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As I alluded to briefly before, the first three days of our African journey were going to be spent on a mokoro (traditional canoe) trip through the Okavango Delta. We spent my first night in Maun, Botswana at The Old Bridge Backpackers (ate and drank to our heart's content), then kicked the morning off with a magical outdoor shower (the first of many) and met up with our bush guide.
The best and most hilarious part about Africa is that whatever you expect you can almost guarantee it will be the exact opposite. For example…
Expectation: A driver is going to pick us up and bring us to the mokoro site. We'll canoe a far distance and over the next 3 days camp and canoe our way back.
Reality: We met a driver, then another car of people showed up, then another car of people, then the groceries didn't fit so another car showed up. That car takes us and remembers we need beer so we stop at several bars along the way, find beer, ice and fat cakes (close to a doughnut), meet at a speed boat with more people we weren't expecting. They load the boat up with all of our stuff and all of the people. We boat for about 45 minutes on a mini-boat safari and end up at a mokoro village. Eat lunch under a giant tree and learn that we have a chef traveling with us. Not what we expected when we asked for meals to be included, but a nice surprise. Mokoros show up – we think we're getting one boat for us and our stuff. Nope, four boats. I repeat, four boats take us to the campsite with most of the humans and all of the things including tents, tables, coolers, hand washing stations, pots, pans, etc. We spend 2 nights at the same campsite and canoe and hike everywhere.
Our guides and travel agents (a.k.a. locals who arranged our trip) were absolutely fantastic and fun to be around. Even the unenthusiastic one learned to deal with us and decipher our sarcasm. It is customary in Tswana culture for Motswana/Batswana (person/people from Botswana) to have a Setswana (language of Botswana) and English name. Therefore, "Jillian" wasn't cutting it. Our guides lovingly named me "Naledi" (nah-lay-dee) which means "star." I joked it's because I am as white as a star, their laughter told me I was spot on.
The three days we're in the Delta are three days of Onks (our guide), Kgosi (Corey) and Naledi (that's me!) on bush walks (hiking by foot) and canoeing. Onks is rip-roaring ready to go but Kgosi (meaning, "chief") and I have a few questions mostly – are there rules? Things we should/shouldn't do? No-nonsense Onks shares the following rules:
- Walk in a single file line.
- Be quite.
- Don't run. And if I say run, run for your lives.
- Later, in the canoe, Onks will tell us "I thought of another rule. If a hippo flips our boat, stay underwater as long as possible and swim as far as you can. Once you come up, no good (to which we learned upon expanding, means you will die like the villager the week before)."
So! Armed with those helpful rules… we went on several bush walks (2-4 hours each) and saw herds of elephant mere yards away, impala, kudu, hippo, zebra, wildebeest, dozens of birds and more. We also had a near-death experience (the first of many) which involved a stand-off with a group of cape buffalo (one of the most dangerous animals in the bush alongside elephants, hippos, crocodiles and lions). Eventually, because we were downwind and unarmed (which I did not realize until this point…), the cape buffalo scurried off into the distance, but not before making it vocally known we were not welcome.
At night, we slept in a tent and fell asleep to the sounds of the fire dying down, hippos snorting and elephants crunching through the grass – a welcome change from the sirens and horns heard in Chicago.
After our mokoro trip, we had the same hilariously large group of people bring us back to Maun where we began our trek to Ghanzi and the san village of D'Kar.
Frequently Asked Questions:
- Where did you go to the bathroom? A hole in the ground, surrounded by a tent-like structure for privacy.
- Where did you shower? I didn't… (there was an option but Corey learned the hard way it was not efficient). I did, however, scrub myself down in a swimming hole in the Delta on the last day.
- How was the food? DELICIOUS. Our chef, Beauty, was the best. Our secondary guide, Dreamer, caught fresh tilapia which Beauty fried and it was the absolute best.
- How was the heat? Not terrible! I do not bode well in the heat but with a water (x infinity), a good amount of sunscreen, an SPF shirt, hat and roomy shorts and without humidity, I fared pretty well.
- Did you ever get sick? Not a once, thankfully.
Some highlights, in photo form:
Burchelle's zebras at sunset.
A selfie with Onks. Turns out, he's not a fan of selfies.
Fish eagle setting off to hunt.
The view from the mokoro.
Tick "photo with wild elephants" off the bucket list.
Fresh caught, fire-fried Delta tilapia. Mm, mm.
Elephant skeleton (has been there five years).
Sunset at the hippo pool (ripples to the right are all hippo heads).
Sharing the waterways with a herd of more than a dozen elephants.
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Warner Bros. Games Montreal has taken the mantle of the bat from Rocksteady Studios this time around for Batman: Arkham Origins. WB Montreal has full access to Rocksteady's custom modified Unreal engine to capture the look and feel of the Arkhamverse. As the title suggests, the game takes place years before both of the previous Arkham titles when a young, unrefined Batman encounters many supervillains for the first time. On our full cover image below, fans will recognize the assassin Deathstroke, who appears for the very first time in a core Arkham game.
Heading up the vision for Arkham Origins is creative director Eric Holmes, known for being the lead designer of open world action hits The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction and Prototype. A self-professed lover of comics, Holmes even wrote the miniseries Transformers: Megatron Origin for IDW.
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Artichoke Frittata with Crispy Pecorino
This frittata is topped with crispy shards of pecorino romano cheese, creating an appealing contrast to the tender eggs.
- 2 oz. grated pecorino romano cheese
- 2 Tbs. finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 6 oz. pancetta, cut into 1/2-inch dice
- 2 Tbs. extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 cup diced red onion
- 1 can (13.75 oz.) artichoke hearts, drained and roughly chopped
- 1 tsp. minced garlic
- 4 oz. baby spinach
- 6 oz. fresh mozzarella cheese, cut into 1/2-inch dice
- 8 eggs, lightly beaten
- Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
- Lemon wedges for serving
Warm the shallow half of a frittata pan over medium-high heat. Scatter the pecorino romano in the pan in an even layer and cook until golden and crisp underneath, about 2 minutes. Turn the cheese over and cook until golden on the other side, about 2 minutes more. Crumble the cheese into large shards and place in a small bowl. Stir in the parsley. Set aside.
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Meanwhile, in the shallow pan over medium heat, warm the remaining 1 tsp. olive oil. Place the shallow pan upside down on top of the deep pan and flip the frittata into the shallow pan. Cook, covered, until the eggs are set, 8 to 9 minutes.
Carefully slide the frittata onto a plate. Sprinkle with the pecorino mixture and serve with lemon wedges. Serves 6.
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If you notice that your school has multiple versions of the same student, you can rectify this issue by consolidating those accounts into one student account.
- From your administrator dashboard, click Students on the left sidebar.
- Locate the student(s) who has/have duplicate accounts, and determine which ID number you would like the student to have.
- To the right of the duplicate student account (the account that has the incorrect ID number), hover over the gear icon and select Change ID from the drop-down menu.
- Change the student's ID number to match the ID number you decided the student should have. This will combine the two accounts into one student and one ID number.
- Repeat as necessary until all of your students have one account.
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Jaguar XJ 2017 Review, Specification, and Price - Panther's modern extent topping cantina remains a striking auto, even three years after dispatch. For 2014 it was changed, with unobtrusively sharpened suspension settings, better sat nav, a standard eight-speed auto with stop-begin in addition to huge enhancements in diesel effectiveness. Presently it's been facelifted once more, with modified motors and inside tech, full-LED headlights and more particular 'J-sharp edge' daytime running lights.
The XJR is still around, with its 550bhp supercharged 5.0-liter V8 and Merc-AMG-like disposition. Be that as it may, now there's a R-Sport model for the individuals who need the looks yet not the fuel bills. There's another top notch Autobiography trim as well, for the individuals who like to spend no under six figures.
In spite of the fact that it is more agreeable and smoother-riding, the XJ remains an auto to drive instead of be driven in. In advance, the XJ feels practically as minimized as a 3-Series, positively, which likely has something to do with the low seating position, shallow glass and magnificent two-level, clearing dash. Jaguar XJ 2017 Review, Specification, and Price.
In the soul of the best game cantinas, the XJ has speedy directing and a versatile back, in addition to an excellent capacity to feel agile and liquid over rough British B-streets. Now and again, it bumps splendor. The ride is preferred now over when it was discharged, yet at the same time not as consistent as a S-Class.
The F-Type V6 petrol is a pearl. It's smooth, reacts in a flash, charges at higher revs and, shockingly, even sounds wearing without being nosy. Jaguar XJ 2017 Review, Specification, and Price. Nearby it, the diesel is more casual, yet at the same time great, especially with the sharp yet slurring eight-speed auto all autos now get.
The inside, all sewed light cowhide, has a handcrafted feel, yet by utilizing all JLR's cleverest infotainment and rotational apparatus selector parts, it's an innovative spot to be. Much all the more so since the most recent facelift, with the entry of Jaguar's extravagant InControl Touch Pro infotainment framework. This is as sharp as BMW's iDrive and maybe much simpler to utilize. Jaguar XJ 2017 Review, Specification, and Price. Also, it offers WiFi hotspot network, so your back travelers can utilize their iPads.
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The Jaguar XJ is performing exceptionally well in consumer loyalty studies. Proprietors cherish them. Perhaps all the more so for the time being, with the new gearbox enhancing diesel economy to 49mpg and slicing emanations to 149g/km. Strike against the cash. The 3.0 S/C is vastly improved than the old 5.0-liter V8 as well: the 5.0-liter S/C V8 remains, however, ought to sub-25mpg approve of you. Price is about between £58,490 – £98,195.


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Microsoft-branded Lumia phone has reportedly been leaked and there is no Nokia name on it. Less than 2 weeks ago, Microsoft officially announced it was removing the Nokia name from its Lumia series smartphones.
A Chinese website Teena has put up an snapshot of a Microsoft-stamped smarphone on its site that is widely considered to be the new Lumia smartphone from the US gadget-giant and there is no name of Nokia anywhere on the smartphone, not on the front nor on the backside.
There is a name Microsoft on the rearside of the smartphone with the logo of Windows. The smartphone is said to be named Microsoft Lumia RM-1090. Inside, the device will supposed to have a 1.2GHz Snapdragon 200 CPU, 1GB RAM, 8GB storage, with microSD support up to 64GB, and a 1900mAh battery.
The dual-SIM enabled, 145.7g handset will support 900, 1800, 850, and 1900MHz signal frequencies, measure 140.2 x 72.5 x 9.32mm, and will be available in black, white, grey, blue, orange and green color variants.
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To position Sapient Nitro as a thought leader in the eyes of clients, opinion formers and industry talent.
We began with the filming of a six-part broadcast-quality documentary investigating the technology that is changing the world today which you can view here.We interviewed an eclectic mix of experts and genius from across each industry, from NASA scientists to musicians talking about how digital is revolutionising their respective industries. Each episode was premiered to an invited audience of marketers at Sapient's London HQ. The films and screenings were promoted through The Drum ecosystem with associated editorial content, social media and email newsletter promotion. All content was housed on a bespoke Day Before Tomorrowhub on TheDrum.com. The campaign ended with a bang at The Drum's Digital Disruption Day conference. Built around the themes of the six episodes, this saw over 200 people gather to discuss the findings of the series.
The video series remains one of The Drum most successful video productions. Each of the private screenings attracted over 20 specially invited guests. The campaign attracted exposure across press outside The Drum, including the Guardian and the Telegraph. The films were screened at a number of international events including Dublin Web Summit, and Advertising week New York.


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Before the explosion of the internet, reading seemed to be on the decline. People were increasingly turning to movies and television to sate their entertainment interests. Interpersonal communication was largely carried out via telephone or in person (though occasionally allowing for the charmingly idiosyncratic letter).
But thanks to email, texting and Oprah's book club, reading staged a comeback. And now, everyone reads – for information, for pleasure, for work, for everything. Reading is, once again, essential to existence.
Still, how we read is evolving. eReaders, computers and audio books are transforming the experience as technological advances demand different types of interaction.
Reading the internet is a lot like reading a newspaper – though where a newspaper required a compelling lead, the internet needs to hook the reader in mere instants with a headline or a compelling image.
Internet reading is fragmented and frenetic. Our consciousness takes in wide swaths of information – colors, pictures, banner ads, news feeds and the like – leading to a form of cultural ADD.
The eReader
eBooks have become a battleground for lovers of literature. Some refuse to believe a computer can deliver a visceral experience equal to that of a physical book.
eBooks are too slick, too impersonal. They don't smell like books should. And yet, an eBook can contain more stories than most people will read in a lifetime.
eBooks can be used anywhere at any time – a personal, transportable library. And the availability of free ebooks makes an eReader economical as well as efficient.
They are also impressively democratic. Due to the infinite potential of digital copies, it is unlikely that any government would be able to crush discourse by burning them, Fahrenheit 451-style.
Is listening to an audio book "cheating"? Though the same dramatic information is conveyed, audiobooks prove a vastly altered sensory experience.
To my mind, one medium isn't less valid than the other, and yet with an audio book, I always feel compelled to note that while I "know" the story and have listened to every word, I haven't "read" it.
Many are ready to sound the death knell of the publishing industry. Physical books are far more expensive to manufacture, ship and market than their digital counterparts.
However, it would be a great tragedy if they disappeared altogether. The experience of a book is often different than the information or story contained therein.
They are tactile and contemplative, and demand attention and imagination – books refuse to do the heavy lifting for you. In this way, they say as much about the reader as what is being read – offering infinite interpretations and internal imagery.
The best progress is less about evolution than proliferation. In plain speak: Options. Luckily, we live in an era where we can choose the method of information delivery, tailoring it to our needs and inclinations. Man will always write – the compulsion to communicate stories is as old as cavemen. In today's Brave New World, however, readers control how they're delivered.


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2017 joint report on Multilateral Development Banks' climate finance
Climate financing by the world's six largest multilateral development banks (MDBs) rose to a seven-year high of $35.2 billion in 2017, up 28 per cent on the previous year. The MDBs' latest joint report on climate financing said $27.9 billion, or 79 per cent of the 2017 total, was devoted to climate mitigation projects that aim to reduce harmful emissions and slow down global warming. The remaining 21 per cent, or $7.4 billion, of financing for emerging and developing nations was invested in climate adaptation projects that help economies deal with the effects of climate change such as unusual levels of rain, worsening droughts and extreme weather events. In 2016 climate financing from the MDBs had totalled $27.4 billion.


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Growing attention on iPhone 4 signal issues presents risk for Apple
07/13/2010, 10:07 am
A continued focus on antenna issues associated with the iPhone 4, following this week's update from Consumer Reports, could create a risk for Apple, one prominent Wall Street analyst believes.
Apple struggles to meet iPhone 4 demand as iPad availability improves
07/06/2010, 08:07 am
Constraints in overseas supplies have prompted one prominent Wall Street analyst to lower iPhone 4 sales estimates for the current quarter, while Apple's monthly iPad orders surpassed 2 million units in July.
Limited iPhone 4 stock viewed as 'competitive risk' for Apple
06/29/2010, 11:06 am
If Apple wasn't saddled with iPhone 4 production constraints, launch sales could have gone as high as 2.5 million, one analyst believes. And if limited stock continues, it could open Apple up to a "competitive risk," according to a new analysis.
'Worst case' in iPhone reception issue: Apple gives away bumpers
06/25/2010, 03:06 pm
Despite well publicized reports of iPhone 4 reception issues, one analyst said he sees Apple, in the "worst case," discounting or giving away protective bumpers with little financial impact on the company.
$100 increase for Apple's redesigned Mac mini seen as disappointment
06/15/2010, 10:06 am
Apple's redesigned Mac mini was released on Tuesday starting at $699, a $100 premium over the previous model -- a new price that one prominent Wall Street analyst said he believes is somewhat disappointing.
T-Mobile, not Verizon, most likely to see iPhone first, report claims
06/10/2010, 09:06 am
While its inevitable that Apple will introduce a version of its iPhone handset for U.S. wireless carriers outside of AT&T, it's T-Mobile that stands as the front-runner for the gig rather than Verizon, one investment research firm said Thursday.
iTunes.com, new Macs pegged as potential Apple WWDC reveals
05/28/2010, 10:05 am
While the new iPhone is expected to be the centerpiece of Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference, one analyst said Friday that Apple may also announced a cloud-based iTunes service, as well as Mac Pro and MacBook Air upgrades.
Mac sales forecast to grow 20% on strong demand for new MacBook Pros
05/11/2010, 09:05 am
Apple's recent MacBook Pro refresh and the newly launched iPad 3G are both strong sellers, industry and supply chain sources have told one Wall Street analyst, who believes Apple could see another quarter with more than 20 percent year-over-year growth in Mac sales.
Mac sales momentum predicted to push Apple stock to $305
04/19/2010, 09:04 am
Apple's astounding gains on Wall Street are expected to continue, with a second consecutive quarter of more than 30 percent year-over-year Mac sales growth predicted to help push the company's stock to $305.
Verizon iPhone talks seen as Apple counterattack on Android
03/31/2010, 09:03 am
With speculation of a CDMA iPhone compatible with Verizon's network renewed this week, one prominent analyst said he believes Apple's alleged negotiations could be more about competing with Android than anything else.
MacBook Pros in tight supply, new models could broaden gap with MacBooks
02/24/2010, 09:02 am
Constrained supplies of MacBook Pros suggest an anticipated notebook refresh is growing closer -- one that could further differentiate the premium lineup from the low-end MacBook. Also, Apple has improved its shipping times for 27-inch iMacs to three to five business days.
Wall Street expects Apple's 'risky' iPad to sell 1M-5M in first year
01/28/2010, 10:01 am
With an aggressive $499 starting price point, Wall Street analysts believe Apple's e-reading, game playing, media consuming iPad device is a worthwhile risk that will become a multi-million seller in its first year.
'Minor issues' could delay $999 Apple tablet availability 'til June - report
01/19/2010, 03:01 pm
While Apple's tablet is still expected to see a formal introduction at a media event next week, issues with battery life and durability could result in a June launch, an analyst said Tuesday.
Kaufman Bros ups Apple target on expectations of "blowout" Q1
12/30/2009, 11:12 am
Strength in all of Apple's core business segments during the December quarter is likely to see the company breeze past already heightened expectations on Wall Street, investment bank Kaufman Bros. said Wednesday.
Another take: Apple's Black Friday sales seen as 'strong'
11/30/2009, 09:11 am
Despite Apple offering modest discounts for Black Friday, huge Mac sales for the year's biggest shopping day have been projected, thanks to third-party resellers.
Apple's new iMacs viewed as boon for sagging desktop sales
10/21/2009, 08:10 am
While sales of portable machines saw tremendous growth during Apple's last financial quarter, desktop sales lagged behind. But the release of new iMacs this week is predicted to change that in a big way.
Closing the GAAP: New rule expected to be positive for Apple
09/17/2009, 12:09 pm
In the wake of a preliminary rule change for public accounting records, Apple is predicted to benefit with more transparent representation of iPhone and Apple TV sales.
Another take: Steve Jobs appearance not expected Sept. 9
09/01/2009, 08:09 am
Wall Street analysts are divided on whether Apple co-founder Steve Jobs will appear at next week's iPod-centric event, as another firm has said his presence would be a "welcome surprise," but is not anticipated.
China Unicom leading the pack for iPhone deal
07/06/2009, 05:07 pm
In the tug-of-war that has kept the iPhone out of China in the two years since it's been on the market, China Unicom is purportedly closest to reach a deal but still faces an attack from dominant carrier China Mobile.
Apple execs disclose options for boosting iPhone market share
05/15/2009, 02:05 pm
Apple executives said this week they believe the iPhone remains in its infancy and went on to -- somewhat uncharacteristically -- reveal a series of strategic measures they may employ in the near term to help grow the handset's share of the booming smartphone market.


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text: Home > Bookshop > Australian Subjects > Australian Humour « Back Curly Verse: Selected Poems Leunig, Michael Our Price Retail Price AUD$9.95 Your Price AUD$8.46 Minimum Order: 1 In Stock (1) Dispatch: 1 day Curly Verse: Selected Poems/Leunig, Michae/Paper/0143204750/S007-A AUD$8.46 QTY Gift Wrapping Add Gift Wrapping (click checkbox) If you would like a gift wrapping message, please add it in the Notes section on the checkout page, thank you. AUD$2.95 Publisher: Penguin ISBN-13: 9780143204756 Series: Popular Penguins Binding: Paperback Year Published: 2010 In this selection of poems covering the period 1972 to 2002. This beautifully elegant volume excludes the cartoon element, focusing on Leunig's brilliant texts, with all their absurdity, hilarity, poignancy and joyfulness. Michael Leunig pokes fun at human folly and pretentiousness, deplores the idiocy of war, and revels in the redeeming power of love. ID: 194408 Code: P103413


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Ethiopia Sidamo
With lemon and floral notes, similar to most Ethiopian coffees, the Sidamo stands out with its strength and boldness, providing a luxurious coffee experience. With a wonderful aromatic finish and hints of blueberry, it is sure to entice you out of bed every morning.
History of Ethiopia
A country rich in fascinating culture and history, with archaeological finds dating back an astonishing 3 million years. Located in the horn of Africa, it is home to 102.4 million people.
Placed between the Equator and the Tropic of Cancer, this country has three different climate zones, with an average temperature of 27°C.
Here are some interesting facts about Ethiopia:
- Its area covers 1.13 million sq km
- The four major languages are Amharic, Oromo, Tigrinya and Somali
- The currency of the country is the Ethiopian birr
The Story of the Discovery of Coffee in Ethiopia
The coffee plant was discovered in Ethiopia in the 11th century. It has a white blossom that smells like jasmine and a red cherry-like fruit which is the bean.
According to legend, the goat herder Kaldi stumbled across the plant when he noticed that his goats were full of energy and wouldn't sleep at night after they ate some of the berries. He then shared his findings with the local monastery who made a drink with the berries and also experienced this high energy and alertness. The knowledge of the coffee plant soon began to spread.
Some believe this story to be true, although it is not fact.
What does Ethiopian Coffee Taste Like?
Most Ethiopian beans have the well-known wine and fruit acidity characteristics that African coffees generally have. However, they do have lots of variations of this due to the region and method of production.
Most are described to be:
- Full bodied, although lighter than Indonesia beans with less acidity
- A pleasant lingering finish with floral subtleties
- Rich and smooth
Our coffee is medium bodied with a bright acidity and delicious notes of citrus, wine and blueberry.
Coffee Production in Ethiopia
Ethiopia is the world's 5th largest producer of coffee, and Africa's top producer, according to The Coffee Wiki. It is predicted to maintain a steady production of 6.545 million 60-kg bags of beans throughout 2018.
The government has also made plans to improve the marketing and trading systems to encourage additional production.
Situated in the southern part of Ethiopia, Sidamo is a very mountainous region with ample rainfall, good temperature and rich soils. This provides beans of a Grade 1 standard and has the ideal balance of acidity and body. Due to its stature in the coffee industry, Sidamo is often used in European blends but is great as an Aeropress coffee where its true colours show.
Adams and Russell Medium Roast Coffee Beans
These beans are medium roasted in small batches and are always available fresh from Adams and Russell.
Medium roasts are a medium brown colour and are nicely balanced in flavour, aroma, and acidity.
When roasting the beans can reach temperatures between 210°C and 220°C, which gives this rich, bold delicious flavour.


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I think that my favorite Cataclysm announcement to come from Blizzcon was the introduction of Guild Leveling. When it was first announced it as a function, without going into any detail, I will admit to being trepedatious of the feature. I thought "oh god, I hate leveling in groups, this is going to be awful". However, as I followed it through to the game systems panel, I found myself more and more excited about what it is actually going to work. In fact, I was so excited about it, that I'm fairly certain that I bored a good number of my party at Blizzcon talking about it.
Let's take a look at the nuts and bolts of guild leveling, and then what I think it will do for the game. Read the rest of this entry »


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The Niceville boat parade will begin and end at Emerald Coast Marine where there will be Holiday Music, FREE homemade cookies and hot cocoa for the kids, and samplings of craft brew for the adults.
Hosted by Niceville's Emerald Coast Marine and sponsored by Fuel Restaurant, Boat House Landing, and Dockside Café, the Boggy Bayou Holiday Boat Parade benefits The Fisher House of the Emerald Coast.
The Parade will begin and end at Emerald Coast Marine where there will be Holiday Music, Chef Dan's "Culinary Pirates" Food Truck offering FREE homemade cookies and hot cocoa for the kids, and samplings of 3rd Planet Craft Brew for the adults.
Motorboats and sailboats of any size are welcome and encouraged to participate in the parade and share the spirit of the season!
There is NO Registration Fee to participate, and every entry will receive a gift bag with swag from the sponsors: Emerald Coast Marine, Fuel Restaurant, Boat House Landing, and Dockside Café.
Judging will also take place at Emerald Coast Marine Center. The top 3 decorated boats will win prizes!
View the Niceville boat parade from Lions Park, the Niceville Landing, Lincoln Park, Shipyard Park, Fuel at Emerald Coast Marine Center, The Boat House Landing, or Dockside Café. Call in advance for dinner reservations and specials at the local waterfront eateries.
Interested in taking part in the Niceville boat parade? Register via email and include the following information:
Registrant's Name :
Address :
Phone Number :
Email :
Boat Name :
Boat Length :
Email your registration to email@example.com.
The deadline for entries is Dec. 8 at noon.


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A glowing mix of orange daisies and roses accented with berries and greens in a premium glass vase.
Arrangement Price: $120.00
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Just in the last week or so Vipre has been taking way more time to complete its scan, usually takes about 4-5 hours but lately it's been taking anything up to 10 hours, has something changed with vipre (like an update) that's causing this.
We have no known changes within VIPRE that would cause the issue you're describing. Please let me know what version of VIPRE you have installed via the Account > About VIPRE page and we can investigate what's going on.
Engine version is 3.9.2671.1-3.0
Definition version is 66202 - 7.75765
Software version is 10.1.3.3 32bit.
Is there a 64bit version of Vipre, if not are they going to look at making one.
We will need to collect your license key to ensure we get you up to date with the proper software. I will create a support ticket for you and will be in touch to get this straightened out.


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Between the Lines Advanced LT 4+
For social communication!
Hamaguchi Learning & Development, LLC
- $0.99
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Hamaguchi Apps for Speech, Language & Auditory Development's groundbreaking iPad app is designed for adolescents-adults who would benefit from practice interpreting vocal intonation, facial expressions, body language, and idiomatic or slang expressions. Using real photographs, voices and short mini-video clips of a variety of social situations and expressions, this app provides a dynamic way to help learn and practice interpreting the messages that are "between the lines" and simply can't be replicated with worksheets and static flashcards. Scenes for the body language activity include a shopping mall, office, restaurant, family room, outdoors, school and party.
This Lite app provides 12 samples of each of the three activities for a total of 36 tasks and is for a single user only. (The full version provides 225 total tasks)
This app uses American expressions and body language.
There are three activities in this app:
1. Listening: The user hears a voice speak a sentence, e.g., "Are they gonna turn that music down?!" (Often the same phrase is heard spoken in several different ways throughout the activity, but with different emotion and inflection) A question is then asked, "Who said it?" The user is shown a series of photographs. The user touches the correct facial expression that matches the voice.
2. Body Language: A very short video-clip is shown that depicts an interaction or situation. For example, one teen girl says to another, "I'm thinking I might go out with Jack on Friday night. What do you think?" Her friend responds by making a wishy-washy kind of "I'm not sure" face. The camera closes in on this actor and the narrator says, "What is she thinking?" The user's task is to look at the choices of responses and select the one that matches the facial expression/body language.
3. Expressions: A very short video-clip is shown that depicts an actor speaking a sentence that contains an idiomatic expression, e.g., "Oh that salesman was a smooth talker!" The user is asked to select the best response to the question, "What does that mean?" Slang phrases that may be considered crude can be added in by being selected within the Activity setting, e,g, "Bunch of BS" and "hit the fan".
This Lite version is for a single user only. The percentage correct is reported for each user's performance on each of the three activities. The user can select his/her own individual settings. Settings include: Selection of the activities, order of the activities (or random), answer choices (group of 2, 3 or 4), how to display choices (automatically or manually) and whether to move forward automatically or by touching an arrow. Progress can be tracked, and displayed or not displayed. Reward animations are provided at selected intervals for a welcome fun and break. These are not games of skill but a fun diversion.
The lite version includes one game, Dunk Tank.
Data can be printed, saved or emailed.
***Please check out the extension activities at the end of the Information Page, which is on the home page. It is also available on our website.
PRIVACY POLICY: We do NOT collect personal data from our users and have no ads. Personal data regarding user performance on the tasks on this app are self-contained and not transmitted in any way, unless the user chooses to email them to someone else. There are no in-app purchases in this app. A demo link will allow a user with internet access to view a video on YouTube to learn about the features of this app, as well as a link to our other apps in the iTunes store.
Developed by licensed and ASHA-certified speech-language pathologist and author, Patti Hamaguchi, M.A., CCC-SLP. Visit our website: www.hamaguchiapps.com
What's New
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This app is GREAT for helping students on the Autism Spectrum infer what someone is thinking based on the situational contexts, voice inflection, expressions and gestures - - - and they love the app too! Effective way to target sarcasm, too.
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Requires iOS 8.0 or later. Compatible with iPad.
- Languages
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Etyen Mahçupyan in Karar writes that it is obvious that ISIS has an understanding of Islam that leads it to see Turkey as an enemy, and that it intends to incite such an Islamic understanding inside Turkey. But at the same time, it is also clear that ISIS does not want to wholly be at odds with Turkey. Ultimately, it wants to be accepted as a force to bargain with in Syria and Iraq. Thus, even though they don't hinder uncontrolled acts and though they may even resort to using violence as part of a strategy of "warning," they have to get along with Turkey, insofar as they want to be a permanent force to reckon with in the region. The PKK's position is no different. It's easy to declare cantons (in Syria) when a war is raging, but much more difficult to sustain these when peace arrives… It's obvious that you cannot categorically trust the U.S., Russia or Germany. In other words, when we pass on to the next stage in Syria, Turkey's view of an eventual Kurdish entity is going to be a crucial factor… And what is at least as critical as this factor is the fact that the PKK runs the risk of alienating its sociological base in Turkey if it escalates the violence. In short, the two terror groups that Turkey is facing are in fact in need of Turkey's "acceptance…" We can predict that both organizations are going to want to resort to violence in order to bring Turkey to the point that they desire, but that they at the end of the day are going to want to keep Turkey by their sides. As a new table is being set in Syria, the number of groups that would like to have violence in Turkey is thus decreasing, not increasing.
Verda Özer in Hürriyet reports that Erdoğan offered Obama the services of the Turkish military in Syria against ISIS, in return for which he asked the U.S. to stop supporting the Kurdish PYD. According to what Turkish sources have told me, Ankara made the following suggestion to Washington during the visit of Erdoğan: "Come, give up PYD. In its place, we can – together with the Arab and Turcoman groups that we support – fight a land war against ISIS." Turkey also asked for U.S. air cover to enable the Turkish army to intervene in Syria. To this, the U.S. replied "I will not give up on PYD." Washington also expressed the reservation that if "the Turkish army were to intervene, Russia might hit it." In fact, the U.S. is wary of Turkey becoming entrenched and powerful in Iraq and Syria. According to what my sources relate, Washington urged Ankara to "return to the solution process," to which Erdoğan replied "I have not broken off the solution process, the process is in the refrigerator." And he reminded that Turkey's, and thus his own, focus right now is the fight against PKK. According to what the sources relate, the Turkish side made a connection between the solution process and the PYD. It emphasized that as long as the armed support of the U.S. for PYD continues, it will not be possible to restart the solution process.
Ahmet Altan on the news site Haberdar writes that the army and AKP are working in tandem. Maybe the army is seeking to obtain what it has been trying to do for years by mobilizing the AKP – with its vast majority – behind it. This could be a dream come true for the army, that it now thanks to AKP and its majority can crush the Kurds, the leftists and the religious conservatives outside of AKP so handily. And it could be that AKP is thinking that it makes sense to cooperate with the army in order to force the Kurds to accept a presidential system, to silence its opponents, and wipe out the other religious conservatives from the field. But beware, while cooperating, you run the risk of turning into the force with which you cooperate. While the AKP is turning into an image of the old state, the military is becoming more like the AKP. The daily Cumhuriyet has recently exposed how the army is collaborating with ISIS at the Syrian border. The conservative base of the AKP will not long take the "militarization" of the party; in fact, that is one of the reasons behind the internal fissures that are slowly becoming visible. Meanwhile, the attempt to turn the army into an AKP army could have truly disastrous consequences in terms of the internal cohesion of the military. The Turkish army could split like the Lebanese army.
Cengiz Çandar in Radikal writes that Turkey is seeking a closer relation with the EU because the historical rivalry between it and Russia has been revived, with Turkey being encircled on three fronts by a Russia that has annexed Crimea to the north, has strengthened its military ties with Armenia to the east and has become entrenched to the south by its support to the Kurds in the vicinity of Aleppo and has denied Turkey access to the north Syrian air space. In this context, Ankara (which does not mean exclusively the AKP government) views the PKK as an "asset" that Russia is using or will use against Turkey. The Turkey-EU "refugee bargaining" becomes intelligible by looking at this big picture. Turkey, which is "besieged" by Russia and feels to under "strategic threat" is reorienting in the direction that remains open for it, that is to the West, across the Aegean Sea. At the same time, Ankara is exploring a "common ground" with Iran in countering the Kurds, just like Turkey did back in 1937, when the Saadabad treaty was concluded with Persia. This "political maneuver" by Turkey is also an attempt to break the Russia-Iran entente over Syria.
Ali Bayramoğlu in Yeni Şafak writes that the geopolitical winds are behind PKK-PYD and against Turkey. Turkey does not have any card up its sleeve that it can deploy to stop the Kurdish region in Syria that it sees as an existential threat. As long as this balance persists across the border, it is not reasonable to expect that Kandil (the headquarters of PKK in northern Iraq) is going to abandon its attempts to establish areas of sovereignty, its strategy of creating cantons, by means of urban warfare and the politics of ditches. The statements of the authorities promising that "soon the cleaning will be finished, and public order will be established," appear naïve considering past events and the present balances of power. This is so even though a significant part of the population in the region does not approve of the actions of the PKK. This does not mean that they have edged closer to the approach of the state and its position. Isn't it time that Turkey revises its reading of the region, its view of the Kurdish movements, the Kurdish question and its roadmap for the future?
The Turkey Analyst is a publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Joint Center, designed to bring authoritative analysis and news on the rapidly developing domestic and foreign policy issues in Turkey. It includes topical analysis, as well as a summary of the Turkish media debate.


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Schemeswriter v3.26.0 is ready for testing
Published on 18 Dec 2017
Broker Refer at RenewalBrokers will now be able to refer an invited renewal back to the insurer with notes so they can discuss premium and cover. The process works in the same way as a new business refer, so it should be familiar to your brokers and insurers.
Improved Search ResultsWe have made some changes to the algorithm that drives the search results, to improve the quality and the ordering of the items returned so you can find what you are looking for more efficiently. Searching by customer name will now be more consistent, as well as prioritising policies over quotes.
General Improvements
- Expiring premium is now available to the documentation
- Direct Debit payments now support a broker fee
- French, Italian and Spanish tax rules have been implemented and can now be integrated into the products
- Upgraded SagePay integration to use latest JSON API
- B2C error page now contains a link to return to the homepage
- Question set performance improvements
Bug Fixes
- In certain situations a broker was not able to complete a renewal declaration, this has now been fixed


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LL Cool Yadi
Why Joe Pettini gets no love is beyond me.
Anyway, I sent out an e-mail to some G-WHORES (if you can't tell, I really enjoy typing that) yesterday breaking the bad news that Yad is going to be riding the pine for the next six week, out with a broken left wrist. And I got an e-mail back form my friend Erin, who writes:
"With Yadi's broken wrist, he may need some help jerking off...should I send out an offer?"
Labels: 2007 St Louis Baseball Cardinals, Jerking Off Yadier Molina
Hearting Long Weekends Since 1904
Anyways; Just wanted to wish a happy travels to my buddy Pat as he starts off on his long weird move to Montana. This town wont be the same without his tiny, tiny head around anymore.
I'm off to Memphis for the weekend. If any of you smart, sexy readers are wise in the ways of our neighbor to the South (Memphis), feel free to drop of a recommendation in thy comments.
Memphis! Yeah!
[have a great memorial, everybody. remember what this weekend is all 'bout: drinking canned beers and listening to the allman brothers.]
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Your Thursday Time Waster
I wasted two hours of worky time yesterday looking at maps. Maps of what? Stuff. What stuff? (Jesus, man what's with all the fucking questions?) Stuff like:
Checking out all of the sporting arenas in Mexico City.
Wondering what year google thinks it is in St Louis (that's got to be from like '03, right? Step it up google.)
Checking in on the detainees in Gitmo (I'm pretty surprised this one isn't blacked out, actually.)
Seeing what those sneaky Russians are up to (the answer? No good.)
Wishing I was chilling with a mojito at this dudes house right now.
Looking for my wallet that I lost in Cartagena (there it is!)
So, anyway, yeah. That's a timewaster.
Labels: Stuff You Probably Don't Care About, Timewasters
PEORIA - An intoxicated West Peoria woman was arrested Sunday after allegedly punching another woman in the face and yelling racial slurs.
Peoria County sheriff's deputies were called about 2:40 a.m. to the 600 block of Western Avenue about a fight involving four women.
When they arrived, they found Roxanne N. York, 20, 1322 N. Stever Ave., sitting on the ground, yelling racial epithets at three African-American women, according to police reports.
York reportedly walked out in front of traffic on Western, prompting her victim to stop to check on York's welfare. York allegedly grew angry at the driver, and after opening the passenger side door, started punching her female passenger in the face.
The driver and another passenger pulled York off their friend and called police.
When asked about the incident, York allegedly swore at the deputy, who placed her in his squad car. There, she urinated¹ and repeatedly banged her head and kicked the safety glass in the back of the car.
The deputy had to spray York with pepper spray to get her to settle down.
York was taken to the Peoria County Jail and booked on charges of vehicle invasion, aggravated battery, disorderly conduct, pedestrian under the influence of alcohol² and improper walking on highway.
¹ Awesome.
² Seriously? Pedestrian under the influence? Two thoughts: 1) How have I never got one of these before? 2) How are drunk people supposed to get home? They can't drive. They can't ride a bike. And now they can't walk. I see two solutions: 1 or 2.
Labels: Crime, Intoxicated Urinating, Segways
Labels: Dumb Cartoons, The Adventures of Brad and Yadi
A Gripe
Shame on each and every one of you.
I've been blogging for over three and a half years, going back to my days on the ol' Sanchez Report. I've been running this piece of crap for nearly three full years now. Sure, maybe I've neglected you, the reader, sometimes. And maybe I smothered you at other times. But I care. If there's one thing I may be guilty of, it's loving you too much. And this is how you repay me?
You never once... not once... let me know how delicious whiskey sours are?
I find it hard to believe that everybody out there has never had one before. Someone had to have one, right? And I would like to think that while having one, you probably thought to yourself "this is great. You know who would like this? That guy who's blog I occasionally read... Steve... something."
But did you tell me about it? No.
I had to find out on my own. While in a bit of a haze Sunday evening, I made up a whiskey sour after mistaking the recipe for that of a mint julep (which I had never had either; I ended up making one later on and I can honestly say I'm not a fan). And it rocked not just my world, but my worlds apart. (by the way, that video has to be a joke, right? The drummer couldn't keep a straight face while playing air guitar. The HAD to know how ridiculous that was. Right?)
(Seriously. I can't get over that video. I want to remake it. Like right now, scene for scene. get me some dudes, I'm doing it. There is a freaking keyboard taped to a wall. It is so nonsensical yet such genius. My head is about to explode.)
Anyway, internets... now that I know about these whiskey sours, what else are you holding out on me?
I don't know if I can trust you again.
Labels: Any excuse is a good excuse to watch the seperate ways video, I love whiskey sours
Quickish Thoughts
... Oh, I know: The Office! Tremendous ending to the season last night. I actually haven't really cared for the last few weeks episodes; I have no room for plot developments in my sitcoms -- I want them funny and thats it. In fact, my favorite years of tv were in the mid 90's when both Seinfeld and The Simpsons decided to stop using any assemblance of logical, strung together plots (Armen Tanzarian's reign of terror, the Merv Griffin set in Kramer's apartment). However, the plot twist in The Office's final scene last night made up for any foibles I may have had with this season. (Did I just write "foibles?" is that even a word? Well, spell check is getting it, so I guess it is.) However, if it means that BJ Novak will be leaving the show, I heartily disapprove. He has written and produced some of the better episodes of the series, not exactly a lightweight. Lets hope he is still around.
Other than that... not much going on... oh, if I am ever driving to assassinate some commie bastard and then bed some ethnic beauty, I decided I will be listening to this song while on my way:
... and... that's about it, really... oh, I bought a smoker this week (yes, that's it right over there), so if you find yourself in Dogtown tomorrow and wonder what that delectable aroma is, it is I, cooking ribs. You may not have any, but feel free to help yourself to some slaw. It's poisoned.
...That's it. That's a week. Oh... Thanks for all the help with Project: Al's Wedding Music. If ya'll think of any more, drop 'em off, pleasy-o.
...There. That's it. Seriously. That's your week.
Go home now, tell your boss Al said it's okay.
Do it, pussy.
[have a great weekend, kids. remember that time i ate shit? that was awesome. except for the part where i ate the shit.]
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Project: Al's Wedding Music
Post ceremony, we will be having dinner, drinks, and dancing right near the beach (boy!)
The dinner we already have figured out (steak and sushi), as well as the drinks [pretty much everything under the sun, and lots of it; by the end of the evening I'll probably be drinking some sort of concoction consisting of tequila, pool water, and grenadine with a pineapple garnish (I will call it a "Razor Ramon")], it's the dancing aspect of this wonderful evening to be, which I, for the next six months, will be turning my focus to.
The set list as of right now looks something like: "Feelin' Alright" > 4 hours TBD > "Showdown." Which means we're pretty much halfway home, already.
I know of a few songs which will make the cut as well ("Baba O'Reilly", "Torn And Frayed", "Sweet Virginia", "Loving Cup" (Phish version), "Me and My Uncle", "Tangled Up in Blue", "Dead Flowers", "Girl From The North Country", "Rosalita", "Hurdy Gurdy Man", "Time Has Come Today", "Monkey Man", "Bananas and Blow", "In The Meantime", "Superstition", "Hurricane", "Soul to Squeeze", and "Peggy-O" have all been promised slots, and I'm 99% sure there will be a "Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" towards the end of the evening, just so my friends and I all have a chance to scream at each other in a Levon Helm / Muppet voice as our wives and girlfriends stare disapprovingly at us.), but I've got a lot of empty space; I'd say upwards of three hours. And most of the guys in there already are from the popular genre "Classic Rock", which while a fantastic genre in its own right, can't be the lone wolf, so to speak.
I need some funk, and I need some soul.
So, yet again, I'm turning to you for help, Interwebs. I'm all ears on this blog (well, all ears and sweat. Mostly sweat, really.), any recommendations will be highly appreciated and very well received. If you've got a favorite jam, something to set the dance floor ablaze, drop it off in the comments or shoot me an electronic mail, if you would be so kind. The always sharing Ace Cowboy got the party started for me yesterday, hooking me up with a massive funk set, that I'll be combing through over the next few days, so this ball is already a rollin'.
Help a brutha (not really a brutha) out, won't ya?
Also, while I'm on the topic of music, I'd be remiss if I didn't point out the fact that Wilco's newest work, "Sky Blue Sky", is the balls. Probably my favorite Wilco album since "Being There" and considering how much I enjoyed their last two, that's saying something. I know its early, but "Hate it Here" is high in the running for Al's Song o' Summer, '07.
Labels: Music, Project Al's Wedding Music
The beers -- a nice belgian blonde -- were all magically delicious, and we were joined at Rhodells with long time friends of the show Tito and Julia. Later in the evening, we ended up meeting up (I just bookended a word with the word "up"; that looks weird) with a group of friends for drinks on the riverfront. Nice little Saturday, really.
Six hours later, after a 3 am run to Steak n' Shake and about a million beers, Tito and I were in his basement, with our respective ladies sleeping sleepily (?) upstairs, slowly drinking ourselves to sleep and watching Starship Troopers on TBS.
It kind of hit us both that there was something way too familiar about the whole scene.
I said to Tito, "If we were drinking Icehouse and getting ready to play Goldeneye, I'd be pretty freaked out that we had hit some sort of weird time warp."
"Yeah," Tito replied. He paused for a few seconds. "I wish I still had Goldeneye."
"Me too."
Since 1999, Tito and I have both come a long way. I've traveled around the world, held a top secret security clearance, did a war, did some schoolin, began a burgeoning career, got engaged to a lovely little strumpet, killed a Moroccan for "looking at me funny." In the same time, Tito has graduated from U of I, finished law school, gotten married, passed the bar, bought a house, has some sort of real job and a dog. We are -- or, at least, should be -- grown ups.
Yet, if you had a time machine, I can pretty much guarantee you that on the second weekend of May, in the year 1999, Tito and I were sitting in his living room at 5 in the morning, retardedly drunk, and probably watching Starship Troopers on TBS.
The only real difference between 1999 Tito and Al and 2007 Tito and Al is that we now both get laid on a regular basis, legally and without paying for it.
Not that I'm complaining; it's a pretty nice life. I've got a wonderful bride, The Simpsons on DVD, a fridge full of ales; and I'm free to misuse semi-colons till my heart's content. Which, when I was 19, is pretty much all I could have asked for out of life (except a rocket car and a gold plated house). But in eight years, we've come so far, only to really go pretty much nowhere.
I need a vacation.
Labels: more mentions of time traveling, Stuff You Probably Don't Care About
That's That
In the end, I wasn't losing my mind or anything cool like that. It was just some weird dude taking street photos and guerrilla marketing them. Much like everything else from this month, in the end, it just ended up kind of lame.
[have a great weekend, kids. or don't. see if i care.]
Labels: Stuff You Probably Don't Care About, Underwhelming Outcomes
Ballgame Pics
Now batting, from Accounts Receivable, Adam Kennedy:
This picture made me laugh for some strange reason:
Tiny scrappy Eckstein, Big drunk Al:
I don't particularly care for the new stadium -- you can't tear down the building where most of my early baseball memories rest, replace it with a generic version of every other "new" stadium in Major League Baseball, and expect me to like it -- but what I do like? The lights. I love the old style lights.
(And Pujols.)
Great little evening last night -- Drinking, dogs, and a ballgame into drinking, irish music, and amigos down at McGurks. If I would have hit on some 19 year old girls, I would have sworn I had taken a ride back to The Summer of Al.
Oh and a happy 25 zu unserem guten freind Mozzy. Yay Mozzy.
Labels: 2007 St Louis Baseball Cardinals, more mentions of time traveling, pics
Mystery, Al (Fritz)
So, tonight I get to see two very bad baseball teams play a random Tuesday night game in May. "Taylor Buchholz! Brad Thompson! Baseball Fever! Catch it!"
Luckily, to help pull me out of these here spring doldrums has been the ever plucky Ace Cowboy of Slack LaLane. He's been firing Phish youtube clips into my box ("Thats what she said") at a staggering rate, and I have been enjoying the ever living hell out of them.
Phish... Bad Cardinals baseball... Somebody give me a baby blue '93 LeBaron, a New Yorker pizza and an 18 pack of Icehouse 'cause I'm pretty sure 1999 is calling collect (from a payphone) for me.
And speaking of 1999, I now have my first mystery to solve since that gorgeous year full of Lewinsky jokes, Y2K fears, casual handjobs, and the fighting spirit of a moronic 19 year old.
To begin, back in the late 90's, when this Internet thing-a-ma-jig was first starting up, my buddy Joe had a frighteningly large e-mail group known as "The Joe Report."
It followed his exploits as he bounced around between schools, playing guitar and helping retards. He'd fire out a summary of his gallivanting antics every two or three weeks, and eventually this e-mail grew to include separate mini-columns from others in the group. I wrote a column title "I Am Not Making This Up" in which I (mostly) lied about fights with both the law and children, excessive drinking and eating of Wendy's, and wondered in print why my buddy Gibby had such an odd, down right dangerous obsession with the character "Dauber" on Coach.
Anyhoo -- during one prolonged "cold streak" of mine (which was actually broke by the young minx from this tale) I started writing about how I had lost my groove, yet was determined to find it (I can't remember exactly what happened -- I'll have to dig through the Fritz archives later -- but I'm pretty sure that in the end, it was found to have been stolen by Ozzie Smith) (don't ask); and that became the great mystery of 1999. A nice lil' sub-plot, if you will: Where is Al's groove and can he get it back?
Alright, now fast forward yourself from those glorious, hazy late 90's days of frisbee golf, ¢79 gallons of gas, $2 packs of smokes, and $10 dime bags to the present day. Well, last Sunday actually. TLF an I are at the friendly neighborhood Schnucks, grabbing some supplies for a wonderful Sunday night feast. While standing in the checkout line and wondering to myself whether or not it was a good idea to drink that gigantic vodka-lemon-lime-ade (say it real fast) last night (it was) and deciding just how hilarious Floyd Mayweather looked wearing a sombrero (very. Very hilarious. "Get it? Its an oversized hat. It's funny.") I noticed a picture sticking out of the magazine rack.
It was this picture:
Odd, me thought. I picked it up and flipped it around. This was to be found:
Well, I don't know. I don't know anything about what in the hell is going on here. I looked around, hoping perhaps there were more pictures to be found, but there were none. Confused, I slipped it into my pocket. I got home and sent an e-mail to the address from the back:
Forty some odd hours later... Nothing. No response at all. What the devil is going on? Is this some sort of treasure hunt? Am I in some weird Christopher Nolan-esque movie and not know it? Am I going to find two old dudes chilling on a picnic table on my front yard one of these days (which would realllly freak me out)? I don't know.
I just don't know.
I don't know what the hell is going on, so I'm just throwing it out there, internets. Hoping for some leads.
I also don't know how to finish this rambling, idiotic post. Oh wait. Yes I do:
Labels: mysterys, Stuff That She Said, Stuff You Probably Don't Care About, youtubage
End You Fucking Week... End!
The Dugout
The Onion's "In the Know" series
Gus Chiggins: Old Prospector
And, of course, the "Showdown" scene from Kingpin:
Between the gloomy weather, the coverage of Hancock's death, and the return of my insomnia, this week just needs to fucking end. The only way it gets worse is if I find out my dad has cancer.
Which I just happen to have found out last night. Awesome.
[have a great cinco de mayo/kentucky derby/de la hoya-mayweather fight weekend. as the mexican riding a horse at the boxing match would say "las cervezas son tu mejor amigo. el al va a conseguir drinky."]
Labels: Big Ern McCracken, Links, Lots of Tags, Prospector Humor, Stuff You Probably Don't Care About
Indians, Asians < Suggestive Innuendo
These "suggestion e-mails" generally please me, as I like it when companies don't care about their customers and have no bones in saying so. Then yesterday's came in. About the third suggestion on the page:
"Can we have Indian or Asian food in the menu sometimes or once a week?"
While I would have gone with a "May we…" instead of "Can…", sure, not a bad idea. A few ideas later:
"Serve more Asian food for folks of Indian descent."
A popular idea! Later on:
"Loved Asian Salad!! Would like to see again. How about Indian?"
Hmmm... And again:
"May I suggest adding more options of Asian food, specially (sic) Indian food, which I am sure, will add spice to our current menu? And we can get so many ideas and options from Indian food."
What the hell? Still more:
"As I see here, a lot of Indians work and you guys serve Asian food also in a while, but it would be really great if you can manage to add some Indian food here. In that case I'm sure Indian guys won't bring food from home they will take from you only."
Alright... here's what I think happened. Someone decided to see how many times they could get the words "Asian" and "Indian" published into this e-mail. Of the 7,000 or so folks who received this e-mail, I am going out on a limb and saying I'm the only one who noticed it. But it cracked me the hell up.
And I've decided to ramp it up a notch. I'm switching it from casual racism to soft core. I'm going to try to get as many sexually suggestive words into the e-mail as possible. So far, I'm going to go with: Plump, steamy, hot, moist, juicy, and (maybe) labia. If you have any other suggestions, as always, drop them off below, and I'll get back to you next month with the results. Either hilariousness will ensue (with sexy results!) or I'll be fired.
(I don't feel like working this summer, anyway.)
Labels: Sexy Results, Stuff You Probably Don't Care About
That one guy from "Newhart" and "The Happy Hooker." (Yes, that's a real movie.)
Now everybody stop dying.
Labels: 80s sitcoms, Links
Of Life and Booze
Early to rise on Saturday, I hung out on the terrace, made the weekly round of phone calls. I went across the street to my buddy Matt's pad; he was hanging out with his groomsmen, getting ready to tie that not in a few hours. Come back home, The Lady Friend gets back from walking around Forrest Park, I cook up some egg-muffin sandis, mix up some mimosas, and we clean ourselves up and get ready to head to the wedding.
The wedding is fabulous, the homily could have used some stories about robots and a Superman III reference, but other than that no qualms. Off to a buddy's house on The Hill, eat some wings, drink some White Ales (fucking magical), watch the Cards game, and make fun of Brady Quinn. Head downtown to the reception. There's a line of about 100 prom kids all waiting for the elevator; we skip the line, take the residential lift. We rule!
All in all, that's about a perfect 24 hours for me. Drink beer, watch two different Cardinals games, eat wings, hang with friends, and make fun of Brady Quinn. Awesome.
Then, the wheels fall off. I'll go ahead and just blame the open bar -- it's never good for anyone. Except me, of course (this weekend confirms the fact that I and my buddy Dave are the only two good drunks left in this god forsaken town) -- and by the end of the evening, people were crying and TLF was peeing in our front yard. So, yeah... class all around. Well, class and booze.
The next morn, I wake to my phone vibrating; the first text I got was around nine: "What's wrong with the Cardinals pitchers during Cubs series?" I chalked it up to "they suck?" and hit the pillow to keep sleeping off a massive hangover. Twenty minutes later, another text from another friend: "Sorry to hear about Josh." What? I need sleepy. Ten minutes later, another text: "Sorry to hear about your guy. Best." Seriously, what the fuck?
Fuck. Flash back to 6/22/02 and my celly waking me up from a super hangover at noon in North Carolina. My buddy Nate is at Wrigley. Sounds like DK died last night. Fuck.
Ugh. You've got be kidding me. Send out a text to the group from the cab ride home last night: "So we can now say we saw the accident that killed Josh Hancock. Fuck."
Life is an odd thing. We love people like Albert Pujols because we can never be him; chances are you can't even imagine what it's like to have that kind of physical skill. It's easy to idolize the greats, but in doing so, we undervalue the guys who make up the backbone of not just the game, but of life. Life isn't hitting 500 foot home runs; it's an 88 mph fastball and the ability to mop up some innings. We like to think that life would be great if it was filet mignon and $200 bottles of champagne, but it's not. Life is a few cold beers, hot wings, and good friends. (and maybe some washers.) Life is Josh Hancock.
And that's fine by me.
I'm a pretty negative person; it's my nature. I'm a jerk. I'd change, but that would require effort. (I'm also lazy.) But for the next week, I'm being nothing but positive on this here slice of webernets. It'll be all sunshine and whiskey and barefoots. I'm going to fucking appreciate this life of mine, even if it kills me.
Also, since the shoe is already dropping, I'm just going to say this now and I won't comment on it again (unless we find out he was fucking a goat at the time or something else Eddie Griffin level of ridiculous):
Mistakes happen. And sometimes they involve alcohol. I've known a lot of people who have died in a lot of different ways -- suicide, cancer, war, senseless violence, and, yes, even from drunk driving -- and I don't miss any of them more than others. If he was drunk at the time, it means he made a few bad decisions Saturday night. It doesn't mean that he will be missed any more, or any less, by his friends and family. And it makes this no less tragic.
Labels: 2007 St Louis Baseball Cardinals, Stuff You Probably Don't Care About


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Our final leg of our journey took us to the Duoro Valley, Portugal's wine making region. The Douro Valley is a fairly underrated tourist destination in Portugal, but in recent years it has gained in popularity among wine enthusiasts and romantics, the ideal final stop on Emily and my honeymoon. We chose to go there after reading Frank Bruni's account of never ending days of food and wine in a spectacular setting. Through Conde Nast Traveller we found recommendations on accommodations, and chose to stay at the Casa do Vilarinho de Sao Romao (a name I continuously failed to pronounce properly) which is a small little villa high in the hills of the Duoro Valley.
It was nearly a day long journey to Casa do Vilarinho de Sao Romao from Lisbon, but since I love the Portuguese train system I really didn't mind. We purchased our tickets from Lisbon to Porto and 20 minutes before the train was scheduled to depart we each bought a Magnum, Europe's answer to Haagen Daaz, and found a comfy spot on the train. 5 minutes before the train left the station, two older men asked us to move our seats and we thought nothing of it…we happily obliged them and relocated. As we approached subsequent stops people kept asking us to move until finally we realized there were assigned seats and Emily and I were seated on opposite sides of the train.
Ooops, language barrier! We spent the rest of the ride apart.
Our next train from Porto to Pinhao luckily did not have assigned seats and we were reunited for some of the most breathtaking views I have ever seen. Deep into the Douro Valley at the tail end of our journey, this man who looked exactly like Donald Rumsfeld approached us and taught us about the history of the region. The cliff notes version is that the area is very old and the Port wine is very delicious. But please check it out in person!
By the time we reached Pinhao and got into a cab it was almost 8pm, and we arrived at Casa do Vilarinho de Sao Romao around 9pm starving and smelling like sour grapes. Cristina had offered to make dinner for us in her emails, but once there she suggested we walk 3 miles in the dark to Sabrosa, the nearest town, to grab a bite to eat…strange. Luckily one of her staff was driving into town and she dropped off at the only open restaurant for dinner. After a scrumptious meal of prawns, veal and ample local wine, we took a taxi back and crashed.
The next day we took a tour of one of the many local vineyards Quinta do Portal and saw their new factory and sampled many varietals of Port and Muscatel wines. We learned that during years when the grape is very good, the Port producers join together and declare that year to be a LBV – a late bottle vintage. When choosing your Port wine (as I often do…), try to choose a bottle of LBV, no matter the year it is likely to be exceptional!
After our vineyard tour, we had to walk to Sabrosa to get cash since Cristina informed us after our arrival that she did not take credit cards…again, strange. We followed the map she gave us the night before when she suggested we walk there for dinner, and thank goodness we were able to get a ride…the path was treacherous! Her instructions included such clear directives as "ignore the yellow house," "turn up the second steep hill not the first," and "beware of the rabid dog." We literally walked down a steep path through vineyards, fjorded two streams, and hiked up a steep hill, a journey that took at least two hours and would have guaranteed a broken ankle had we attempted it the night before.
Once in Sabrosa we were exhausted and starving, unfortunately everything was closed and we had to quench our thirst with two Coca-Colas, looking more American than ever. After we hit up the ATM we took a taxi back to the Casa and chilled at the pool for the rest of the day. Apparently there is only one taxi driver in town and so despite my constant mispronouncing of Casa do Vilarinho de Sao Romao, he knew the route since he had taken us there the night before (and was hurt when we did not immediately recognize him.) We ate dinner at the Casa and had a relaxing night watching German celebrity shows including a program called, "Formerly Hot" that was quite entertaining (Britney Spears was #1).
The next day we packed up and made the reverse commute on the trains back to Lisbon. Once in Lisbon we stowed our things at a hostel and went to the Lisboan version of the meatpacking district for a trendy dinner and some dancing on a fake beach to 80s classics. We danced all night and left for our flight at dawn, sadly saying goodbye to Portugal.
Two final thoughts:
1. I created a twitter list of Portugese happennings prior to our arrival and it was quite helpful. Check out Spiffy Niffy's Portugal list
2. Several of our mishaps could have been avoided if we had rented a car. I would recommend renting a vehicle in Sintra and the Duoro Valley, although we managed without one and had some great stories to tell (and blog posts to write) as a result.
3. I should have mentioned this in a previous post, but the bath towels offered in all of our accommodations throughout the country were the biggest towels of my life, despite the fact that most of the country was petite. As a tall person the large towels were a constant luxury and an incentive to revisit the country. Whoever sponsored the gigantic towel initiative is a tourism genius!


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Singapore Has Golden Ambitions
Singapore has emerged as one of the world's hubs for private banking for the wealthy, and now it is making a play to become the Fort Knox of Asia.
Starting Monday, the Southeast Asian city-state is scrapping a 7% tax on gold and silver in an effort to turn the city into a precious-metals trading hub to rival London and Zurich, where value-added taxes don't apply to the investment-grade gold trade.
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The City of Henderson Public Works Department (Water Distribution, Sewer Collection, and Sewer Collection I&I Division) provides water and sewer services for the customers with potable water from the Kerr Lake Regional Water System on Flemingtown Road and wastewater treated at the Henderson Nutbush Water Reclamation Facility located on NC Highway 39, North.
The Public Works Division is located in the Operations and Service Center at 900 South Beckford Drive is open from 7:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Monday thru Friday.
Phone number: 252-431-6030
Fax: 252-431-0124.
In Case of a Water or Sewer Emergency:
Please Call 911 or 252-492-0202.
The Utilities Division maintains approximately 10,000 water /sewer taps with 195 miles of water and 165 miles of sewer line. The division has 21 full time employees and is made up of three divisions. These consisting of Water Distribution and Sewer Collections and Sewer Collections I&I (Inflow and Infiltration).
The Water Distribution Division is responsible for maintenance of the City of Henderson distribution lines and also those transmission lines that serve Oxford, Warren County, and Franklin County. These lines range in size from ¾" upwards to 36" in diameter. This Division's jurisdiction basically extends from Kerr Lake down US #1 to the Tar River Bridge then we maintain from Soul City to the City of Oxford and everything in between. We maintain some 200 miles of water line that supplies water service and fire protection to nearly 10,000 customers. The water lines are made up of a variety of different materials including ductile iron, cast iron, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), copper, asbestos/concrete(AC), polybutylene and galvanized metal. Along with the previously mentioned, this division must repair and/or replace over 600 fire hydrants and 10,000 water meters.
To supply water to all the customers, the City of Henderson has a fresh water storage capacity of 1,500,000 gallons stored in elevated tanks. Our oldest storage tank, constructed in 1953 is located near the intersection of Williams Street and Chavasse Avenue. The newest tank, constructed in 1996 is located along side of US #1 near Bearpond Road.
The Water Distribution Division is operated on a yearly budget prepared by City Staff and presented to the City Council for approval. Budget figures are based on the previous years expenditures, and any Capital Improvements which can be funded within the fiscal year.
The Water Distribution Division has personnel on call round the clock with the ability to respond to any emergency situation to make needed repairs. Preplanned tasks and regular preventative maintenance are performed during normal business hours, five days a week, 8+ hours daily. After hours calls are handled by rotating personnel assigned to carry a call-back pager. Emergency calls are directed to the 911 Center at the Vance County Emergency Operations Center. Pertinent information is then given to our Departmental Personnel with the assistance of an alpha-numeric paging system. If the first responding employee needs assistance other personnel are called/paged to come in to help alleviate the incident. The severity of the situation dictates if the Director of Utility Operations is notified or requested to respond to the incident.
Water Department Personnel must be competent, dependable, and able to work in adverse conditions. These same personnel are also subject to multiple training seminars, which promote safety, job knowledge and increased job performance
Weekly safety meetings are held to discuss topics ranging from bloodborne pathogens, trench/ditch safety, equipment use, CPR, etc. The employees are also required to attend an annual school sponsored by the AWWA to obtain certifications established by the State of North Carolina. The employees are also exposed to various new products by industry vendors giving free presentations to demonstrate their products. Each year funding is established in the Budget to provide employees with the opportunity to participate in various schools related to water applications.
The Water Distribution Division continues to provide a vital service to the community. Keeping the water system operating efficiently guarantees water is available for our fire fighters, hospitals, businesses and all residents connected to the system.
The Sewer Collections Division plays just as vital a role in the day to day operations of the City of Henderson as the Water Distribution Division. Simply stated, the water used, in whatever capacity, now has to be collected through a network of sewer lines that will carry the sewer water to the Wastewater Treatment Plant for processing. To accomplish this task there are 120+ miles of sewer lines ranging in size from 4" to 42", with force mains ranging from 2" to 20" in diameter.
The Sewer Collections Division is responsible for making new taps, replacement taps and economically maintaining all sanitary sewer flows. Obstructions caused by grease collections, roots, bulk items put into the system, and even vandalism occur within the lines causing the sewer to back up in the mains. When this happens, work forces have to flush out the lines using the jet vac truck, a high pressure vacuum and flushing apparatus. Occasionally, the blockages are cleared with the aid of the sewer-rodding machine, steel cable, or pressurized blower. We have a preventative maintenance program, which identifies problem areas and causes the Division to routinely check the status of the lines.
Any release of untreated sanitary sewer water exceeding 1,000 gallons must be reported to the State Division of Environment and Natural Resources. Any spill, regardless of amount, that reaches any surface water or surface water conveyance, must be reported to the same division. Spills in excess of 10,000 gallons must be published to the local media and spills in excess of 100,000 gallons must be posted in adjoining counties through which the water might travel. These spills must be reported within 24 hours and a written report must be delivered within 5 days of the incident. Media reports must be submitted within 48 hours of the incident and proof of publication provided with the written report. The detailed report must indicate what caused the spill, clean-up performed and what action will be taken to prevent such an incident from happening in the future.
City crews visually inspect manholes within the sewer system annually. Annual inspections must also be performed on all high priority lines, aerial lines and lines that are not visible by regular drive by routes. The easements or right-of-ways for sewer lines that pass through remote wooded area must also remain mowed, free of obstructions from trees, and accessible to motorized traffic.
As with other Divisions, the Sewer Collection Division's operations are set on a separate budget based on previous years budget expenditures.
I & I identification and corrections is an active program within the Sewer Division. This Division identifies and checks manholes and sewerlines to identify stromwater that may be entering the sanitery sewer system.
Special monies have been appropriated in previous Sewer Collection budgets to contract the televiewing of sewer lines to determine faulty section of sewer line and make repairs where excess rain water has been entering the sewer system.
The City utilizes a truck with CCTV Equipment to video the inside of the sewer lines and to make line repairs as necessary. The sewer mains are viewed and the conditions of the pipe recorded looking for root intrusion, holes and cracks in the pipe and other points where storm water may be entering the system..
The City has also contracted Dukes Root Control to do a certain amount of footage a year with a foaming soloution to reduce root growth and overflows.
Problems of broken pipe, mis-aligned joints and etc., which allow infiltration into the lines will be replaced or repaired by City crews when possible. However, some repairs will require a Utility Contractor when the job exceeds the City capabilities.
Records of viewing the lines are put onto a computer program, that will allow, at any time, reports to be produced of problems between manholes by areas, streets or sections. Information, such as the type problem, amount of inflow or infiltration, extent of damage to the pipe and the type of surface cover is also entered onto the program.
Water Tap Fees: 3/4" 1" Sewer Tap Fees: 4″ 6″
Bulk Water is sold at Operations Center.


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Bunches Flowers and Gifts
Un-thrilled by the busy, fussy, cluttered norm in floral design, we decided to reach out to all the unfulfilled flower enthusiasts who longed for a florist who understands their
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