEE interviews, formerly and popularly known as J2EE then you also need to prepare some questions on popular frameworks like JSF, Spring MVC, and Hibernate. In this list, I am going to share 5 books which will cover all the topics you need to prepare for Java and JEE interviews
Java Programming Interview Exposed By Markham
This is clearly the best book on Java interviews. It covers each and every topic you would need to prepare including Java fundamentals, data structure, and algorithm, multi-threading and concurrency, unit testing and JUnit, frameworks like Spring and Hibernate, JVM internals and GC, and even Android, Scala, and other JVM language. This is clearly the right book for Java developer doesn't matter if you are going to core Java, J2EE or Android interview. I cannot recommend this book enough, certainly you need a copy of it in yourself to prepare for both telephonic and face-to-face Java interviews.
Programming Interviews Exposed: Secrets to Landing Your Next Job
This is another great book to prepare for programming interviews, including Java. Before they released the Java Programming interview exposed, I used to read this book because it also covers a lot of good topics e.g. data structures like the array, String, binary tree, database and SQL, networking, coding and many others. A good thing about this book is that it also covers non-technical interviews e.g. HR interview and how to negotiate with them. Certainly a great book to prepare for programming job interview, even today I still refer this book to refresh my concepts, particularly on data structure and algorithms.
Cracking the Coding Interview: 150 Programming Questions and Solutions
This is the third great book to prepare for Java and Programming job interviews. It's very similar to the previous book Programming Interviews Exposed, but it got more questions and also covers more topics. As the title suggests 150 programming questions and solutions, you will find all popular questions there e.g. program to find all pairs from the array whose sum is k or how to reverse String in Java etc. Once you will do the exercise given in this book, you will feel a lot more confident going to Java interview.
Java/J2EE Job Interview Companion by Arulkumaran Kumaraswamipillai
This is another great book, particularly to prepare for questions from Java programming concepts and API. You will find questions from JSP, Servlet, EJB, design patterns, multi-threading and every other Java-related topics in this book. I have referred this book in past and nowadays I prefer the first book in this more than this one, but it's still a relevant book. If you connect to this book then you will find it enjoying as well. The good thing about this books is that it's full of diagrams which help to understand the concept quicker and better.
Coding Puzzles: Thinking in code By codingtmd
This is the supplementary of 2nd and 3rd book in this list. IT's full of programming and coding puzzle which is the main topic of any programming job interview. If you have done programs from 2nd and 3rd book already, you can try this one. It will help your coding skill for interviews.
That's all in this list of 5 good books to prepare Java Programming interviews. You can use these books to prepare both core Java and Java EE interviews because a couple of books has questions from Java EE technologies and frameworks as well e.g. Servlet, JSP, EJB, JMS, Spring Framework, Hibernate Framework etc.
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Easter festivities began with our church having a community wide egg hunt. We usually join the big one in Jenks that is put on by another church in town, but this year, having a new facility and trying to do a lot of community outreach, we had our own! There were TONS of people there despite the rain which forced us to move it inside. Oh well, the kids still had fun! There were games and inflatables, and of course candy-filled eggs! AND LOTS!
Had to put the above picture in there…it's hard to see, but I wanted to document this rare moment of Bailey letting Avery hold her hand. So sweet. I love it!
They broke the kids up by age groups and let them fill their baskets with as many eggs as they could carry! It was crazy how many eggs were there.
Avery stuffed as many eggs in as she could!
I had to take a picture of her by her Pre-K Sunday School class. Her class was so big that they outgrew the preschool area and got moved upstairs with the K-6th graders! And they had to split the PreK into two different classes by last name. Insane! There were like almost 30 Pre-K kids in there at times. She loves going to church and asks frequently how many days until church day.
Later that night, we dyed Easter eggs. I am not a fan of this at all, but I hate to rob my kids of the fun because they love it. Here are some silly pictures from this activity. For some reason, Bailey was in a VERY silly mood!
I think it was later that night or maybe the night of Easter that Avery and I went through the resurrection eggs where I tell her every part of the story of Jesus being crucified and rising from the dead. She is so smart and is able to tell me pretty much the whole story herself. I am always amazed at what she retains and is able to retell me later. Even a year later!
Here are the girls getting their Easter baskets on Easter morning. We do not do the Easter bunny around here. I just feel like this holiday is too important to our salvation (well, hello, the whole reason for our salvation!) to throw a big bunny in the mix! There are enough distractions as it is. So they know that getting a basket with a few presents in it on Easter is celebrating that Jesus is alive! These pictures are pretty bad, but they each got a new plate, water bottle, a notebook and new markers/crayons, and a new chair each for outside. No more fighting over the one falling-apart kid-sized chair that we had out there!
After getting ready, we went for some family pics…oh the joys of trying to get a family pic with a camera using the timer and a half-broken tri-pod! Fun times I tell ya.


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Finally, a complete explanation of the world's best swindles from the only grifter claiming to be a magician, belly dancer, floor gambler, frogwipe salesman, former racecar driver, brain surgeon and denture wearer-Dan Harlan.
Mr, Harlan has spent over 50 of his 35 years of life learning, collecting and creating the cons used by the pros, now he spills it all! If you've ever wanted to fleece your friends or pull the wool over some unsuspecting stranger's eyes, then get ready shepherd the flock straight to the shearer. Everything's here: the most perplexing puzzles, the most outrageous boasts, the most preposterous propositions, the most cunning sneaky scams, all presented in a completely natural, simulated, artificial environment.
Volume 1 Bar Betchas - On this tape Harlan will teach you to: Drink a shot without touching it, know how much change is in someone's pocket, flip a drink 360? without spilling it, perform trick shots like a pool shark, toss cards like an experienced operator, take money from the bar's cash register without ever touching it, make a dime land on its edge when dropped, sell money at a profit, and more!
Volume 2 Party Puzzlers - On this tape Harlan will teach you to: Change a one dollar bill into a five, balance a dime on the edge of a dollar, write on someone's face without them knowing it, push a quarter through a dime-size hole, know the date on a hidden quarter, write any color with a pencil, break a pencil with a dollar bill, tie a cigarette in a knot, read a number on a die behind your back, and more!
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What is Cassandra?
- It has no single point of failure, and
- Adding nodes to the cluster is as simple as pointing it to any one live node
Cassandra also has built-in multi-master writes, replication, rack awareness, and can handle downed nodes gracefully. Cassandra has a thriving community and is currently being used at companies like Facebook, Digg and Twitter to name a few.
Enter Lucandra
Lucandra is a Cassandra backend for Lucene. Since Cassandra's original use within Facebook was for search, integrating Lucene with Cassandra seemed like a "no brainer". Lucene's core design makes it fairly simple to strip away and plug in custom Analyzer, Writer, Reader, etc. implementations. Rather than trying to build a Lucene Directory interface on top of Lucene as some backends do (DbDirectory for example), our approach was to implement a an IndexReader and IndexWriter directly on top of Cassandra.
Term Key ColumnName Value "indexName/field/term" => { documentId , positionVector }
Document Key "indexName/documentId" => { fieldName , value }
Lucandra in Action
Using Lucandra is extremely simple and switching a regular Lucene search application to use Lucandra is a matter of just several lines of code. Let's have a look.
First we need to create the connection to Cassandra
import lucandra.CassandraUtils;
import lucandra.IndexReader;
import lucandra.IndexWriter;
Cassandra.Client client = CassandraUtils.createConnection();
Next, we create Lucandra's IndexWriter and IndexReader, and Lucene's own IndexSearcher.
IndexWriter indexWriter = new IndexWriter("bookmarks", client);
IndexReader indexReader = new IndexReader("bookmarks", client);
IndexSearcher indexSearcher = new IndexSearcher(indexReader);
From here on, you work with IndexWriter and IndexSearcher just like you in vanilla Lucene. Look at the BookmarksDemo for the complete class.


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An Asturias to be savoured
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Gastronomy-related activities for the family in Asturias.
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Gastronomy-related activities for the family in Asturias.
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Asturian cheeses.
The gastronomy of Asturias in northern Spain is not only delicious, it's a way of life. Here we suggest various experiences that offer a chance to enjoy its dishes and the local customs in a truly authentic way: you'll be able to take part in a live fish auction, see for yourself how the famous cider and local cheeses are made, try your hand at milking a cow… Anyone who comes to Asturias is always determined to return.
Asturian flavours route
Whatever your tastes, in Asturias you'll find a range of different types of routes, each with a specific timetable, price and duration. They can be divided into several groups: Traditional Countryside Flavours Route. An invitation to taste the traditional cuisine of Asturias, together with activities like feeding farm animals, telling the difference between dairy cattle and beef cattle, discovering vegetable gardens and learning how to recognise the authentic Asturian "faba" (bean). The Cider Route. A great way to enjoy the most popular beverage in Asturias. You'll be able to see orchards in blossom, visit wine presses and learn how to pour cider. Flavours of the Sea Route. Come and visit the fish markets and canning factories, or take part in seafood-based cookery workshops. Cheese and Dairy Route. Did you know that there are more than 40 varieties of cheese in Asturias? You'll be able to taste them and learn all about the production process. Cangas Wine Route. A combination of wine and tourism that includes a visit to the high-mountain vineyards and wine harvest festivals, and tasting of local wine. Specially recommended in the autumn.
"Tables of Asturias" and eight Michelin stars: guarantee of quality
It with so much culinary joys you're wondering which restaurant to go to when you come to Asturias, here are a few ideas: "Mesas de Asturias" is a mark of gastronomic excellence that denotes a series of restaurants and cider bars where you'll find dishes prepared in different ways: according to traditional recipes, signature cuisine, culinary renovation… And if you still can't make up your mind, here's another secret: Asturias has eight restaurants that have been distinguished with Michelin stars: Casa Marcial (in Arriondas), El Corral del Indianu (Arriondas), Auga (in Gijón), La Salgar (in Gijón), El Retiro (in Llanes), Casa Gerardo (in Prendes), Arbidel (in Ribadesella) and Real Balneario (in Salinas). Prepare your palate, and get ready to enjoy the feast!


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Throughput and Sensitivity
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We present here measured sensitivity and throughput of GRACES. Note that this was obtained after the GRACES fiber was installed permanently in the ESPaDOnS spectrograph at CFHT in preparation for the 2015B semester (GRACES Phase II), and represents current performance. Note that this performance shows a clear improvement compared to what was presented for GRACE phase I.
We define sensitivity as the magnitude of an object that would provide a signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) of 1 for an hour of integration time. To calculate the signal-to-noise ratio, we measured the signal (S) from 60sec observations of the spectrophotometric standard star Feige 66. Those observations were obtained under pristine weather conditions, with a photometric sky and seeing close to 0.5 arcsec. The air mass at the time of the observation was 1.114, so the resulting spectrum was corrected to an air mass of 1.0 using extinction values (magnitude per air mass) from Béland (1988). The spectrum was also binned into the resolution element, i.e. 1.7 pix and 2.9 pix for the 1 fiber and the 2 fiber mode, respectively, so the final result is presented as a function of resolution element.
We determined the noise level from a subtracted pair of 1200sec frames on sky, observed shortly after the Feige 66 spectrum. Using a spectra region generally free of sky lines and artifacts, the noise (N) is determined by multiplying the average standard deviation in the background counts by the square root of the aperture area used to extract the signal. We then have:
where TFeige66 and Tsky are the exposure time of the Feige 66 spectrum and the sky, respectively. To find the sensitivity, the signal-to-noise ratio (S/N1hr) is converted to a magnitude and added to the Feige 66 spectrum calibrated in magnitude (MFeige66) available from Massey et al. (1998, ApJ, 328, 31):
Here is the resulting GRACES sensitivity for both modes:
GRACES can deliver a S/N of 1 in 1 hour for a target as faint as 22.4 mag in the 2 fiber mode (two-slice mode). Note that this result would be different if GRACES were used under poorer weather conditions. Sensitivity does not depend much on the seeing up to ~IQ85 due to the 1.2arcsec diameter of the fiber. However, the sensitivity would be less for non-photometric conditions, due to increased source extinction resulting in a value of 22.1 mag under CC70%, 21.4 mag under CC80% and brighter than 20.4 mag under CCany (see extinctions for the different cloud cover percentile here). In the 1 fiber mode (four-slice mode), GRACES can deliver a S/N of 1 in 1 hour for a target as faint as 21.4 mag.
We determined system throughput based on the same Feige 66 observations that were used for sensitivity. We compared the measured flux with that from a standard Feige 66 spectrum calibrated to the flux of photons hitting the primary mirror. This standard spectrum comes from Hubble space telescope observations (SFeige66) available in the literature (Oke 1990, AJ, 99, 1621) to which we apply a coefficient to correct for the atmosphere extinction. In summary:
where μ is the air mass and Aλ is the extinction coefficient from Béland (1988).
Our results show that 10-14% of the photons with wavelength between 600-800 nm that hit the Gemini North mirror get to the ESPaDOnS detector in the 2 fiber mode. In the 1 fiber mode, the same amount of light gets to the detector, but since the resolution element is smaller, we get values of 8-11%.
We can translate these results into the S/N one should expect for their observation. To give an idea of GRACES performance in both spectroscopic mode, here is the S/N reached for a flat spectrum of different magnitudes after a 1 hour exposure in the 1 fiber (left) and the 2 fiber (right) modes:
These results can be compared with the performance of other high-resolution spectrographs on 8-10m telescopes. Here is the S/N obtained after a 1 hour observation of the star Feige 66 with GRACES (2 fiber mode, in black), HIRES (in green) and UVES (in blue):
One can see that all spectra are comparable. The HIRES and UVES spectra were modified to correspond to the GRACES resolution and the weather conditions when the GRACES spectrum was observed. More details about this comparison can be provided by the instrument team upon request.
You may be interested also to read about the effect of Atmospheric Differential refraction (GMOS page).


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BY HAROLD L. COLTMAN Manager, Management Advisory Services, Portland Office
Presented before the Annual Convention of Oregon Consumer Finance Association, Portland— October 1960
BUSINESS PLANNING can be defined as the process of selecting the course of action to be followed after evaluating all reasonable alternatives. Thus, sound comprehensive business plans determine the business that a company will be in, set the direction in which it will go, and fix the activities that will be carried out.
The key planning decisions in any given situation can be grouped into two broad categories: (1) one-time or irregularly recurring decisions on major alternative courses of action, and (2) decisions reflected in the annual operating plans of the business.
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In this area of one-time, irregularly recurring decisions, economic analyses and revenue—cost-profit projections are essential to reaching an informed decision on a specific planning proposal. It requires the development of basic procedures and techniques that will enable the company to reach fact-founded decisions on a continuing basis. For example, analytical procedures must be worked out and followed for the different types of one-time decisions. These would specify the factors to be considered, the data to be gathered, and the manner in which the data are to be analyzed and evaluated. In addition, it is necessary to set approval limits and establish reviewing authorities. Finally a reporting system must be designed to enable management to appraise their planning effectiveness—over all and in terms of specific projects.


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Our best-selling Portside Outdoor Collection gets a modern update with a sleek aluminum frame. Perfect for backyard BBQs or summer soirees, this outdoor table is roomy enough for parties of eight and features a rust-proof frame.
- 72"w x 36"d x 29"h.
- Aluminum with a powder-coated Antique Bronze finish.
- Coordinates with west elm's Portside Outdoor Dining Bench (sold separately).
- Aluminum furniture may get hot in direct sunlight; ours cools quickly in the shade thanks to its construction.
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FIFA 08 on the PlayStation Portable challenges players to master the skills required to play like a pro soccer player. Fans around the world can experience the same highs and lows of real-world players and tackle the challenges they face on a daily basis. FIFA Soccer 08 puts you on the pitch to defy the odds, perfect your skills, elevate your game and rise up to win glory for your club.
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For those who are deep into the EA sports, they will definitely enjoy PSPs Fifa Soccer 08. It is quite obvious that the developer knew what to do with their hardware and it would not be fair to call this PSP offering a disappointment. The gamer can enjoy playing a handheld football game which offers a satisfying online multiplayer mode. There are also the multiple game modes which data can be easily transferred on to the PSP 2. Although this handheld version does not level up to the home console version, this is definitely a fun game to play.
A lot of EA Sports has been crammed exclusively into the PSP. There are the basic offerings of quick matches and tournaments, but the auxiliary modes add a lot to the appeal for the games. One good example is the football IQ where there is a short quiz about football and the player gets to answer and earn points. If the questions are answered well then the team can dribble the ball in the direction of the goal but if the answer is wrong, then the ball can roll away from the said goal. In order for the ball to reach the goal successfully, the gamer has to answer two difficult trivia questions. Of course the question starts off really easy but as the levels increase so does the level of difficulty.
For those who have no internet connection, this should not pose a problem for them. There are a lot of features which do not need the internet. These features are carried over from the previous versions like the challenge mode and the manager mode. The challenge mode is now bigger and exciting while the manager mode gives the player the chance to manage their own club including the training of the players as well as having to deal with the pesky media.
The Fifa 08 also includes numerous mini games like juggling which is very similar to that of the Wii version. Then there are the old training games where the goal is to keep the ball up in the air for a very long time. There is also the Wall attack where the player has to volley the ball up against a wall and needs to knock down brick in order to score some points. To make it more challenging, there are bricks with symbols which need to be knocked down.
Although the Fifa 08 offers a lot of great features, some would criticize the gameplay itself and could even label it as a game which lacks solidity. They would also be quick to mention the imperfect control system which is basically really the fault of the PSP itself. There are also times where the animation can appear blocky or pixelated during the game. Otherwise, this is a fun game and should not be disappointing for those who do not mind a PSP quirk or two.
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The benefit of this tiered approach is that it allows you to remain in the same community even if you need more care in the future.
For example, if you move into an independent living apartment in a CCRC, but then later need help with bathing and taking your medicines, you can typically transition to assisted living within the same community. Likewise, if you move to assisted living, but reach a point where you require skilled nursing care, you can usually stay in the same community.
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Ski industry needs to rethink its energy use
Re: "Stewards of our mountains; Colorado ski industry backs Ritter's climate action plan," Nov. 9 guest commentary.
The ski industry burns coal by the megaton to make snow. Some resorts have attempted to divert attention from this fact by bottom- feeding in the renewable energy credit market and then claiming to use 100 percent emissions-free electricity or claiming to be 100 percent wind-powered.
The resort industry is characterized by outdoor swimming pools heated to bathtub temperatures in the dead of mountain winters, millions of square feet of climate-controlled residential real estate that is vacant 80 percent of the year, etc.
There is a certain amount of irony here: The ski world is the injured party and the beneficiary of the excesses of cheap fossil fuels.
We all need to step up and rethink our relationship with energy – how much we use and where it comes from. The ski industry, in particular, needs to put down the goon ray and make some forward- thinking decisions about its role in the climate picture.
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(Reuters) - National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell said league owners are considering an expanded playoff format and that he would like to see franchises in Los Angeles and London.
Nearly every game during the final week of the NFL's 2013 regular season had playoff implications and Goodell said the league needs to maintain that competitiveness, and expanding the current 12-team postseason format could be the answer.
"That is under serious consideration," Goodell told an event in New York on Tuesday. "One of the great things about the NFL other than it's unscripted is that every team starts the season with hope."
While Goodell admitted that NFL owners are considering the addition of two wild-card teams to the playoff mix, he did not offer a timeline for when such a change would occur.
He did, however, offer support for basing teams in London, where the NFL has held a regular season game each year beginning with the 2007 season, and Los Angeles, where the league has been without a team since 1995.
Los Angeles has been the largest U.S. market without an NFL team since the Raiders left for Oakland nearly 20 years ago.
The NFL's International Series, which began in 2007 with one game per season at London's Wembley Stadium, was created to help grow the league's fan base. The game's regularly attract crowds of over 80,000 and three games will be held at Wembley in 2014.
"I think it's possible if we continue to have success in London that we would have a franchise there," said Goodell, who did not express a preference for which city - London or Los Angeles - might land an NFL franchise first.
"I don't know which will be first and I'm not sure I care. I'd like to see if we can be successful in both ultimately."
With New Jersey set to host the NFL's first cold-weather Super Bowl on February 2, Goodell said there is no guarantee other cities in cold climates with outdoor stadiums will get the chance to host the league's championship game.
The New York and New Jersey area were awarded hosting rights for the Super Bowl back in 2010 with a bid that trumped others in projected economic benefit for the league and ticket sales.
"This is obviously innovative and it's something new but it's also unique because it's New York," said Goodell.
"Every city can't host a Super Bowl just because of the sheer enormity of this event. And it's not just a football game. We have a week full of events, we probably have well over 150,000 coming in to the New York region for this event."
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You know I couldn't make lessons out of all those Gravity Falls characters without making a lesson on "how to draw Robbie", step by step. Every main character has to have an enemy and for Dipper it's Robbie. Being archenemies with Robbie is pretty difficult because he is what you call an antagonizer. I don't know for sure, but I think Wendy and Robbie broke up. The last few episodes I watched with my litter sister, Wendy wasn't dating Robbie. Anyways, everyone knows that Wendy is fifteen, but how many of you know how old Robbie is? I was thinking he is seventeen, but now I'm starting to think he might be older. Anyways, have fun drawing Robbie folks, I know you will because the animated series is pretty good. Peace people and enjoy!
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id8, founded in 2011 by well-known Silicon Valley entrepreneur Blake Krikorian, develops apps that let users control their home entertainment, lighting, security and other in-house systems from a mobile device. Its $99 R2 Control for Crestron app, for instance, gives users control over systems integrated into a Crestron control panel from an Android Phone.
The deal was reported Wednesday by The Wall Street Journal, and was unconfirmed by Microsoft as of early Thursday. Financial details were not reported. The newspaper also reported that Apple and Google also were in talks to acquire id8.
Krikorian is best known as the founder of Sling Media, the creator of the mobile TV controller Slingbox. Sling was sold to EchoStar in 2007. Krikorian was also, until late December, a member of Amazon's board. In a sign that a move was afoot, Amazon recently filed a document with the Securities and Exchange Commission that indicated Krikorian was stepping down.
"On December 26, 2012, Blake Krikorian informed Amazon.com, Inc. that he was resigning from the Board of Directors effective immediately," Amazon reported in an 8-K filing. The filing indicates that Krikorian may be set to join Amazon rival Microsoft. The Journal reported that Krikorian would bring a small team to Redmond. Amazon and Microsoft compete in cloud services and in the tablet hardware market.
[ Will Microsoft introduce more hardware products beyond Surface? CEO Steve Ballmer suggests it's likely. ]
id8's software would fit with Microsoft's goal of making its products the center of the digital home. Through its Xbox 360 and Xbox Live products, Microsoft's customers can play games, stream movies and TV shows, communicate with each other through chat and IM and conduct Web searches. id8's apps could extend the company's footprint into home automation products that let users control heat, light, security and other systems from virtually anywhere. Such systems also have applications in the commercial real estate market.
An obvious first step if the deal is completed would be for id8 to develop apps for Windows Phone 8 smartphones and Windows 8 tablets, both of which need more apps if they're to successfully go head to head with Apple and Android devices. Microsoft, which has signaled its intention to become a bigger player in hardware, could also build remote control devices around id8's software.


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Humayun born March 6, 1508 , Kabul, India died January 1556 , Delhi
Humayun was the second Moghul ruler of India, who was more an adventurer than a consolidator of his empire. The son and successor of Babur, who had founded the Moghul dynasty, Humayun ruled from 1530 to 1540 and again from 1555 to 1556.
Humayun inherited the hope rather than the fact of empire, because the Afghans and Rajputs were merely restrained but not reconciled to Moghul supremacy by the Moghul victories at Panipat (1526), Khanua (1527), and the Ghaghara (1529). Bahadur Shah of Gujarat, encouraged by Afghan and Moghul émigrés, challenged the Moghuls in Rajasthan; and, although Humayun occupied Gujarat in 1535, the danger there ended only with Bahadur's death in 1537. Meanwhile, a Sur Afghan soldier of fortune, Sher Shah, had consolidated his power in Bihar and Bengal and defeated Humayun at Chausa in 1539 and at Kannauj in 1540, expelling him from India.
Humayun became a homeless wanderer, seeking support first in Sind, then in Marwar, and then in Sind again; his famous son, Akbar, was born in 1542. Reaching Iran in 1544, Humayun was granted military aid by Shah Tahmasp and went on to conquer Qandahar (1545) and to seize Kabul three times from his own disloyal brother, Kamran, the final time being in 1550. Taking advantage of civil wars among the descendants of Sher Shah, Humayun captured Lahore in February 1555, and, after defeating Sikandar Sur, the rebel Afghan governor of the Punjab, at Sirhind, he recovered Delhi and Agra that July. Humayun was fatally injured by falling down the staircase of his library.


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The Cherner Chair… one of my first Mid-Century Modern (MCM) loves. Everything about it makes me stop and gaze.
But did you know there was controversy behind this one, too?
The story actually makes me feel protective of the Cherner Chair…
If you see this chair identified as Plycraft's Rockwell chair, that's because of this Norman Rockwell illustration.
Which was featured on the front page of the Saturday Evening Post, September 1961.
The painting is not the problem. In fact, it's kind of fun… but then that's the nature of Rockwell's work. No, it's the fact that the Cherner Chair is sometimes referred to as the Plycraft Chair.
Without getting into the long details (read them here), the short version is that Norman Cherner had been hired by Plycraft's Paul Goldman to design a sturdier version of George Nelson and team's Pretzel Chair. It was Nelson's recommendation that Cherner and Goldman collaborate…
When Cherner presented Goldman with his design he was told the project was scrapped. Lo and behold, six months later, Cherner saw the chair on a showroom floor for sale! The label indicated the chair was from Plycraft with the design attributed to "Bernardo". Cherner sued Plycraft and won… And, Goldman admitted that Bernardo was a fictitious name. Seriously!
In the end Plycraft was still legally allowed to produce the Cherner Chair, but had to pay Cherner royalties and give him proper credit. If you see the Cherner Chair identified as the Plycraft Chair, or the Plycraft Rockwell Chair, this is how that came to be… but not the way it needs to be.
Isn't this a great space?
There's always a story behind every piece!
But here's another story that's a bit more amusing, and certainly illustrates a stroke of luck.
Notice the Cherner Chairs?
Well they were found sitting beside a dumpster by this gentleman, Chris Gulley. Yes, that's right. A dumpster! Can you imagine? And they have been verified as authentic 1958 Cherner Chairs. And just to put perspective on the dollar value of this lucky discovery, a Cherner reproduction is worth upwards of $1000. So an authentic Cherner… well, you do the math!
Unmistakable, shapely, and innovative…
Do you see the Cherner chair a little differently now?
Isn't it amazing how powerful a story can be? Thank you Norman Cherner for such a gorgeous design!
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