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The Center for Emerging Technologies and Entrepreneurial Studies (CETES) located at Cameron University presents Tech Night on Tuesday, September 17, from 6-9 p.m. This month's presentation features Craig Martin of Newline Interactive, who will provide a demonstration of the TruTouch hardware and IdeaMax Whiteboard Software that is now available in the conference room at CETES. Video-conferencing and Newline's Wireless Module (W.I.P.S.) will also be demonstrated. The session will take place in Room 207 at CETES and will include a Q&A session as well as a hands-on opportunity during which attendees can try the TruTouch. Tech Night is open to the public at no charge.
"CETES is pleased to offer this demonstration to the Lawton-Fort Sill community," says Arun Tilak, Director. "I hope to encourage business leaders and community organizations to utilize this technology at CETES. It increases productivity and allows for more effective meetings and presentations to participants who are present or even at remote locations with Internet connectivity."
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Car Insurance Tips - Worst-Case Scenario
Think It Can't Happen To You? Think Again. Make Sure Your Ride Is Properly Insured With These Tips.
You really have to feel pity for "the other guy." He's the one you always hear about, and bad luck seems to be his constant companion. Maybe his car was stolen, wrecked in a crash, or burnt to a cinder in a fire. May 5, 2007, was the day I became the other guy. I had just taken my '68 Camaro out of the shop, and was finishing the last details. Two weeks on the road and 500 miles on the odometer was all I got to enjoy before an inattentive driver crushed my car, along with my hopes of a summer filled with cruising. I was just happy the guy had insurance, and that I wasn't on a gurney. I was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, and it can happen to anyone.
In a way, I lucked out. I was zero percent at fault, and the other guy had a good policy through State Farm. My car was also freshly done and heavily documented. The rough estimate to fix the carnage was $35,000, and State Farm offered $21,000 to fix it, to which I chuckled. Insurance companies are not used to dealing with classics-they generally deal with wrecked Toyota Camrys. Because of this, their labor rates are based on "production shops," and not shops that do classic cars. They wanted to pay $48 an hour for the repair, but our shop charges $75 an hour. Again, since I wasn't at fault, I was in a good position to negotiate my point. After several more discussions between the adjuster, the estimator, and my shop, State Farm agreed to fix the car at our chosen shop. They also agreed to our shop's labor rate, so long as all the work would be documented. Don't be afraid to argue your case with the insurance company, and if you feel you're in the right, there's always small claims court as a last resort. Consider this a victory for the little guy. But there are so many ways this could have gone badly-very, very badly.
The GPS Snitch Protecting your car can be as expensive as an alarm system, or as low-buck as a cleverly hidden kill switch. Neither will protect you from a pro with a flatbed, but every bit helps. Another option is a GPS tracking device. A brand-new one we like a lot is called the GPS Snitch, sold through MuscleRodz. It can be hidden anywhere, and is programmable to call your cell phone if your car is tampered with. Once notified, you can pop online to see exactly where your car is, and, if necessary, notify the cops. Or take matters into your own hands, if you prefer. Look for a story on the GPS Snitch in an upcoming issue of PHR.
Fickle Finger Of Fault There are two things that determine how well things will work out for you if something happens to your ride: fault and insurance. If the accident is your fault, then the quality of your insurance comes into play. If it's the fault of another party, then their insurance matters most. Nonetheless, even if you bear no fault in the accident, you can still get hosed if the other person is uninsured or under-insured. In this case, your insurance comes back into play, but only if you have uninsured motorist coverage.
When buying insurance for your musclecar, assume you'll use it. Buy it like you know that any accident will be your fault, and that the other party thinks insurance is something only bought at the blackjack table. Going cheap on auto insurance is a bad investment. If the guy that hit us was uninsured, we would've been in much worse shape, because we hadn't yet upped the Camaro's coverage.
"Stated" Versus"Agreed" ValueThe most important part of your insurance is whether your car is covered under a "stated" or "agreed" value policy, and it's critical that you know what your current policy is. Many people are in a cleverly worded stated-value plan, and mistakenly think they have an agreed-value policy. We asked McKeel Hagerty, CEO of Hagerty Insurance, about the differences. "Both stated-value and agreed-value policies can cover a collector vehicle for its full value," he says. "But because stated-value policies are only required to pay up to that amount at the time of a total loss, there is still wiggle room for the insurance company. Only agreed-value policies guarantee that a collector will be fully paid in the event of a loss. This is why we only sell agreed-value policies." The wiggle room mentioned here is where you can really get screwed. According to Chuck Wasoski of Grundy Worldwide, "In a stated-value policy, the insurance company will pay the lesser of the stated value, the cost to repair the covered auto but not to exceed the stated value, or the actual cash value. With the agreed-value policy, the insurance company would either pay the total agreed amount, or the cost to repair the auto (not to exceed the agreed amount)."
As you can see from the stated-value plan, the insurance company can always exercise the "or" option, and opt to pay you based on the actual cash value. This isn't the same as the value you stated-it's what they think the car is worth. After all, they never agreed with you about the value of your ride in the first place, they merely wrote you a policy for what you stated it was worth. Get the picture?
Some people have neither of these policies, and just add their classic car to the policy covering their daily drivers. In these cases, the insurance company is most likely going to pay based on Blue Book value. Good luck convincing them to cover that new 383 stroker motor you dropped in last month. To them, it's just an old car with little worth. What's the moral of this story? Go with an agreed-value policy, or suffer the potential consequences.
Specialty Insurance Classic musclecars are all the rage, and given their surge in popularity, many traditional insurance companies are getting into the collector coverage game. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, except that their appraisal and claims departments are sometimes geared more toward normal cars-not one-of-a-kind customs. According to Hagerty, "While several of the general auto insurance companies now offer agreed-value policies and try to convince collectors that a multi-policy discount is the way to go, they are really not in this business, and their claims handling would prove it. The big companies are great at regular cars, but classic cars need special attention."
At Grundy, Wasoski echoed this idea. "The advantages with a specialty company will basically come down to cost," he says. "Collector rates could be as much as 75 percent less than standard car insurance companies. If a claim occurs, a collector car insurance company has more experience with how to handle it properly."
Protecting Against Theft It's said that the best defense is a strong offense, and this is true of protecting the investment in your hot rod as well. Having your ride swiped is about as bad as it gets, for several reasons. First, in most cases, the insurance company will want to wait a certain amount of time (sometimes several months) to see if your car is recovered. Second, you will only have documentation like receipts and pictures to argue what the car's worth. Having a current appraisal or an agreed-value policy will really help in this regard, but it's no guarantee. Take the time to make your car a less tempting target. While no single thing will make you 100 percent safe, there are a few tricks that may convince the crook to move on to an easier target.
Limits On Use One way specialty insurance companies can charge you lower rates is by putting rules into place that limit the chances for a claim. Many companies place restrictions on how many miles you can drive your car each year; but other companies, like Hagerty and Grundy, don't have actual mileage limitations-they have limits on use. Both want to know that this isn't your primary means of transportation, and that it's mostly used as a hobby. Both also want your ride stored in an enclosed garage, and neither will cover you at the race track. Almost all specialty insurance companies have some restrictions. In general, we found that as restrictions decrease, cost increases-and quickly. Shop around and find a company that will sell you an agreed-value policy at a price you can afford, with restrictions that work for you.
It's important to note that racing modifications are a touchy area. Some specialty companies won't insure a car with a rollcage or nitrous, while others will make you sign a statement that you won't race the car. Again, when shopping around, it's critical that you ask questions specific to the way you use your car. We asked Hagerty about his take on modified cars, and he said, "We are definitely more cautious about certain types of racing modifications. We have a fairly strict racing restriction in the policy, so we are not too concerned about racing itself when people are open about it, because we simply do not cover racing losses. Nitrous is a bit of a special case, as we have seen spectacular losses resulting from faulty installations and poor storage and handling. So we will not currently insure vehicles that have active nitrous systems. We will occasionally make exceptions if a vehicle has the system but it isn't activated." When we called Grundy for a quote, it didn't exclude cars that have nitrous from coverage, but when hearing of our Camaro with a rollcage, we would have had to sign a letter stating we wouldn't race it. Like we said, shop around for a company that fits your automotive lifestyle. If you find a smaller company willing to cover your 10-second street car-even at the track-be sure to dig around about its rating and how good its service is on claims. Only go with companies that have an A or A+ rating. It won't matter how good the policy sounds if it can't, or won't, pay out on a claim.
Heacock Classic insurance does it a bit differently. With this company, you buy your policy based on use (1,000, 3,000, or 5,000 miles, for example). According to its underwriting manager, Gary Gandy, "We are less concerned with racing-style modifications than we are with the way the car is used. We won't cover a stripped race car with license plates, but we have no problem with a modified street car." Grundy also allows for liberal pleasure cruising, and will cover your drive to the track-but don't expect coverage in the staging lanes and on the track. Want to take the wife for a spur-of-the-moment cruise up the coast? No problem. Just don't drive it to work or to Home Depot for a load of lumber.
Remember, you ask plenty of questions when shopping for insurance. Find out if your car is covered if parked overnight at a hotel. It would sure be a buzz kill if you couldn't attend a multi-day event like the Power Tour because of an insurance restriction. Also, ask if they offer discounts for security systems like alarms and GPS tracking devices.
Appraisals The amount for which you need to insure your car is determined by its value. Many specialty companies don't require you to get an official appraisal; instead, they rely on what the owner feels their car is worth. Hagerty tells PHR, "We work very closely with owners to make sure they feel completely covered before we issue a policy. When someone has no clue what their car is worth, we often suggest a value range. Because hot rods and customs are unique by nature, we sometimes have the owners complete a worksheet to help us understand what the car actually is, and how much went into it. Only on very rare occasions do we require an appraisal from a certified appraiser." If you bought your hot rod already built, then you can go by the bill of sale for value. Even if not required, having your ride appraised can serve as proof of its value in case of loss. It's also a good idea to keep detailed records with pictures and receipts. Just make sure you keep that information in a safe spot where your wife can't find it.
The Bottom Line Do your research and shop around. Besides the big guys, there are many smaller companies providing specialty policies. We didn't find any that would cover a car while it's racing-and who can blame them? Nonetheless, we did find some that would cover your trip to the track, and even cover you while in the pits or paddock. One such company was Heacock Classic. We asked Gandy what tip he would offer to someone shopping for coverage, and he said, "People often get too fixated on covering the car, and forget to get enough liability and uninsured motorist coverage. This coverage should be the same as that which you carry on your daily driver." You also need to look at all the benefits each policy offers. For example, Grundy and Hagerty both offer roadside assistance for an extra fee, whereas Heacock Classic includes this at no additional cost. When comparing prices, make sure you're doing a fair "apples-to-apples" comparison. A cheaper policy isn't necessarily a better deal if it offers less protection or fewer benefits.


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Ask the Critic: Where Do You Actually Like to Drink?
You have restaurant questions? We have answers. Where to take a dinner date? Restaurants good for parents or picky eaters? Food etiquette? Food and restaurant writer Carey Jones answers your questions. Email [email protected] to submit.
Editor's note: Here to answer your questions is senior managing editor, former SENY editor, and frequent author of our NYC restaurant reviews Carey Jones. We'll take a few of your questions each week and give you the New York restaurant advice you're looking for. Email [email protected] with the subject line Ask the Critic to submit your question!
Where Do You Actually Like To Drink?
Hey there Carey. You do a lot of cocktail writing on the site. I love those articles and all the cocktail porn, I definitely have a cocktail geek side, but to me, there's a big difference between a bar with good drinks and a bar I actually want to drink at, ya know? I'll pay for a good cocktail but not if there are lines and snotty bartenders. Where are the bars you go to hang out at?
You couldn't be more correct: There's a huge distinction between bars with great cocktails and bars I really want to hang out at.
For instance: Unless I'm writing about it, I never go to Death + Co. It's not about their cocktails, which are beautifully crafted, or their prices, which aren't anything unusual these days. It's that I don't like waiting in line. I don't like going down the block for a pre-drink drink and constantly watching my phone for a "You're allowed in!" phone call. I don't like sitting at a tiny table in a dark room. I don't feel like I can get drunk there! I feel like I'm supposed to whisper and gaze deeply into my whiskey and think important thoughts.
That said, I'm not in the camp that believes only grimy dives can allow a good time. The Tippler, below Chelsea Market, is an invitingly dark cavern with excellent cocktails, highbrow frozen cocktails (!), and a generally relaxed vibe. Ward III in Tribeca has a great energy whether it's packed to the gills or just a few at the bar, and the drinks are the equal of any better-known bar in town. Even Employees Only, which is often mentioned as one of New York's best cocktail bars in the same breath as Death + Co., has always struck me as much more relaxed.
*Disclosure: I'm friends with the owners, but like the bar just as much when I don't know anyone behind the bar or on the floor.
But I don't only drink at craft cocktail bars, either. I like the $20 caipirinha pitchers at Beco in Williamsburg and $6 cucumber margaritas at Ofrenda. I like frozen Dark and Stormys and big outdoor tables at Battery Harris under the BQE. I like the $5 beer + shot special at Pork Slope and the beer-whiskey-patio triad at Hot Bird. I like long afternoons drinking in the light-filled Radegast or the friendly Pacific Standard or the backyard at St. Anselm. I love Sharlene's on Flatbush Avenue, which I consider the perfect neighborhood bar (and considered my second living room for four years).
I like finding out-of-the-way wine bars where people know their shit, like Owl's Head in Bay Ridge. And I like late-night weeknights at Wilfie & Nell or Daddy-O's (and weeknights only; Wilfie is great at 3 a.m. on Wednesday, crazy-sloppy at 3 a.m. on Saturday).
And I love the awesomely grimy, exquisitely old-school Montero's on far west Atlantic Avenue, with karaoke on the weekends where people sing "Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)" with no irony whatsoever.
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GREENWOOD, S.C. – No. 7 Georgia College senior Joe Young (Cochran, Ga.) shot a final-round 68 Tuesday to take the individual title at the Bearcat Golf Classic. Young's first title of the season powered GC to a third-place finish.
Young paired his 70 yesterday with today's 68, finishing six under par to win the individual championship by two strokes. The two-time All-American beat a four-way tie for second, including Carson-Newman College's Gavin Hay, Ben Lown of Newberry College, John McCurry of UNC Pembroke, and Ryan Sevigny of Queens University.
GC's 287 combined with yesterday's 289 for even par on the par-72, 6,800-yard Greenwood Country Club course. UNCP took top honors at two-under par, with C-N finishing second at one-under.
Classmate Billy Shida (Berkeley Lakes, Ga.) joined Young in the top-10, taking sixth at three-under with rounds of 71 and 70. Sophomore Patrick Garrett (Kennesaw, Ga.) was 36th, carding rounds of 76 and 73 for five-over par.
Sophomore Taylor Smith (Mansfield, Ga.) took the 46th slot, finishing at six-over par with rounds of 73 and 77. Freshman Gavin Harper (Twin City, Ga.) was a slot behind with rounds of 75 and 76, finishing 54th.
Playing as an individual, senior Matthew Yonz (Waycross, Ga.) was also seven over par posting a 74 and 77.
The Bobcats are back in action Monday, April 11 at the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Championships in Savannah, Ga.
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Nickname: *Pythagoras in boots*
Club: AFC Ajax (1969/1974) | FC Barcelona (1974)
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- Hendrik Johannes Cruijff (born 25 April 1947), commonly known as Johan Cruyff, is a former Dutch footballer and manager. He was named European Footballer of the Year three times (1971, 1973, 1974) which is a record jointly held with Michel Platini, and Marco van Basten. Cruyff was the most famous exponent of the football philosophy known as Total Football, explored by Rinus Michels and is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time.
After his retirement from playing in 1984, Cruyff became highly successful as manager of Ajax and later Barcelona; he remains an influential advisor to both clubs. His son, Jordi, also went on to play football professionally.
In 1999, Cruyff was voted European Player of the Century in an election held by the IFFHS, and came second behind Pelé in their World Player of the Century poll. He came third in a vote organised by the French weekly magazine France Football consulting their former Ballon d'Or winners to elect their Football Player of the Century.
On 2 November 2009 Cruyff was named as the head coach of the Catalonia national football team in place of Pere Gratacòs. This is the first coaching job in the last thirteen years.
Style of play
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- Through his career, Cruyff became synonymous with the playing style of "Total Football". It is a system where a player who moves out of his position is replaced by another from his team, thus allowing the team to retain their intended organizational structure. In this fluid system no footballer is fixed in their intended outfield role; anyone can be successively an attacker, a midfielder and a defender. The style was honed by Ajax coach Rinus Michels around the time Cruyff came to prominence.
Strictly speaking, Cruyff played centre forward in this system. But he would drop deep to confuse his markers or suddenly move to the wing with devastating effect. No one had seen a centre forward like that before. Due to the way Cruyff played his game he is still referred to as "the total footballer."
Cruyff was known for his technical ability, speed and acceleration, but his greatest quality was vision, based on an acute sense of his team-mates' positions as an attack unfolded. The sports writer David Miller believed Cruyff superior to any previous player in his ability to extract the most from others. He dubbed him "Pythagoras in boots" for the complexity and precision of his angled passes and wrote: "Few have been able to exact, both physically and mentally, such mesmeric control on a match from one penalty area to another."
Cruyff also perfected a move now known as the "Cruyff Turn." To do this move, Cruyff would look to pass or cross the ball. However, instead of kicking it, he would drag the ball behind his planted foot with the inside of his other foot and turn through 180 degrees and accelerate away outside a defender.
Club career
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- Cruyff played for Ajax, Barcelona, Los Angeles Aztecs, Washington Diplomats, Levante, and Feyenoord during his career.
AFC Ajax
Cruyff joined Ajax youth system on his 10th birthday. He made his first team debut on 15 November 1964 in the Eredivisie, against Groningen, scoring the only goal for Ajax in a 3–1 defeat. That year Ajax finished in their lowest position since the establishment of professional football, 13th. Cruyff really started to make an impression in the 1965–66 season. Cruyff established himself as a regular first team player after scoring two goals against Door Wilskracht Sterk in the Olympic stadion on 24 October 1965 (in a 2–0 victory). In the seven games that winter he scored eight times and in March 1966 he scored the first three goals in a league game against Telstar (6–2 win). Four days later, in a cup game against BV Veendam (7–0 win), he scored four goals. In total that season, Cruyff scored 25 goals in 23 games, and Ajax won the league championship.
In the 1966-1967 season, Ajax again won the league championship, but also won the KNVB Cup, for Cruyff's first "double." Cruyff ended the season as the leading goalscorer in the Eredivisie with 33.
Cruyff won the league for the third successive year in the 1967–68 season. He was also named Dutch footballer of the year for the second successive time, a feat he would repeat in 1969. On 28 May 1969, Cruyff played in his first European Cup final against AC Milan, but the Italian team ended up winning 4-1.
In the 1969–70 season, Cruyff won his second league and cup "double," but at the beginning of the 1970-1971 season, Cruyff suffered a long-term groin injury. He made his comeback on 30 October 1970 against PSV. In this game, he did not wear his usual number 9, which was in use by Gerrie Mühren, but instead used number 14. Ajax won the game 1–0. Although it was very uncommon in those days for the starters of a game not to play with numbers 1 to 11, from that moment onwards, Cruyff's number was 14, even using the number with the Dutch national team. There has even been a documentary on Cruyff titled Nummer 14 Johan Cruyff and in his native Holland there is a magazine by Voetbal International titled "Nummer 14".
In a league game against AZ '67 on 29 November 1970, Cruyff scored no less than six goals in an 8–1 victory. After winning a replayed KNVB Cup final against Sparta Rotterdam by a score of 2–1, Ajax won in Europe for the first time. On 2 June 1971, in London, Ajax won the European Cup by defeating Panathinaikos 2–0. In spite of speculation that Cruyff would move to another club (Feyenoord and Barcelona were interested) on 12 July 1971, he signed a seven-year contract at Ajax. At the end of the season, he became not only the Dutch, but also the European Footballer of the Year for 1971.
1972 was a particular successful year for Ajax and Cruyff. Ajax won a second European Cup, beating Internazionale 2–0 in the final, with Cruyff scoring both goals. This victory prompted Dutch newspapers to announce the demise of the Italian style of defensive football in the face of Total Football. Soccer: The Ultimate Encyclopaedia says: "Single-handed, Cruyff not only pulled Internazionale of Italy apart in the 1972 European Cup Final, but scored both goals in Ajax's 2–0 win." Cruyff also scored in the 3–2 victory over ADO Den Haag in the KNVB Cup final. In the league, Cruyff was the top scorer with 25 goals as Ajax became champions. In the autumn, Ajax won the Intercontinental Cup, beating Argentina's Independiente (1–1 and 3–0) and then in January 1973, they won the European Super Cup by beating Rangers 3–1 away and 3–2 in Amsterdam. Curiously, Cruyff's only own goal came on 20 August 1972 against FC Amsterdam. A week later, against Go Ahead Eagles (6–0), Cruyff scored four times for Ajax. The 1972–73 season was concluded with the another league championship victory and a third successive Europe Cup (Ajax — Juventus 1–0).
In the summer of 1973, Cruyff was sold to Barcelona for 6 million guilder (approx. US$ 2 million, circa 1973). On 19 August 1973, he played his last match for Ajax (Ajax — FC Amsterdam 6–1), the 2nd match of the 1973–74 season.
FC Barcelona
At Barcelona, Cruyff quickly won over the Barça fans when he told the European press he chose Barça over Real Madrid because he could not play for a club associated with the Spanish dictator Francisco Franco. He further endeared himself when he chose a Catalan name Jordi for his son. He helped the club win La Liga for the first time since 1960, along the way defeating Real Madrid 5–0 at their home of Bernabéu. He was also crowned European Footballer of the Year.
During his time at Barcelona, Cruyff scored one of his most famous goals, The 'Phantom' Goal. In a game against Atlético de Madrid, Cruyff leapt into the air, twisted his body so he was facing away from the goal, and kicked the ball past Miguel Reina in the Atlético Madrid goal with his right heel (the ball was at about neck height and had already traveled wide of the far post). The goal was featured in the documentary En un momento dado, in which fans of Cruyff attempted to recreate that moment. The goal has been dubbed Le but impossible de Cruyff (Cruyff's impossible goal).[citation needed]
Note that Cruyff played two games with Paris Saint-Germain in 1975 during the Paris tournament. On loan from Barcelona to 10,000,000 francs, it was unfortunately booed by the Parc des Princes in its output when the defeat of the french club against Valencia. The Dutch player had only agreed because he was a fan of designer Daniel Hechter, who was then president of PSG.
United States
At the age of 32, he signed a lucrative deal with the Los Angeles Aztecs of the North American Soccer League (NASL). He had previously been rumored to be joining the New York Cosmos but the deal did not materialize. However, he did play exhibition games for the Cosmos. He stayed at the Aztecs for only one season, but was voted NASL Player of the Year in that time. The following season he moved to play for the Washington Diplomats; he played the whole 1980 campaign for Washington, leaving soon after the start of the 1981 season.
Back in the Netherlands
After his spell in the USA and a short-lived stay at UD Levante in Spain, Cruyff returned to play in his homeland, rejoining Ajax on 30 November 1980 as "technical advisor" of trainer Leo Beenhakker, Ajax being 8th in the ranking of the table of the Dutch League then after 13 games. Ajax would finish 2nd in 1980–81 in June 1981 after 34 games. In January 1981, Cruyff played three friendly matches for DS'79 from Dordrecht. In March 1981, Cruyff started to play for Levante, a Spanish 2nd Division club. The club did not keep the financial agreements, however. In May 1981, Cruyff played as a guest player for AC Milan, in a tournament, but was injured. As a result, he missed almost all of the entire American soccer season thereafter. In December 1981, Cruyff signed a new contract as player for Ajax. His already since November 1980 expected return was on December 6, 1981 against Haarlem (4–1 home win), Cruyff scored the first goal. In the 1981–82 and 1982–83 seasons, Ajax, along with Cruyff, became league champions. In the 1982–83 season, Ajax also won the Dutch Cup (KNVB-Beker). One notable incident from this era was a famous goal he scored against Helmond Sport in 1982 while playing for Ajax. Cruyff scored a penalty the same way Rik Coppens had already done it 25 years earlier. He put the ball down as for a routine penalty kick, but instead of shooting at goal, Cruyff nudged the ball sideways to his Ajax teammate Jesper Olsen who in return passed it back to Cruyff who tapped the ball into the empty net, as Otto Versfeld, the bemused Helmond goalkeeper, looked on. At the end of the 1982–83 season, Ajax decided not to offer Cruyff a new contract. This angered Cruyff, who responded by signing for Ajax's archrivals Feyenoord. Cruyff's season at Feyenoord was a successful one in which the club won the Eredivisie for the first time in a decade, part of a league and cup double.
International career
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- As a Dutch international, Cruyff, played 48 matches, scoring 33 goals. In his second Dutch national team match, a friendly against Czechoslovakia, Cruyff was the first Dutch international to receive a red card. He received a one-year suspension from the Dutch KNVB.
Accusations of Cruyff's "aloofness" were not rebuffed by his habit of wearing a shirt with only two black stripes along the sleeves, as opposed to Adidas' usual design feature of three, worn by all the other Dutch players. Cruyff, however, had a separate sponsorship deal with Puma.
Cruyff led the Netherlands to a runners-up medal in the 1974 FIFA World Cup and was named the player of the tournament. Thanks to his team's mastery of Total Football, they coasted all the way to the final, knocking out Argentina (4–0), East Germany (2–0), and Brazil (2–0) along the way. Cruyff himself scored twice against Argentina in one of his team's most dominating performances, then he scored the second goal against Brazil to knock out the defending champions. The Netherlands faced hosts West Germany in the final. Cruyff kicked off and the ball was passed around the Oranje team 13 times before returning to Cruyff, who then went on a rush that eluded Berti Vogts and ended when he was fouled by Uli Hoeneß inside the box. Teammate Johan Neeskens scored from the spot kick to give the Netherlands a 1–0 lead, and the Germans had not even touched the ball. Only during the latter half of the final was his playmaking influence stifled by the effective marking of Berti Vogts, while Franz Beckenbauer, Uli Hoeneß, and Wolfgang Overath dominated the midfield, enabling West Germany to win 2–1. Cruyff received a yellow card during half time for talking to the referee.
Cruyff retired from international football in October 1977, having helped the national team qualify for the upcoming World Cup. Without him, the Netherlands finished runners-up in the World Cup again. Initially the reason given for missing the 1978 FIFA World Cup were political reasons given a military dictatorship was in power in Argentina at that time. In 2008, however, Cruyff stated to the journalist Antoni Bassas in Catalunya Ràdio, that he and his family were involved in a kidnap attempt in Barcelona a year before the tournament, and that this had caused his retirement. "To play a World Cup you have to be 200%, there are moments when there are other values in life."
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- World Cup: Runners Up (1974) :'(
European Cup: 3 times winner (1971, 1972, 1973)
Intercontinental Cup: Winner (1972)
Eredivisie: 9 times winner (1966, 1967, 1968, 1970. 1972, 1973, 1982, 1983, 1984)
Dutch Cup: 6 times winner (1967, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1983, 1984)
La Liga: Winner (1974)
Copa del Rey: Winner (1978)
European Footballer of the Year: 3 times winner (1971, 1973, 1974)
Eredivisie Topscorer: 2 times (1967, 1972)
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Of the 8 billion Galaxy branded devices that Samsung brought forth into being for IFA 2011, it was refreshing to get our hands on the XCover because it actually looked and felt different to the rest.
It's a tough phone, which is one of the things that accounts for the fact, but it's by no means an overly chunky, all-rubber, dulled out screen affair. In fact, if we hadn't have seen the name plate next to it on the show floor, we might never have guessed.
The Samsung Galaxy XCover is the first of the company's tough phones to receive the Galaxy name and, complete with the Android 2.3 OS on board, it's set to go head to head with Motorola's Defy+. It might not have quite as beefy a spec sheet as the Motorola - an 800MHz processor, a 3.65-inch LCD - but it does have that all important IP67 rating which means that you can throw it from things, drop it in things and cover it with things and it will still work.
More to the point, it's a tough phone and it doesn't look horrid. There's a slight tank-like look to its casing, thanks to the military striping on the sides where the outer is reinforced, and all the ports are flapped to stop water and dust doing their worst.
At the same time, the interface is good, the touchscreen responsive and there's even a rather nice utility chic appearance to the front face with the Android buttons embossed like gun metal. The XCover might not be as powerful as others in its class but, camouflaged as a civilian device, it looks as if it's a worthy SOB.


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The Accounting Historians Journal Vol. 8, No. 2 Fall 1981 J. R. Edwards and Alison Warman UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, CARDIFF DISCOUNTED CASH FLOW AND BUSINESS VALUATION IN A NINETEENTH CENTURY MERGER: A NOTE Abstract: In 1889 the Shelton Iron, Steel and Coal Company Limited was incorpo-rated to take over the assets and business activities of two existing companies. To guide the contracting parties in negotiating a price to be paid for the properties belonging to the Shelton Collieries and Ironworks an independent valuation was arranged by Deloitte, Dever, Griffiths & Co., later appointed auditors of the new company. The article comprises an appraisal of the valuation exercise, which is an early example of the use of a discounted cash flow technique to provide rele-vant information for a capital investment decision. Discounted cash flow (DCF) criteria have been applied to insur-ance matters and financial investments for several centuries, but it is only during the present century that they have gained wide-spread theoretical acceptance for capital investment purposes. Capital value theory was developed by economists such as Irving Fisher and Alfred Marshall in the 1920s, leading to formal exposi-tions of the net present value (NPV) rule and the internal rate of return (IRR) model by P. A. Samuelson and K. Boulding respective-ly in the 1930s.1 However, employment of these techniques as part of the decision-making process within United Kingdom companies is not as widespread as might be expected and is sometimes sup-posed to be the case. G. D. Newbould's study of takeover and merger activity in the late 1960s2 showed that none of the com-panies included in his survey had made use of DCF techniques to value an enterprise, either as a means of assessing the viability of a prospective investment or as a means of retaliating against a low bid. The most popular methods of valuation, identified by Newbould, were book or market values of assets and current market prices of securities. Comparison of price earnings ratios was also favoured as a means of assessing a prospective investment. Judged theoretically, each of these methods is considered to be sub-optimal.


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by Paula M. Riley
Across the country last week, Catholic Schools were celebrating National Catholic Schools Week (Jan. 30 – Feb. 5). This year's theme, "Catholic Schools Are A+ for America!" was demonstrated as the local Catholic elementary schools celebrated this special time.
Norwood-Fontbonne Academy, chose to commemorate Catholic Schools Week by celebrating and learning about the history and heritage of the Sisters of St. Joseph who operated the school.
"It is only appropriate that in our 90th year we are reminded of our founders and all of those since who have a place in the history of Norwood-Fontbonne," said Terri Hutsell, NFA's campus minister."
Students participated in age-appropriate interactive assemblies hosted by visiting Sisters of Saint Joseph.
Kindergarteners through third graders enjoyed a presentation made by Sr. Rose Andrea Loughery. She shared with the children stories of the Sisters' history and specifically their commitment to "show love towards our dear neighbors at all times."
"Who are our dear neighbors?" she asked the excited students when she began her presentation.
One child said, "It's the person sitting next to you."
Another replied, "It's the person living next door."
"It's everybody!" exclaimed NFA second grader, Jack Harvey.
Sister Rose Andrea clapped for "just the answer."
"Our dear neighbor is everyone, without distinction," she said.
She asked the children how they show love to their neighbor.
"I help them when they fall down," said first grader Katie McGowen.
Sister Rose Andrea explained that since their inception in 1650, the Sisters of Saint Joseph have been helping their "dear neighbors." In their earliest days, they fed the hungry and cared for the sick in Le Puy, France.
When they came to Chestnut Hill in the 1850s, the sisters continued these efforts and also established local schools. Today they fulfill their mission to showing love for neighbor through their work in schools, with the elderly at St. Joseph's Villa and welcoming immigrants.
When Sister Mary Beth Hamm, of the SSJ Justice Office, met with seventh and eight graders on the Academy's Norwood campus, she wove a story of the SSJ history, spanning more than three centuries, to help the students discover their own role in the mission and vision of the Sisters today.
She told the children how the founding Sisters went around their city to find the "miseries" (suffering) and help those in need.
"I tried to help the students see the connections between the original Sisters and what they do," Hamm explained.
"What are you doing today?" She asked them.
Students replied with illustrations of their community service efforts they engage in as part of the Academy's integrated service learning curriculum and as member of NFA's CSC, community service corps.
Other presentations at NFA involved Sister Mary Helen Beirne head of school, who met with with the preschool students, and sister Roberta Archibald, who worked with the fourth, fifth and sixthgraders, sharing the message that where ever Sisters live and work, "hope lives here."
Students at Our Mother of Consolation Parish School celebrated Catholic school all week long. The entire parish congregation enjoyed a special Mass on Sunday to begin the week. Students acted as altar servers, cantors and lectors. Past teachers and principals were recognized during the service. The schools' Strategic Plan Progress Report was distributed by students and families visited the school for an Open House.
A special celebration was held each day, all week, to remind the children about the gift of Catholic schools. Monday's event was Gr- andparents' Day. Grandparents visited classrooms in the morning and shared a special prayer service where they sat with their grandchildren after which the enjoyed a reception in the school hall.
Tuesday's excitement involved bingo in which students stayed in their classrooms but played games of BINGO as their letter/number combinations were announced over the loudspeaker, and competitions were held between different classes.
Illustrating the school's commitment to service and reaching out to those in need, Wednesday was dubbed "Service Day." Students deviated from their uniforms and wore brightly colored socks and brought a brand new pair for a donation to the homeless.
Students arrived at school wearing colorfully designed socks, but also had in their backpacks granola bars, hot cocoa packets, apples, oranges, juice boxes, raisins and cereal boxes. These were each added to the breakfast bags the children assembled for Face to Face in Germantown.
Mission Day was held on Thursday. This was also a school Tag Day. Every month, on Tag Days, students donate $1 to a nonprofit organization and wear a tag on their uniform showing their support for this organization. Holy Childhood Missions was the recipient of Thursday's tag day. A special guest for Catholic Schools Week was the director, Sister Catherine Kelly.
In a warm and engaging manner, complete with a slide show of photographs, Sister Catherine shared with the students detailed stories of her many trips to third-world countries. With a particular focus on the poorest areas of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, she described in detail the pain and suffering individuals in these places face every day.
The pictures showed a wide variety of living conditions, where adult and children lacked food, clothing and shelter. The pictures, as well as her words, left a lasting impact on OMC eighth grader Jack Grogan. "She tried to help us realize how fortunate we are and reminded us of the struggles these people deal with," he explained.
Although a few of the celebrations had to be rescheduled due to weather, the week was still deemed as success. Citing that it is good to learn how to help others and important to do things for others, Grogan commented: "Catholic School Weeks is about learning how being a Catholic can help you throughout your whole life…Catholic education enables you to help others."


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Nasruddin delivers a khutbah (sermon)
Once, the people of The City invited Mulla Nasruddin to deliver a khutba. When he got on the minbar (pulpit), he found the audience was not very enthusiastic, so he asked "Do you know what I am going to say?" The audience replied "NO", so he announced "I have no desire to speak to people who don't even know what I will be talking about" and he left.
The people felt embarrassed and called him back again the next day. This time when he asked the same question, the people replied "YES" So Mullah Nasruddin said, "Well, since you already know what I am going to say, I won't waste any more of your time" and he left.
Now the people were really perplexed. They decided to try one more time and once again invited the Mullah to speak the following week. Once again he asked the same question - "Do you know what I am going to say?" Now the people were prepared and so half of them answered "YES" while the other half replied "NO". So Mullah Nasruddin said "The half who know what I am going to say, tell it to the other half" and he left!
Nasruddin and his donkey
One day , one of Mullah Nasruddin's friend came over and wanted to borrow his donkey for a day or two. Mullah, knowing his friend, was not kindly inclined to the request, and came up with the excuse that someone had already borrowed his donkey. Just as Mullah uttered these words, his donkey started braying in his backyard. Hearing the sound, his friend gave him an accusing look, to which Mullah replied: "I refuse to have any further dealings with you since you take a donkey's word over mine."
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Abt is happy to be the venue for the Cradle's 5th annual Night of Promise charity event. Saturday, April 24th from 7-11pm event attendees will enjoy great music, gourmet food, a silent auction, an open bar, and so much more.
Founded in 1923 by Florence Dahl Walrath, the Cradle has become a beacon for women who are compelled to place their babies with adoptive families as well as adoptive families, desperate yet unable to have a child.
Night of Promise began in 2005 and all proceeds went to orphanages in Russia. Over the past five years the benefit has stopped aiding Russian orphanages, now donating the money to Cradle programs, Cradle children's services, expectant mothers and families, and to provide lifelong support to anyone touched by adoption.
Co-chairs Penelope Boardman and Amy Novicki have worked hard to make this year's event as successful as the preceding years.
For more information on the Cradle's Night of Promise or to purchase tickets, visit https://www.cradle.org.
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Robots, standup and be counted
Every so often there's a list categorizing robots, the top ten X robots. Like this fun one that IEEE Spectrum recently did on humanoid robots, highlighting ASIMO and four more recently developed bots.
Alternatively, Heather Knight has been getting some press for the opposite kind of list. Rather than a top-10 she's doing a robot census at CMU. Frank Tobe of the Robot Report also left some interesting stats in the comments, pointing to current robot usage numbers and projected future usage.
So far she's tallied ~550 robots on campus, and is getting the word out to count robots more broadly. So log in and count yer bots!


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Compact vegetable varieties produce a gourmet harvest in a small space.
With garden space and spare time at a premium for most families, gone are the huge backyard plots that once yielded all the vegetables a family could eat. After a move to the city in 2012, my own vegetable garden shrunk from a half acre in the country to a few raised beds. Nonetheless, I'm amazed at the large and varied harvest from my new, much smaller space these last two years.
'On Deck Hybrid' is billed as the first sweet corn variety developed especially for container gardening.
Success for me and other small-space gardeners is due in part to plant breeders, who have developed compact veggies to replace some of the space hogs of the past. Many of these new varieties are ideal candidates not only for small beds, but also for containers, which means you can grow a decent harvest even if you have no ground at all.
Take 'Fairy Tale', 'Hansel' and 'Gretel' eggplants, for example. All three of these petite, award-winning varieties produce prolific harvests on compact plants.
A host of small-fruited tomatoes such as 'Tumbling Tom' and 'Red Robin' make it possible to harvest your fill, even if your only growing space is a few hanging baskets or other small containers.
Sweet baby carrots like round 'Atlas' or short and stubby 'Caracas Hybrid' are a gourmet treat, perfect for growing in the shallow soil of a container.
Winter squash, a notorious spreader, is now possible to grow in a small garden bed, thanks to space-saving varieties, such as 'Bush Delicato' and 'Early Butternut'.
Small-Space Techniques
There are several techniques that also help make today's small-space gardens successful. Intensive planting works wonders. With no need to save wide rows between crops for the rototiller, you can bunch vegetable plants close together not only to reap a bigger harvest, but also crowd out weeds and conserve moisture. Instead of a single row of green beans, for example, I now plant four rows of seeds only 6 or 8 inches apart to completely fill the 4-foot width of one of my raised beds.
Rich, fertile soil is important when you're gardening intensively, but fortunately it's a lot easier to tend to soil building when space is limited. I was always short of homemade compost for my large country garden, but now I have a ready supply for my new raised beds and pots from one large outdoor compost bin, plus an indoor worm factory.
'Mascotte' bean produces plentiful, long-slender beans on compact plants.
Containers and Raised Beds
When growing vegetables in containers, I have the best luck with a mix of one-third compost and two-thirds quality potting soil. For the raised beds, we had a load of timber soil delivered. Water collected in a rain barrel attached to a downspout, fortified with regular additions of a liquid organic fertilizer, helps keep my plants healthy and productive.
Growing my veggies in raised beds and pots has solved what would otherwise have been a major problem: the walnut trees that ring my new back yard. Tomatoes and their relatives are particularly sensitive to the juglone that is produced by walnut roots. By growing these crops in soil that doesn't come into contact with the trees' roots, I avoid the possibility that my tomato plants will succumb to walnut wilt.
'Astia' zucchini is a non-rambling bush variety with glossy-green fruits.
Frequent Sowing and Good Companions
Companion planting and successive sowing keep all available space producing throughout the season. Radishes and broccoli raab are so quick to grow they don't even need a space of their own. Just sow a few seeds of these cool-weather crops around slower growing summer crops, such as tomatoes and peppers, and they'll be gone before the later crops need more space.
Leaf lettuce thrives in the partial shade of taller crops. When early crops, such as spinach and peas, languish in summer's heat, rip out the spent plants and put in new crops, such as green beans and carrots, in the emptied space.
As autumn approaches, plant a second round of cool-season crops like lettuce, turnips and spinach to take the place of frost-sensitive tomatoes, peppers and eggplants.
Plants on the Up and Up
Vertical gardening is another good way to make the most of what garden space you have. Use trellises for crops such as peas, pole beans, cucumbers, melons and winter squash or let them climb a chain-link fence. Cage or stake tomatoes not only to save space, but also produce better fruits than possible from plants that are allowed to sprawl on the ground.
In tending my own small plot, I've discovered something else: I'm no longer distracted by quantity and can concentrate on quality. No more zucchinis that slip my notice until they're as big as baseball bats, for example, and no more broccoli ruined by yellow flowers sprouting in the middle of the green heads.
Best Space-Saving Varieties
Here's a sampling of vegetables you can grow in a small plot or even in a container.
'On Deck Hybrid' sweet corn grows only 4 or 5 feet tall. Unlike most varieties, which require a large number of plants to achieve full ears, 'On Deck Hybrid' was bred for better cross-pollination when planted in relatively small quantities. W. Atlee Burpee & Co. recommends planting nine seeds in a 2-foot-wide container. Expect to harvest two to three ears per stalk.
'Mascotte' bean is a 2014 All-America Selection winner, which produces plentiful, long, slender pods on compact plants. The root system makes this variety ideal for growing in a container or window box, or for packing a lot of bush bean plants into a small garden bed.
'Astia' zucchini is a French bush variety with non-rambling, compact vines. The harvest of glossy-green fruits begins early and keeps coming.
'Fanfare' cucumber produces 8- to 9-inch fruits on semi-dwarf plants. Grow them in a container on a trellis and you'll be rewarded with a long season of fresh cucumbers in a very small space. This disease-resistant variety is a past All-America Selection.
'Super Bush' tomato produces high yields of heavy fruits that have a rich tomato flavor. The compact plants grow only 30-36 inches tall.
The harvest from a single sweetpotato plant completely fills a 24-inch pot with tuberous roots.
A version of this article appeared in a March/April 2014 print edition of State-by-State Gardening.
Photography courtesy of Jan RiggenBach, Renee's Garden, W. Atlee Burpee & Co., and All-America Selections.


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On October 15, the 2013 GoGreen conference focused on the triple bottom line, emphasizing the integration of social equity, economic vitality and environmental sustainability. Now in its sixth year in Portland, GoGreen was held at the Oregon Convention Center and welcomed over 400 attendees from businesses, nonprofits and government. The annual conference highlights regional leaders in sustainable business and fosters peer-to-peer learning across industry sectors. BPS' Sustainability at Work program, together with the Portland Development Commission (PDC) and Metro, were presenting sponsors of the conference.
Cheryl Meyers, director of Economic and Business Equity in the Office of Governor John Kitzhaber, opened the conference by describing the state's efforts to create and promote access, opportunity and connection for minority-owned, woman-owned, emerging small business and disadvantaged businesses.
Later sessions built on these ideas, through discussions around:
BPS staff presented on the following topics:
Mayor Charlie Hales' keynote address highlighted how the City's early work in planning and sustainability led to current sustainability successes including land use policies to create existing healthy, connected neighborhoods that:
Just as these early investments in urban livability have led to successes, the Mayor said, the City is now focusing on the challenge of advancing equity as a foundation for how it does business and where it makes its investments.
Sustainability at Work connects Portland businesses to free tools, services, and financial incentives offered by local nonprofits, utilities and city bureaus. The knowledgeable, friendly staff provide hands-on, personalized guidance to help businesses overcome challenges and capitalize on opportunities. Sustainability at Work certification recognizes businesses – more than 100 so far - taking actions in energy, water, waste, and transportation. Find more information on assistance, resources and certification on the program website, or contact the program directly.


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Will probably be my last draw for awhile. (for those who know me, I hate digital art with a passion, but I do it to share a common interest) I draw this for rmd and the people who have supported me :D
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I don't know what this is but... me gusta...
I love portal! :D
I love this drawing. The design and coloring are too pretty. C:
cool draw!
Cool drawing!!! Thank you Faye... but please don't go away.... we enjoy your drawings so much!!!
so very cool...5/5..
AWESOME drawing!!!! I LOVE all your different styles!!! 5/5
coooooooooooooooooooool.5/5.dont go so long come back soon IVY.
Cool and very neat draw..5/5h.
Somehow this cube thingy looks familiar...but I cannot quite recall where I had seen it haha. I love how you made it all three-dimensional-like and pretty-looking though. I also like the hearts on it and your very neat writing in the bg. 5/5 and fav.
Thanki. Its from a game series called Portal.


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Welcome! I am the Reverend Kathleen Buckley. As an ordained Minister of Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church in 1986, I am also a member of the United Church of Christ [Congregationalists]. I received my Master of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in 1981. Subsequent to seminary I did a Chaplain Residency at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Illinois. When I came to the Capital District in 1986, I accepted a call to be Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Watervliet where I served until 1993.
I teach workshops on practical communication skills and have spoken regularly to community groups and congregations on issues related to theology and sexuality. As University Chaplain I seek to minister to students, faculty and staff in a broad based spiritual framework focusing on 3 primary goals: inviting inquiry, fostering wholeness and teaching respect for all life. My office is temporarily in Richardson Hall.


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I am using Eclipse Helios. I am trying to implement JAXB to parse XML data. I have read the tutorial at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/ar...ex-140168.html (and many... many others). I have an XML schema file and I am trying to invoke the binding compiler to create the derived java objects from the XML schema file. I am stuck at the binding because the tutorial simply states to invoke the xjc from the command line. I can't figure out how to do this (It appears to me that the tutorial states "In order to bind and XML schema file you need to bind an XML schema file").
Here are my questions:
1. Do I need to download JAXB or is it already part of the JDK (it appears in the Java API at http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/)
2. How/Where do I find/invoke the xjc? From within Eclipse? From the Windows command line?
3. What would the proper Eclipse syntax be? (The tutorial give an example for the Solaris OE).
4. Do the XML files need to be in the Eclipse project or are they stored externally (currently I have them in an external source)? When the xjc is invoked on the XML files will the derived classes be external as well, thus the need to compile the derived class files and include them in the project?
I have spent the majority of this week researching XML, XSD, DTD, StAX, SAX, and JAXB and haven't been able to come up with a step by step (I apologize for needing the hand holding) instructional that can connect the dots for me. This has my project grinding to a halt. For now I am switching gears to use CSV text files as a band-aid implementation. It will work, but then I don't learn anything new. What's the fun in that? =D
BTW this is my first post. I've been lurking in this forum for a long time and it seems that this community of programmers is by far more professional and courteous than other programming forums. So thank you in advance. I hope this will be a new knowledge base that I can contribute to in the future.


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Writer Dan Mazer, a longtime Sacha Baron Cohen collaborator, brings his taste for the comedy of discomfort to the rom-com realm in "I Give It a Year." The jaundiced sentiment of the title hints at an inside-out reworking of the happily-ever-after formula. But instead of subversion, Mazer's first outing as a feature director offers only a tweak of genre conventions. He does achieve an above-average share of laugh-out-loud moments — welcome compensation in a romp that grows more forced with every turn.
The promising first minutes make quick work of the picture-book wedding that usually consummates romantic comedies, and Mazer moves on to the more substantial stuff of marital disillusion. Mismatched Londoners Nat (Rose Byrne) and Josh (Rafe Spall) are struggling to make it to their first anniversary. She's a posh marketing executive; he, in one of the movie's least credible gambits, is a gormless layabout who's also a published novelist.
Complicating temptation arrives in the form of potentially better better-halves: Josh's humanitarian ex, Chloe (a drabbed-down Anna Faris), and Nat's new client, a good-hearted guy (named Guy) who's played by Simon Baker, stuck in first gear as the debonair ideal.
By turns thoughtful, awkward and lacking in chemistry, the movie ultimately sticks to the rom-com template without making the outcome matter. The funny bits — those that work and those that thud — mostly feel welded on to the story rather than fully integrated, especially Stephen Merchant's shtick as Josh's oversharing friend. The women fare best, with Byrne an adept comic performer and Minnie Driver in top form as Nat's acid-tongued sister.
"I Give It a Year." MPAA rating: R for sexual content, language and some nudity. Running time: 1 hour, 37 minutes. Playing: At Laemmle's Royal, West Los Angeles.


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Nurture Success and Give it Time to Grow
Bamboo is a unique plant, as it takes longer to grow than other plants and crops.
You might be wondering what bamboo has to do with Forever, as we're The Aloe Vera Company. Bamboo may not have much to do with Forever or our products, but the lesson it can teach us has everything do with our business.
There is a story about a farmer who decided he wanted more in his life than his neighbors had. Corn, wheat and other crops were dependable but they weren't leading his life in the direction he wanted. He heard from someone in a nearby town that bamboo could create massive wealth for his family, if only he was willing to stay persistent through its growth and harvesting.
The farmer got to work planting his new crop despite disbelief of his fellow farmers. He was certain his new venture would help his family and that patience would give them success and abundance for many years to come.
A year passed and the other farmers were busy harvesting their crops and taking them to market. He stood strong against their mockery when they boasted that their crops had grown and earned them money for their next ventures. Yet, his bamboo had not even sprouted a twig.
He continued keeping his head down while tending to the bamboo fields, faithful that his plants would grow into their full potential. Another year passed, then another, until four years after he had planted the seeds, bamboo plants began to shoot from the ground, growing almost a foot a day. In no time, the farmer had almost a complete bamboo forest, his investment finally realized.
For all those years, although it seemed like nothing was happening, the roots of the bamboo plants were strengthening and growing to establish a sturdy foundation on which to grow tall.
As we are continuing to celebrate 40 years of success in Forever, it's important to recognize the value of persistence and taking your own path. Even if you can't see the tangible results yet, your dedication will pay off.
Just like the bamboo farmer who ignored those around him who didn't see his vision, each of you can build the future you dream of when you have faith in your journey and have patience to see it through.
Forever Yours,
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Music with a starter course and a can of paint? Yep, you read that right…
So what's this all about? First things first: let's discuss music and how it plays into our everyday lives. Your favorite song that you play over and over again. The song that reminds you of summer nights or your first kiss. The playlist that tells the story of your life. The song that helped you get through your first breakup. If that's not enough to remind you of the impact that music has on our lives, new research shows that it can impact your food and your personal space too!
How, you ask?
You're about to move into your new college apartment and the first thing you want to do to claim your space is paint the walls. Now the big question comes into play… how will you choose between that light grey color or the cool mint green?
Kelly-Moore Paints teamed up with researchers at UC Berkeley on The Sound of Color project to help consumers display their feelings through color in their personal space. Check out how they translate music and color correlations into paint palettes!
If you love throwback hits like Nirvana's Smells like Teen Spirit and want to evoke a sense of nostalgia then light purple is your color. Or maybe Beyoncé's Crazy In Love has you feeling a little romantic… then swap the purple for pink.
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Golf, sun and sand in Andalusia
Spain has an extensive network of first-rate golf courses. It is one of the best places for playing golf, thanks to its year-round good climate and to the quality of its facilities, suitable for all handicaps.
The Malaga Golf Parador, an ideal place for practicing your game
Golf course on the Costa del Sol
There are many reasons for visiting the coast of Andalusia, many: its weather, its accessibility, its beaches, its food, the nature of its people … and its golf. The Andalusian coast has become a unique location for this sport. Visitors come for all of these reasons, and above all for one: the weather. The year-round warm temperatures enjoyed by southern Spain make this the destination of choice for a growing number of visitors interested in this sport. And they do not come in vain, for today golf is one of the most popular sports in Malaga and Cadiz, which offer the greatest number of golf courses per square metre in Europe.
An almost complete lack of rain and heavy winds, together with normally temperate daytime weather, invite golfers to visit the coast to improve their handicap.
Andalusian winters are a blend of lovely days filled with radiant sunshine, and a few partly cloudy ones. These do not, however, prevent visitors from enjoying a game of golf.
By May, summer has practically arrived in the south of the peninsula. This period is attractive for another reason: the start of golf lessons for beginners and advanced players.
This weather also determines the nature of the courses. No two courses are the same, and their holes are usually extremely varied and surrounded by diverse vegetation: olive, cork oak, and palm trees, amongst others. The combination of sea and mountains, another regular feature of the Andalusian coast, is an added attraction.
These are Andalusia's natural attractions for golfers. However, we should not leave out other factors which facilitate golfing, such as the development of a whole complementary, parallel industry which makes this sports tourism possible. The towns where this sport has taken root have made an effort to meet any need a golfer may have by opening sporting goods shops, training and physical fitness centres, shopping and leisure complexes, water and amusement parks, and hotel and residential facilities, generally with agreements with nearby golf courses. In short, they have added everything necessary to make the visits of players from all over the world more enjoyable.
Likewise, despite the fact that this type of tourism is normally exclusive, as visitors dedicate their entire stay to the sport, there is always time left over to enjoy the area surrounding the courses, visiting local towns, beaches or delighting in the Mediterranean cuisine. A good example of this may be found in Marbella, which for some years has served as an international point of references for golf enthusiasts. A recent study has estimated that around 80% of golfing tourists have visited this coast at least once.
The sea as a backdrop
The golf courses of Andalusia begin in Almería. This province, in the southeast corner of the region, is still rather unknown by foreign tourists. Here we can still find small fishing villages which have preserved their maritime essence, towns like San José, Mojácar and Agua Amarga, as well as some of the best and most natural beaches in Andalusia, such as Mónsul Beach and Muertos Beach. Despite still being little known, Almeria has taken to this sport. It offers seaside courses (all 18-hole), such as Club de Golf Playa Serena in Roquetas de Mar; Cortijo Grande Club de Golf in Turre; Country Club La Envia Golf, in Vicar; Golf Almerimar, in El Ejido; Golf Club Desert Spring in Cuevas de Almanzora; Marina Golf in Mojácar and Valle del Este Golf Club in Vera.
Mojácar is one of the prettiest towns on the Andalusian coast. Perched high above the sea, the town's narrow streets and whitewashed houses are a reminder of its Moorish origins. For its part, the modern facilities at the Valle del Este Golf Club in Vera are especially remarkable as they manage to balance the rustic and the sophisticated. The club's friendly staff and its proximity to the shore, which tempers the already balmy weather, are also noteworthy.
The Costa del Golf
Málaga is the alma mater of golf in Andalusia, in Spain, and we might almost say, in Europe.
On the Malaga coast, small villages boast up to three or four golf courses. In total, there are more than 35 courses in the province. The coastal region of Malaga stretches from Nerja to Manilva, from the Guadalhorce to the neighbouring province of Cadiz. Its common feature is the protection offered by the precipitous coastal mountains, the Mijas Mountains and the Blanca Mountains, and their foothills.
In Alhaurín El Grande we find Alhaurín Golf Resort, with an 18 + 27 par 3 course; in Rincón de la Victoria, Añoreta Golf; in Estepona, Atalaya Golf & Country Club Internacional, Paraíso Golf Club, Estepona Golf, Club de Golf El Coto and Los Almendros Golf Club. Each of these offer different courses, enhancing the available selection and increasing the possibilities of satisfying the most varied demand. For its part, Benalmádena Costa offers Torrequebrada Golf.
As for Mijas, this is one of the towns which has best combined cultural tourism with sporting activities. Its picturesque appearance invites visitors to enjoy a round of golf but also to steal a few moments to stroll along its streets and delight in its curious traditions. While the town stands on the mountain, on the coast we find Club de Golf La Siesta, ideal for the average golfer; Cala Resort North Course and Cala Resort South Course, with 18 holes each; Mijas Golf Club Los Lagos; Mijas Golf Club Los Olivos and Miraflores Golf Club.
Guadalmina Club de Golf North/South, in another lovely town, San Pedro de Alcántara, is famous for its toughness and difficulty, but is ideal for experienced players. Its fairways are wide and water-free, although Guadalmina North incorporates some water traps.
But the jewel in the crown is without a doubt Marbella. This town has comfortably borne witness to the growth of golf tourism and has been able to take advantage of the perfect conditions offered by its unbeatable location and weather, putting them at the service of top quality exclusive golf – or family – tourism.
Golf along the Cadiz coast
As for Cádiz, any self-respecting golfer should know of this area thanks to the Ryder Cup held here in Sotogrande in 1997. It has similar geographic and climactic conditions to its neighbour Malaga, and has some of the best courses in Spain. Its additional offerings are also unquestionably attractive. There are around 17 courses in the entire province.
Alcaidesa Links Golf Course, in La Línea de la Concepción, is especially noteworthy. It is one of the most original courses, owing to its Scottish design, and is considered a true links course. In Benalup-Casas Viejas we find Benalup Hotel Golf & Country Club; in Guadiaro, Club de Golf La Cañada. In Chiclana de la Frontera we have Club de Golf Campano and Club de Golf Novo Sancti Petri, which stands out from the previously mentioned courses due to its 36 holes. In San Roque, there are Almenara Hotel Golf, Club de Golf Valderrama, Real Club de Golf Sotogrande and San Roque Club.
Continuing our review, we move on to Rota, where we can visit Costa Ballena Club de Golf, which is expanding its facilities, and Rota Golf Club. In Vejer de la Frontera, a lovely mountain village with high, steep streets, we have Dehesa Montenmedio Golf & Country Club. Montecastillo Hotel & Golf Resort in Jerez and Vista Hermosa Club de Golf in El Puerto de Santa María complete these offerings.
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Well folks, it is now officially my birthday. And so far, my wonderful and beautiful girlfriend has wished me happy birthday, and so has Nate Liles.
THAT'S IT! Nope, Riddles texted about something completely different then made a silly claim about "time zones", and Constipated Cow called to say "oh fuck, did I miss your birthday? It was the other day, right? I'm a bad friend". Damn straight you're a bad friend! I know your birthday is May 15, and that's without consulting Facebook. Idiot.
I'm actually horrible with birthdays, so I shouldn't talk. I've forgotten my mother's birthday on 3 of the past 4 years. Still, on this joyous occasion I will still bring you all belated news. I went to Microsoft's X10 event today, and although a bunch of great games were playable, I spent 2 hours in 8 different interviews instead. Oh well, at least it was an open bar. The point is that I'm tired, so let's talk about semi-new Gamescom news!
There's a lot, so just find the headlines or pictures you like, and pick and choose your stories if you're in a tl;dr mood, I won't get offended.
The Normandy Lands on a New Space (Play)Station
This is the oldest news, but still some of the biggest. Ray Muzyka, the CEO of Bioware, made the announcement on Tuesday that Mass Effect 2 would be coming to PS3 with "hours of bonus content". The port is planned to be released in January 2011 with "no plans" to bring the original over as well. In fact, Microsoft made sure to pee all over this announcement to mark their territory on the franchise. Here is a statement they gave to IGN.
With both Mass Effect titles launching first on Xbox 360 combined with the wealth of available paid downloadable content on Xbox Live today, Xbox 360 remains the best place to experience the Mass Effect franchise…and the original Mass Effect is absolutely an Xbox 360 exclusive, making Xbox 360 the only place to get the full Mass Effect experience
You can feel the panic in their text. Still, I have no interest in replaying the series on another console unless I get to play through all of my choices, so they have a point. And seeing how Microsoft published the original game, it will be a while – if ever – before it sees the light of day on another console. (IGN)
Copout Handheld System
Microsoft is trying really hard to fight off Apple. Windows 7 is their obvious attempt to combat (see: emulate) Mac OS, and their Windows Phone 7 is their newest attempt at an iPhone killer. Not just as a powerful smartphone, but apparently as a gaming platform like the iPhone has become. In fact, Kevin Unangst – some exec at Microsoft – even went as far to say the following,
We're looking at this like: Call it like a console launch. It's really like our portable console launch in that there's a constant hardware set, we're specifically choosing the content we want, and it's about bringing all of those service features over.
Sure, the hardware is made by a third party, but why not try to throw it into the portable console race as well? To their credit, the phone is shaping up to pretty slick and pretty powerful with a lot of thought going into the gaming side of things. I won't have any real interest, however, until I hear about things more interesting than Peggle. Because I can get Peggle on PSN, thank you. Not that Peggle has been announced, it was just an example. (IGN)
Everything Cole is New Again
I truly outdo myself. What a great headline.
But onto the story, I haven't seen a backtrack this quick since Sony's doomed boomerang controller. Anybody remember that thing? Was I the only fan? Anyhoo, while people were hyped for all the new Infamous 2 stuff, the new design and voice of Cole made it a bittersweet unveiling. While the voice appears to be unchanged, Cole's newest design – while still different – is far more akin to the original. Which do you prefer?
I have to say that the New Old Cole does seem less douchey, what with the lack of necklaces. Although as much as I loved Infamous, it wasn't for the story and characters, sorry. (IGN)
Resistance 3?!?! What a Surprise!!!
That's the whole story, really. It's finally been officially confirmed beyond that movie set still grabbed in October 2009. I liked the original a lot more than the sequel, but I'm willing to give this third installment a chance. That is, of course, after we get some more details. We currently have none. Maybe this should belong in the "quickie" section, but that's swiftly becoming the "impressions and not actually news" section. (IGN)
No More Wii Exclusive
I never played either No More Heroes games for the Wii although they seem to have a cult following. But it looks like now I'll have a chance to try it the series on a real system. A HD remake of the original title that will be released as "No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise", was announced today during a Konami press conference at Gamescom. No release date was mentioned beyond 2011, but more importantly it was confirmed that the game can be played with traditional controls despite supporting Playstation Move. (IGN)
Portal 2 in February 2011
Hey, not all my headlines have to be clever. Valve confirmed that Portal 2 – the full follow-up to the unexpected and superb mini-title – will be released on February 9th for PS3, 360, and PC. No timed exclusives. Simple and beautiful news.
As a little piece of supplementary news, Game Informer tells us that Stephen Merchant will voice the character of Wheatley, who is apparently a British robot. I haven't been following the game as to not spoil too much. Anyhoo, you might know Stephen Merchant from the British version of The Office, or – as I know him – The Ricky Gervais show. (IGN)
Mortal Kombat First Look- Damn it! This is a game I could have played today, but didn't have time to. It sounds like it'll be the first good Mortal Kombat game in a very long time.
Killzone 3 Multiplayer- If you care. He also goes into the Move controls a little bit at the bottom. He's diplomatic, but he you can tell he didn't really care for them.
Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One- Enh, I just got into this franchise! I don't want something this drastically new, more of the same please! The editor is optimistic, but I'm apathetic.
More Zelda Impressions- I'm sorry, but talk of the game occasionally misreading movements and a 95% accuracy rate being presented as a positive thing doesn't get me excited for the game. But I expected this.
WHAT A BEAST!!! I'm done. It's my birthday.


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