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I saw a few posts on the forum talking about pagination scalability concerns when it comes to tables with millions of records, especially in response to the article by Kevin Clark on "Things You Shouldn't Be Doing in Rails". A few people commented Kevin's article was vague about specifics and I agree. So, I would like to reopen this topic up for discussion. If anyone here has specific code examples to illustrate the scalability issues, please feel free to share. If the current paginator code is so bad, instead of moving it into a plugin, maybe someone could write a better one and more importantly explain why the new version is scalable.
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- The chance to see some of the best men's volleyball players in the world, in person, is just a phone call away. Tickets are on sale now for the U.S. Men's National Team's 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Exhibition for Volleyball against Argentina, on May 27 in Irvine, Calif. The match, which is being hosted by USA Volleyball in conjunction with NBC and the U.S. Olympic Committee, will be played at 7 p.m. (Pacific Time) at the Bren Events Center (seats 4,984) on the campus of UC Irvine. General admission tickets are available for $15-$20 each. Tickets for groups of more than 10, senior citizens and children 12-and-under cost $10 each. Tickets can be purchased by calling the Bren Events Center at (949) 824-5000.
The Olympic Exhibition will be the only opportunity this year for fans to see the U.S. Men's National Team play in Southern California. Two weeks later, the team will leave for Finland to begin play in the 2008 FIVB World League, which starts June 13. Team USA will play three domestic World League matches in Hoffman Estates, Ill. (June 20-21 against Bulgaria) , Green Bay, Wis. (June 27-28 against Finland) and Bloomington, Ill. (July 11-12 against Spain) .
The U.S. Men's headquarters are just a few miles up the road from Irvine in Anaheim, Calif., at the American Sports Center. The U.S. Men's National Team is ranked third in the world and qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games by winning the NORCECA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in January in Puerto Rico. Argentina is ranked sixth in the world and will be vying for an Olympic berth at the Men's World Olympic Qualification Tournament on May 31-June 8 in Tokyo, Japan. The Olympic Exhibition match will be broadcast tape delayed by MSNBC on June 1 at noon Eastern Time (9 a.m. PT).
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Companies like Apple and Google often share the amount of phones sold that use their platforms as a part of competition on the smartphone market. Unfortunately, both Nokia and Symbian foundation have so far been reluctant to share their success stories, allowing Apple and Google to grab minds of end-users. But on Thursday Symbian said that in Q2 2010 around 300 thousand Symbian-based phones were purchased daily.
The Symbian Foundation revealed it has shipped over 27 million devices in the Q2 period. This equates to almost 300 thousand per day, 207 per minute or over three a second. These figures, released in Canalys' latest report, highlight Symbian's continued position as the world's most popular smartphone operating system, which has now become the first to be shipped in over 25 million devices in the space of one quarter.
"These figures make for very positive news for the Symbian community. The smartphone market place has become more crowded than ever. So the fact we continue to outsell our competitors by such large margins, combined with all the feature commitments and developements published on our roadmaps, make us highly confident in our outlook and we will continue to embrace the challenges ahead," said Lee M. Williams, executive director of Symbian.
While the figures are absolutely correct for Symbian, it should be noted that Nokia alone shipped 23.8 million of Symbian-based devices, which means that other vendors are reluctant to adopt the operating system. Moreover, other platforms, including Apple iPhone, Google Android or RIM Blackberry, are growing faster than Symbian in terms of shipments, which is something that should not be ignored.
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Vachss, Andrew
Andrew Vachss 1942–
American novelist, short story writer, poet, essayist, and nonfiction writer.
The following entry presents criticism of Vachss's work through 1997.
Drawing upon more than twenty years of experience in the field of child welfare, Vachss (pronounced "vax") writes novels that address the issues of child abuse and exploitation. Most of these novels revolve around the character known only as Burke, a self-styled private investigator who employs violence when dealing with "freaks"—people who perpetrate crimes against children.
Biographical Information
Born in 1942, Vachss grew up on the Lower West Side of Manhattan. After graduating from Western Reserve University in 1965, he held a series of public service positions with organizations such as the U.S. Public Health Service in Ohio, the Department of Social Services in New York City, and the Medfield-Norfolk Prison Project in Massachusetts. In 1972, he became director of ANDROS II, a maximum-security juvenile facility near Boston. During this time, Vachss resumed his education, earning his J.D. from the New England School of Law in 1975. In 1976, Vachss established his juvenile-defense law practice, devoting his time exclusively to child welfare issues. Because the children he defends lack the resources to pay him, Vachss began writing fiction to supplement his income. In 1983, Vachss started writing bits of plot, dialogue, and character sketches on index cards, collecting them in a box; the result was his first novel, Flood (1985). In addition to numerous "Burke" novels, Vachss has produced a collection of essays and prose poems and has worked with Dark Horse comics to produce graphic adaptations of his short stories. Vachss also maintains a homepage on the World Wide Web, entitled "The Zero," containing information and resources on his work and the topics covered in his novels (see www.vachss.com). Vachss and his wife, Alice, also an attorney, live in New York.
Major Works
Though he had published The Life-Style Violent Juvenile: The Secure Treatment Approach (1979) six years earlier, Vachss first drew critical attention with the publication of Flood, the novel that introduces his favorite protagonist, Burke. Rather than subscribe to the standard conventions of the detective novel protagonist, Vachss has created in Burke the atypical hero, described by David Morrell as "a con-man, a survivor, a cynic, a repressed romantic and a very dangerous guy." Burke is an ex-convict who makes his living selling fake identification, doing "dirty work" for wealthy clients, and, on occasion, serving as a private investigator on cases dealing with the abuse and exploitation of children. The perpetrators of these crimes against children usually meet with a violent end, courtesy of Burke. Some critics have argued that Burke's vigilante justice is a form of "wish fulfillment" for Vachss, allowing him to achieve retribution that is unavailable through legal means. To this Vachss has responded, "I've never considered that…. I've tried to keep my books tight within the realm of what actually can happen."
Critical Reception
Vachss's novels have met with popular appeal, but critical reviews of his work are mixed. David Morrell of the Washington Post praises Vachss's style, saying that "the words leap off the page …, and the style is as clean as haiku." Others have credited him for the creation of an original protagonist and an intriguing supporting cast. Some reviewers, however, have criticized Vachss for redundant plot elements and a lack of character development through the course of the Burke series. The harshest criticism of his work has come from those who claim that Vachss himself is guilty of exploiting children by making them the focus of his novels. To these critics, Vachss has responded, "I'm curious to know how you could bring about social change without acknowledging the existence of that you wish to change."
Principal Works
The Life-Style Violent Juvenile: The Secure Treatment Approach (nonfiction) 1979
Flood (novel) 1985
Strega (novel) 1987
Blue Belle (novel) 1988
Hard Candy (novel) 1989
Blossom (novel) 1990
Sacrifice (novel) 1991
Hard Looks (graphic novel series) 1992
Another Chance to Get It Right (essays) 1993
Shella (novel) 1993
Down in the Zero (novel) 1994
Batman: The Ultimate Evil (novel) 1995
Footsteps of the Hawk (novel) 1995
False Allegations (novel) 1996
Michael Dirda (review date 15 September 1985)
SOURCE: "Down and Dirty," in Washington Post Book World, Vol. XV, No. 37, September 15, 1985, p. 6.
[In the following review. Dirda provides a brief overview of Flood.]
Andrew H. Vachss has written quite an extraordinary thriller in Flood. Imagine a New York where the streets are worse than mean, they're positively depraved. The hero Burke is a private detective (sort of) with an engineer's approach to survival. He lives with a huge mongrel named Pansy in an apartment fortified like a bank vault; he drives a $40,000 Plymouth loaded with more gadgetry than James Bond's Aston Martin. His friends include a transvestite prostitute, a mute Tibetan fighting machine named Max, a panhandler called the Prof (short for Professor or Prophet, no one's sure which), an electronic wizard who lives underground beneath a pile of junked cars, and a doctor who doubles as the secret leader of an Hispanic revolutionary group.
In his first case, Burke takes on a client named Flood, a martial arts expert, searching for the man who raped and killed a little girl. Together they make quite a team, something like Modesty Blaise and Willie Garvin in a novel by Celine. For this is a very violent book, and Vachss never flinches from the horror: he includes a sickening description of a snuff movie, chilling (yet comic) portraits of would-be soldiers of fortune, and a convincing look at the underworld of child...
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Newgate Callendar (review date 31 May 1987)
SOURCE: A review of Strega, in The New York Times Book Review, May 31, 1987, p. 45.
[In the following brief review, Callendar calls Strega "unbelievable and slick, but fun."]
Want a tough New York crime novel? Try Strega by Andrew Vachss. It features Burke, a private investigator, a former convict, a man who gets things done and never mind the letter of the law. In Strega (meaning "witch" in Italian) Burke is hired by a woman to find a pornographic photo of a boy. He was forced into sex acts by a pornographic ring and is now all but a mental case. The woman—the Strega of the story—thinks if she tears up the photo in front of the boy, all...
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Bill Brashler (review date 4 September 1988)
SOURCE: "Burke's Law: A Vivid Quest for Vengeance," in Tribune Books, September 4, 1988, p. 5.
[In the following review, Brashler provides a brief summary of Blue Belle.]
A sleuth who lives not just on society's edge, but on its underbelly. An Amazon of a heroine whose thoughts never assume the proportions of her body. A city full of mercenaries, psychopaths and deviates. An unsmiling author with an open collar and an eye patch.
Such is Blue Belle, the third episode in the sullen existence of Burke, the outlaw private eye created by Andrew Vachss. It is a book so ferocious, with characters so venal and action so breakneck, that you dare not get...
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David Nicholson (review date 4 September 1988)
SOURCE: "Lord of the Asphalt Jungle," in Washington Post Book World, Vol. XVIII, No. 36, September 4, 1988, p. 7.
[In the following review, Nicholson compliments Vachss for the entertainment value his work provides, but criticizes him for a lack of character development and utilizing formulaic plots.]
Reading Andrew Vachss is a sordid pleasure, like eating a tub of greasy, buttered popcorn while watching a double feature of kung-fu movies. Afterwards, bloated and bleary-eyed, most adults of reasonable intelligence will feel a little guilty at having wasted so much time, for Vachss' novels—Flood, Strega, and his latest, Blue Belle—are examples of the...
(The entire section is 1193 words.)
Andrew Abrahams (essay date 19 September 1988)
SOURCE: "On the Subject of Child Abuse, Andrew Vachss is One Tough Lawyer Plus One Tough Author," in People Weekly, Vol. 30, No. 12, September, 1988, pp. 78-80.
[In the following essay, Abrahams provides a brief biographical profile of Vachss.]
Max grabbed the freak's fingertips, stretching the hand out for me. I raised the butcher knife high above my head …
The man with the knife is a private eye known only as Burke. He is a fictional character, but his feelings about child molesters—freaks, as he calls them—are real. They are the feelings of his creator, Andrew Vachss.
A Manhattan...
(The entire section is 1290 words.)
Richard Gehr (review date 29 November 1988)
SOURCE: "Righteous Brother," in Village Voice, Vol. XXXIII, No. 48, November 29, 1988, p. 66.
[In the following review, Gehr criticizes Vachss for "redundancy, if not hypocrisy."]
Having now struck thrice, it's time for popular and once-promising crimester Andrew Vachss to be called out on grounds of redundancy, if not hypocrisy. In Blue Belle, the most recent in his series of novels featuring Burke, a stonehard sociopath, Vachss lazily follows the pattern familiar to readers of his Flood and Strega.
In all three books the titular women enlist this quintessential underground man to seek out and destroy various "freaks" involved in...
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Gary Dretzka (review date 11 June 1989)
SOURCE: "Disturbed Avenger," in Chicago Tribune, June 11, 1989, p. 5.
[In the following review, Dretzka provides a brief summary of Hard Candy and praises Vachss for his exploration into the darker side of human nature.]
Andrew Vachss' crime novels—all of which feature Burke, an unlicensed Manhattan P.I. and scam artist who doubles as an avenging angel—are as unsettling a collection of books as one is likely to find.
His novels, as cleverly scripted as any currently in the genre, are less about solving crimes than they are about forcing readers to come to grips with the cvil around them. Like Jim Thompson in such works as The Killer...
(The entire section is 855 words.)
Carol Anshaw (review date 8 July 1990)
SOURCE: "Doing Evil Unto Evil," in Tribune Books, July 8, 1990, pp. 3, 11.
[In the following review, Anshaw claims that Vachss's work makes her "morally queasy" and criticizes the "feel-good roll of hate" created by the atmosphere of his novels.]
By the traditions of fiction, the private eye is the conscience of the underside. No choirboy himself, his weariness of evil and its doers comes from close acquaintance. He stands in the same shadows they do, just a bit off to the side, staking out his sorry corner of society from behind a glowing cigarette ember.
A problem for modern writers is dragging this anti-hero into a present where evil no longer...
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Christopher Lehmann-Haupt (review date 12 July 1990)
SOURCE: "A Hard-Boiled Detective, and One Beyond That," in The New York Times, July 12, 1990, p. C20.
[In the following excerpt, Lehmann-Haupt criticizes Blossom for a number of problematic plot elements.]
Blossom is Andrew Vachss's fifth crime novel, after Flood, Strega, Blue Belle and Hard Candy. Mr. Vachss (pronounced VAX) is a lawyer in private practice specializing in juvenile justice and child abuse cases, so it's understandable that his tough-guy hero, Burke, concentrates on fighting people who prey on the lives of children.
But in Blossom, Mr. Vachss seems so eager to show off his specialty that much of his...
(The entire section is 455 words.)
Charles Champlin (review date 9 June 1991)
SOURCE: A review of Sacrifice, in Los Angeles Times Book Review, June 9, 1991, p. 13.
[In the following excerpt, Champlin states that despite its "combination of pulpish devices and empurpled rhetoric," Sacrifice is "mesmerizing in its intensity."]
Andrew Vachss is just about the toughest of contemporary crime novelists, a New York lawyer specializing in juvenile justice cases, who exposes his knowledge of the world's darkest side, and his rage at it, in novels that are not so much narratives as fragments of a mosaic of evil. (The present book has 195 fragments, some only a sentence long.) Sacrifice is Vachss' sixth tale of the horrors wrought upon...
(The entire section is 321 words.)
George Stade (review date 23 May 1993)
SOURCE: "Looking for Her in All the Wrong Places," in The New York Times Book Review, May 23, 1993.
[In the following review, Stade criticizes Vachss's novel Shella as having a "preposterous" plot and "dialogue unlike anyone has ever said, anywhere."]
Ghost, the hero and narrator of Andrew Vachss's seventh roman noir, has just been released from prison. He is looking for his old flame Shella, as she calls herself (a social worker once told her she needed to "come out of her shell"), with whom Ghost used to work the badger game. But when Ghost killed a john who got his kicks by beating prostitutes, Shella fled the scene, leaving Ghost to face the music and...
(The entire section is 802 words.)
Phil Baker (review date 26 November 1993)
SOURCE: A review of Shella, in Times Literary Supplement, No. 4730, November 26, 1993, p. 22.
[In the following review, Baker criticizes Vachss for presenting his characters in a "heavy-handed" manner.]
"The first time I killed someone, I was scared", confesses the narrator of Andrew Vachss's Shella. "Shella told me it was like that for her the first time she had sex. I was fifteen that first time. Shella was nine." The equation of sex and violence in this opening passage is to govern the book.
Our narrator is a contract killer who is nameless even to his girlfriends, although some people call him "Ghost". Ghost shacks up with a stripper...
(The entire section is 514 words.)
Wes Lukowsky (review date July 1994)
SOURCE: A review of Born Bad and Down in the Zero, in Booklist, Vol. 90, No. 21, July, 1994.
[In the following review, Lukowsky calls Born Bad a "compelling view of the psychotic personality," but argues that in Down in the Zero, Vachss has abandoned "all pretense of character development."]
Vachss, an attorney specializing in juvenile justice and child abuse, is the author of a series of very successful crime novels, most starring the unconventional detective Burke. His fiction, including this story collection and a new Burke novel, explores the recurring themes of his nonliterary professional life—incest, child abuse, violence to...
(The entire section is 441 words.)
Thomas Adcock (review date 20 November 1994)
SOURCE: "Some Are Born Violent, Others Achieve Violence …," in The New York Times Book Review, November 20, 1994, p. 45.
[In the following review, Adcock argues that while Down in the Zero addresses issues more complex than in previous Vachss novels, it reverts to a "mundane plod" due to its failure to explore those issues more deeply.]
Not so long ago, depravity was discussed only after the fact, in confessionals and related whispery venues of holy shame. This was back when such things as pedophilia, bestiality, transvestism, S & M, wife-swapping, incest, necrophilia and other lusty recreations held shock value.
Heaven knows, now...
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Jack Womack (review date 24 December 1995)
SOURCE: "Children's Crusaders," in Washington Post Book World, Vol. XXV, No. 52, December 24, 1995, pp. 5, 10.
[In the following review, Womack criticizes Vachss's work, likening Footsteps of the Hawk to drinking "near-beer," and faulting Batman: The Ultimate Evil for its comic-book style conventions.]
Andrew Vachss has good intentions, surely. For years he has devoted himself to the defense of children against adults who would wreak physical and sexual harm upon them. In his fiction, Vachss's men and women—solitary, suspicious, stoic—tend to bear the scars of such abuse. Depicting the convoluted ways in which their childhood traumas haunt them in...
(The entire section is 1155 words.)
Ryan Bishop and Lillian S. Robinson (review date 29 January 1996)
SOURCE: "Batman Goes to Bangkok," in The Nation, Vol. 262, No. 4, January 29, 1996, pp. 34-35.
[In the following review of Batman: The Ultimate Evil, Bishop and Robinson discuss Vachss's use of Batman as a vehicle in his fight against child abuse.]
Pow! What? Batman has taken on child prostitution in Thailand? No, we are not making this up. Zowie! Child abuse, whether at home in Gotham or over in exotic "Udon Khai," is at once the source and the reflection of the ultimate evil? And Batman, of all super heroes, despite his camp associations and (Holy Hypocrisy!) his historic relationship with Robin, enlists to combat commercial pedophilia? That struggle was...
(The entire section is 1120 words.)
Further Reading
Bryant, Edward. A review of A Flash of White. Locus, September, 1993, p. 69.
Brief review of a chapbook of material by and about Vachss.
Elliott, Steve. "Andrew Vachss Uses Printed Page, World Wide Web to Lobby for Young Victims." The Fresno Bee, August 4, 1997.
Discusses Vachss's use of novels and the World Wide Web as tools for combating child abuse.
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The painful history of Emily's kind is revealed and the shocking truth might explain Ralph's treason. The lines between good and evil are blurred as the true horrors of this endless war are exposed.
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BC Jean is stunning with her trendy layered bob. It seems we keep seeing her switching hairdo's up at every event she attends. This cool "punkish" style suits her to perfection and is a great look for ladies who don't' want to go too short and still look trendy and rebellious.


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Honoring our heroes
To the Journal editor:
Many of us have followed with interest the local coverage of the three Honor Flights that have taken Upper Peninsula World War II veterans to Washington, D.C.
Recently I became interested in researching the history leading to these events. In May 2004, the World War II Memorial was finally completed honoring the 16 million who served in the U.S. military.
Soon after its dedication in Washington, D.C., the Honor Flight Network program began. In May of 2005, a retired U.S. Air Force captain and several members of a flight club flew twelve veterans on six private planes from Manassas, Virginia to our nation's capital.
From the onset in the development of the HFN, it was established there would be no cost to the veteran and the veterans would be personally escorted around D.C. for the entire day.
After the initial flight, thanks to dedicated volunteers throughout the U.S., veterans have been flown to D.C. from over 117 hubs in 40 states. Nationally, as of November of 2011, over 81,000 veterans have flown to D.C. Locally, between September 2011 and September 2012, 237 U.P. veterans have traveled to D.C. , with a fourth trip tentatively planned for May.
The flight cost of $85,000 is funded by donations and volunteers pay their own expenses. Barbara Van Rooy, associated with the Upper Peninsula Honor Flight, stated "we are trying to make sure that every World War II veteran is aware of our program and encourage them to go on this flight."
Nationally, it is estimated we are losing World War II veterans at the rate of approximately more than 900 per day. It is noteworthy that three flights have been organized, funded and completed from our local area in a 13-month span.
As we recall the words of the Preamble to the United States Constitution, "provide for the common defense … and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity," we are at last honoring these veterans who should remind us what the words service, sacrifice and patriotism mean.
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This is an extract from the BirdLife Policy Brief for UNFCCC COP-16, Cancún – 'COP16 - A truly integrated approach to adaptation' Planned climate change adaptation may be achieved in many different ways. It is vital that the close links between climate change, people, poverty reduction, biodiversity and ecosystems are realised and integrated, using approaches with mutually supportive outcomes. Failing to undertake socially- and environmentally-sound adaptation could undermine actions in all these areas – and negatively impact the poorest people and biodiversity. Ecosystems underpin life on earth and all other sectors (e.g. water, forestry, agriculture, health, etc.) therefore an integrated approach to adaptation whereby natural systems, and their role in adaptation and resilience, should be considered and integrated into any adaptation strategy, plan or framework. COP16 - A truly integrated approach to adaptation


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Skip to comments.The ***OFFICIAL*** Friday/Saturday Night Singles' Thread February 24th and 25th, 2006
Posted on 02/24/2006 5:11:41 PM PST by najida
Anyhow, in the process of cleaning out boxes, it came to me....the questions that we all ask ourselves as we uncover chunks of our long lost past.....
What WAS I thinking!?!
So, my questions to all of you are:
What hobby or interest did you have when you were younger that you still have a passion for?
Ok, now....is there something you used to do that you now think "I can't believe I used to like that!"
Same with music---
What was your favorite band/song in highschool, then early adulthood compared to now? (Those still in early adulthood have only 2 questions to answer. Or maybe just one ;))
Is there anything in your interests, hobbies or life that would surprise people who know you? (Nothing weird, just.....) And if it invovles being on wanted posters, you can skip the question :)
Well, I'd help you out if I was anywhere near you!
I must admit, my day was also the kind where I just wanted to go home and get a hug!
These girls are really flying down the hill on skis at the Olympics. It is snowing and visibility is limited.
Go, girls!
Aren't you sounding manly tonight??
Well c'mon over here baby!
Well, I gotta confess...
When I fish, I do the catch and release thing. Except for fried catfish, I don't really like to eat fish. So, not gonna catch & keep something I won't eat.
Hug time? Thanks!
haha, I like "out on the water" but not so much after that. Only one time I've been fishing that I liked, sunset, and every time I put the line in the water, I came out with a fish. Every other time, I read a book.
Hey I am a man after all. I do try to be a lot more reserved and traditional than most, but I am still a man. NOT a metrosexual, or any other such caca!
Heck, it was even suggested that "maybe I am in the closet" today. That one made me feel real good!! The fur flew over that one!!
(Besides, I thought to liberals, that was a good thing, anyway!!)
I never doubted it.
sorry, I had my dessert with najida earlier.
I've been shunned!!
There was one with the local priest trying to save everyone and parents worrying about molestation and the priest taking the molestation issue to the top and everyone thinking it is normal and it was just so wrong...
The Finnish girl came down the hill in the Giant Slolum and knocked 0.4 off of the best score.
Then the American girl came down the hill and knocked 0.7 off of the Finnish girl's score.
The American girl, Julia Mancuso, WON THE GOLD MEDAL!!!
She really kicked butt and I am so proud of her!
Good grief! I am stuck in a time warp! I still like rock music. I still am having to battle my love for food, especially cookies and chocolate. I still love to flirt. I still think I am 25!!!!!!!!! I used to be a cat person though, and now I am more of a dog person. I still love cats and have one, but Harm rules my life now.
Hey goodgirl! What's up?
Hey, Goodgirl!!
Osama and his camel were in the desert. Osama had a table set for dinner with flowers on it. The camel had a veil on and was batting eyes with long lashes at Osama.
It was hilarious!
I don't need a $1000 sundae to romance a woman...
Hope it goes well...
I'm looking forward to it!
Well, at least someone on this thread has a hot date!
Hi sweetie!
Yeah. Maybe you'll get one, who knows?
Me, too. I am really into James Patterson murder mysteries now and Jan Karon's Mitford Series. I used to be into Pride and Prejudice as a teen and still like Jane Austin's books.
Pride and Prejudice is wonderful! I really want a Mr. Darcy!
Thanks for the vote of confidence!
nothing like a sunset, no matter where you are. And, reading a book, out on the water is good too.
Sounds like you were on a "hole", catching fish everytime you put the line in. Lucky girl
I'll let you call me Mr. Darcy, if you want...
You'd probably like her...you have much in common!
That's a good thing. I'm all for hunting and fishing but if you don't plan on eating, better to release.
Oh yes...they all became a blur when a friend decided to go on a four day weekend binge of watching the DVDs and I was not feeling at my best...
Patterson is a good author.
I like his books also.
Sometimes, it's hard for me to see myself having a passion for anything anymore. Real life seems to have stolen much of my passion. When I can escape from real life, I still like photography which I started in 1984. I still like hiking, and I've done hiking to some extent or another for most of my life. I don't work out as much as I should, but I still have and use a cheapie weight bench that my father bought for me 30 years ago when I was a kid. When I was a little kid, I liked to watch birds in the back yard. When we had a snow, we'd put seed on the back porch, and I'd sit by the window watching them come to eat. I didn't pay that much attention to birds for years, but I started birdwatching about five years ago. Some of that passion has waned in the past year, but I still like seeing them and watching them.
An interesting twist on this question is how long I've waited to start some hobbies. I've been interested in ocean/recreational kayaking since about 1987 when a roommate suggested that I might like this sport. I had some unsuccessful attempts to try kayaking throughout the 90's, but my situation in life always made purchase of a kayak a bad choice. I kept looking for a chance, and in 2000, I was finally in a situation where I could buy a kayak. I don't go as much as I'd like, but I went kayaking half a dozen or so times last year.
Ok, now....is there something you used to do that you now think "I can't believe I used to like that!"
There's nothing that really fits that definition precisely. When I was younger, I was very involved in cave exploration. Today, I've developed claustrophobia and sometimes cringe just thinking about places that I used to go. However, I still see why caving appealed to me, and I could still visit many caves that don't have tight places. This sport was good for me, and I don't regret that pursuit.
In the early 90's, I was an avid cyclist. I regret that I no longer live where I can easily ride from home, but I just don't feel safe on area roads. I miss cycling very much.
Through most of the 80's and early 90's, I was a dedicated and practicing Christian. If you'd told me then that I'd someday go ten years without going to church, I'd have told you that you were crazy. I think it's now been almost eleven years since I attended church. I see how church is good for many people. There were things about my involvement in church that were good for me. On the other hand, there were many things about that involvement that were very bad for me. I wouldn't say that I can't believe that I used to like that life, but I don't long to go back.
What was your favorite band/song in highschool, then early adulthood compared to now?
This question is somewhat related to the last one. In my teen and early adult years, I was a fan of Christian music because I was very dedicated to practicing Christianity. Now, I don't really have "favorite" music with which I identify.
Is there anything in your interests, hobbies or life that would surprise people who know you?
People who know me are no longer surprised by anything. However, I'm certainly unconventional in many respects. I'm an engineer who writes a great deal and generally writes well. I've dabbled in some fiction, and my acquaintances would be shocked to think of me writing these stories. My pets are a ball python and a California kingsnake.
Well, that's enough. These are good questions. Thanks for asking.
I keep telling my son that his baby sneaks out and teases and plays with the dog when we babysit (baby is only 3 months but I make up all kinds of adventures and trouble that he gets into...)
Is your tequila bilingual?
Just kidding...anything stronger than beer and I get kidney pain.
Yep, frankly that was the only time I really enjoyed fishing. It can be terribly boring at times. So can hunting, been twice deer hunting, nothing yet. Obviously you enjoy fishing (I envy you being on the water), have you experienced hunting deer yet, I hope you've had better luck than I have!! I think the deer laugh when they see me coming.
"Funny, you are still typing in English"
It's an effort. Trust me!
I'm not THAT old either. However, I am not driven anymore, if you know what I mean. I want a more relaxed life style. Since I am a widow, I do as I please. I want to travel some, enjoy my family, meet new people; but I still want to be at home for a great deal of the time. I am a homebody at heart I guess. I just like the simple life most of the time.
It's OK...we don't have to talk... ;-)
Sometimes you have to have lots of patience.
I'm the same with deer hunting. Never was able to sit on a stand all day long. I have to get down after 4 or 5 hours.
About time you got here! LOL! I am late and trying to catch up.
One tequila...
Two tequila...
Three tequila...
LOL! Know that one all too well! Thankfully, I've gained wisdom in my later years (I'm just waiting for my later years)
I saw it. A tear jerker. Loved it, though.
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Vibrating Wallpaper
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Creators of the Future: Do you feel that you and your contemporaries have intertwined technology and art to the extent that they are inseparable?
Mira Calix: I think that's a fake notion. They both have this "looking for the new" aspect to them, but I also think both are much more than that. Artists can become so technology-based simply because of its existence. It's the same in anything you do; if you remove everything but the technology, there's nothing there. Technology is ultimately just a tool.
OK, but technology plays such an important role in your work. Is it necessary for artists and musicians such as yourself to keep up with the latest technological advances?
It's important for me. I admire someone who does a craft or does something by hand without using technology. But for me, when I'm making music, I don't have any other way to do it. My computer becomes an instrument, just like the 300-year-old cello sitting next to it. And that's quite lovely.
Still, it must be more exciting for you because they nailed the cello 300 years ago. Computers are still evolving on a day-to-day basis.
Yes, and the fact I'm using a particular computer as an instrument means it's already obsolete—there's already something more powerful around the corner. There's a constant chase to get something bigger and better and faster. And that's the difference between the two machines: theirs is perfect the way it is whereas mine is constantly evolving.
Is there an aspect of one-upmanship among electronic musicians? Are people constantly bragging about their computers or new software?
Oh yeah! But I think we've been somewhat brainwashed into that. I wrote my first album nine years ago with less memory than my mobile phone has, and I can't figure out how I did it. It's constantly evolving.
A lot of your work seems to focus on marrying natural sounds with digital trickery.
Yeah, I did my second album, Skimskitta, using mostly pebbles. The beaches here are all pebbles, so I was able to experiment a lot and make loads of sounds. Then I processed them until they no longer sound like pebbles anymore. The speed, shape, and size of pebbles all affected the sound. I would record this very natural sound, then process it, and then use technology to make it into something else. Often they ended up unrecognizable from the original source sample. It is that process that makes something so simple become music.
How did you get the idea to mix up electronic production with organic sounds?
The reason I started this process was because I had very little equipment, very little money, and all of these noises are free. I'm not a purist in any way; if it sounds better I'll use a drum machine, but I'm also not afraid to use the twig. Sometimes the twig is great because you have one distinctive sound that is all yours. It's about using the technology to execute the thing you're trying to do.
Now you're playing with orchestras. Have you experienced resistance from those who play traditional instruments?
When I'm playing with orchestral musicians I'll be on my laptop, with my face lit up in blue, tapping away. But people are really accepting of me using a computer. They've been exposed to computers enough that they accept it as an instrument.


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Noob here,saw a youtube video where the person recommended pushing the dough down again after the initial rise and then leaving it to rise a second time.Granted, that was a video for a NY style pie (if I'm not mistaken).1- What do the experts here say about this?2- Would you recommend this for a Sicilian pizza?Thanks in advance.This forum is cool.
9slicePie,If what you are referring to is only a Sicilian dough, yes I have left a balled dough in a pan, then pressed the dough out in the pan and then left it rise (proof) before baking. The dough also can be put spread in a pan after mixing and relaxing and given a second proof.Norma
1. I doubt if it is more than a very small minority here with even a small modicum of experience does that.2. No


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Spike seasoning, and black pepper.
Baked Mini-Frittatas with Broccoli and Three Cheeses
(Makes four whole-breakfast size mini-frittatas; recipe created by Kalyn.)
You will need a metal or ceramic 4-cup muffin pan with one-cup sized cups to make this recipe, or use 4 large silicone muffin cups. Spray the ceramic pan or muffin cups with non-stick spray.
1 1/2 cups broccoli flowerets (cut into small, bite-sized pieces)
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4 heaping tsp. coarsely-grated Parmesan cheese
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Made with low-fat cheese and low-fat cottage cheese, these mini-frittatas would make a great low-glycemic breakfast for any phase of the South Beach Diet. They'd also be great for other types of low-carb diet plans, and other low-carb diets might prefer full-fat cheese.
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Topic: wierd syntax i want to understand
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Through working with rails i've come across a couple of things that i really don't understand synactically speaking.
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:name is wierd here because since am using sessions array i should be accessing index-based item. So how come i am using :name?
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by John MacArthur
How do we make biblical decisions about entertainment? God's Word doesn't say anything specific about what kinds of movies or TV we should watch, or what kinds of music we should listen to. In the absence of explicit biblical instructions, how do we determine what kinds of entertainment are acceptable?
Those are questions most believers face today. In our media-saturated culture, we're bombarded with entertainment choices and encouraged to pursue every fleeting interest. But how do we submit those choices to the Lord? In light of our salvation and our new nature in Him, how ought we view the endless options for entertainment?
We've been considering some biblical principles to help us make God-glorifying decisions when it comes to entertainment. Specifically, we've been looking at the nature of Christ's lordship and how submission to Him ought to shape our entertainment choices. Last week we saw how His lordship demands good stewardship, denounces impurity and worldliness, and determines right priorities. To close out this discussion today we're going to see how the lordship of Christ defines a proper perspective.
Right priorities and godly passions stem out of a proper perspective—a heavenly mindset that understands eternal realities and interprets this life accordingly. If this world were all there was, we would be wise to amass treasure and search for happiness in the here and now.
But that is not reality; this world is not all there is.
Reality, as revealed by the truth of Scripture, encompasses much more than the temporal pleasures, priorities, and pursuits of this world. God is real. His Word is real. Heaven and hell are real. The gospel is real. Jesus is real. His death, resurrection, and ascension are all real—as is His soon return. The brevity of this life and the certainty of death are real. The threat of eternal destruction is real, as is the promise of future reward.
In contrast, the world of entertainment is not real. In fact, most entertainment is about escaping from reality, not portraying it accurately.
As Christians, our worldview must be grounded in reality, not in the imaginary worlds of Hollywood. People can deny reality, and they can distract themselves with fantasy, but they cannot change the fact that one day they will stand before God (Hebrews 9:27). At that moment, the riches, pleasures, and accomplishments of this world will be of no use to them.
The parable of the rich fool is a striking example of this type of foolhardy shortsightedness. Jesus tells the story in Luke 12:16-21:
The land of a rich man was very productive. And he began reasoning to himself, saying, "What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?" Then he said, "This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, 'Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry.'" But God said to him, "You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?" So is the man who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
The land of a rich man was very productive. And he began reasoning to himself, saying, "What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?" Then he said, "This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, 'Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry.'" But God said to him, "You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?" So is the man who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Jesus' words ring as a wake-up call for those who profess to know God and yet live as though God were no more real than whatever movie they watched last night. For those who keep hitting the spiritual snooze button, it is time to wake up and focus on what really matters (cf. Romans 13:11). As Christians, our perspective must be eternal in scope. And entertainment, though enjoyable in the moment, is not eternal.
(Adapted from Right Thinking in a World Gone Wrong.)
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Thank you on behalf of everyone reading this blog not to lay up for ourselves treasures on earth, but treasures in heaven. The sad and tragic reality is that most people spend their lives building bigger barns, so to speak. And they come to the end of their lives losing it all and wind up in eternal hell awaiting God's white throne judgement.
What a blessing it is to know that it doesn't have to be like that! The sinner can repent of their sin by just asking the Holy Spirit to wash them clean and make them anew by the regeneration of the Word. Putting their faith and trust in Christ who died on our behalf, not only to satisfy God's wrath against sin, but so that we can be freely justified by His grace alone.
All who read this with a repentant mind and ask for God to be merciful to them, the sinner, then your treasure is now in Christ Jesus; because as a slave in Christ, you can enjoy His treasure granted to you! Lay up for yourselves treasure that isn't corruptible where moths destroy and thieves break in and steal. I pray that God will allow all who read this to come to the table of salvation with "nothing in thy hand I bring, only to the cross I cling." May Christ's death and resurrection, the Holy Spirit's work of conviction of sin, righteousness and judgement, and the Father's predestined plan be granted to your understanding savingly!
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I agree with these things, and I have been attempting to sever myself from passing pleasures and take my delight in God, however, I am minded to write a Christian fantasy novel (or perhaps even more than one). I know that worldly entertainment is of no use, and fables really have no place, but what about things like Pilgrim's Progress? Should I continue to spend my time on something that pulls literary attention away from the Bible, even if I am attempting to glorify God and point to the Bible in it?
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I am saddened by the fact this whole series of blogs on entertainment has to be written. It speaks volumes on the spiritual maturity of us who call ourselves Christian.
Is it not obvious what is worldly and therefore to be shunned? Yet we need to be warned time and time again to flee from sin. How sad it is that we are so engrossed in the idols of Hollywood and celebrities. Even a cursory reading of scripture should make it clear what is good and what is evil.
The world, the flesh and the devil are having their way.
The lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life are having their way - yes - in our churches.
How sad.
We should be hanging our heads in shame as I have for my own personal sin.
Although I admire JMAC and his ministry greatly, we really should not be dependant on him for this kind of discernment.
Having said that, I am glad he has posted these blogs to wake us up out of our spiritual lethargy to pursue holiness, fixing our eyes on things above and not on the garbage our culture is currently promoting.
(3), Not all of the redeemed are at the same level of spiritual maturity (Hebrews 5:12-14), lest you forget what the church at Colossae had to be reminded of, (Colossians 3:7 and Colossians 3:12-17).
What a life changing series! Every time I turn on the TV I'm convicted immediately about what is I'm about to watch, and also what I'm exposing my family to. I thank God for Pastor John's rich teaching on how we use our time. I think it's important to note, this includes time used on the internet and phone. Instead of spending 3 hours a night watching TV or being on the internet, there is a lot more time for prayer, reading together, actually talking about spiritual issues. God is faithful because over the course of this blog, we don't miss it, the Bible and family time is far greater then the any entertainment.
I have also noticed that more and more people are walking around focused on their phones...but what really surprised me was considering how much time I've spent lately watching TV, and you're right, it's time wasted.
Starting today, I'm turning it off for 30 days. I'll let you know how my life changes!
Good morning Johnathan,
You have said that you are "minded" to write a Christian novel, and I would say that what matters most is where that thought or inclination or desire comes from. The Holy Spirit can indeed lead you to use the talents you have been given to glorify the Lord - or it can be your flesh working for it's own glorification using religion as an excuse. No one here can tell you which is the case; but through prayer and focus on our Lord, I know He can make that known to you.
John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress", or C.S. Lewis' "Screwtape Letters" are fictional works of godly men which may be used to teach the truths found in Scripture. The Lord Jesus Himself likewise used the fiction of parables to teach deeper truths. On the other hand, our local Christian Bookstore has shelves full of horror and murder mystery novels whose sole expression of 'Christianity' is perhaps only a character with vaguely spiritual ideas. Such books enlighten no one, and frankly only glorify the god of this age. Be mindful of that when you write - and pray for His leading in all things. You will best know His voice when you focus on His Word. Ensure that what you write leads others to Him, and represents Him and His Holy standard. It is an awesome thing to be used by Him to speak for Him. It is a fearful thing to misrepresent Him.
In peace brother, may the Lord faithfully lead you, and give you ears to hear.
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OCZ Technology Group, a leading supplier of DRAM- and flash-based products, said on Tuesday that it had begun shipments of its Colossus solid-state drives (SSDs) that are designed primarily for desktops or workstations with 3.5" bays. The SSDs can offer advanced performance at relatively moderate price to performance-hungry users.
OCZ Colossus SSDs are available in 120GB, 250GB, 500GB and 1TB capacities and are based n multi-level cell (MLC) flash memory. In order to boost performance, the "colossal" solid-state drives feature 128MB of onboard cache as well as internal RAID 0 organization.
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (185 votes).
In short: A great race for the beginning of the year. In full: This is my second race at Castle Combe and I will definitely run in the next 2 races this year. Excellent organisation, friendly staff and perfect conditions for a PB.The PA announcer was very good too!Date of review: February 27, 2012
In short: Very well organised, good event for a PB.In full: Nice flat track, not the most exciting of scenery, but good to do if you're interested in a PB.Date of review: November 21, 2011
In short: Great organisation. Just gets better and better!In full: Db Max really know how to organise a race! Turn up collect your number and chip with no fuss. Have a look at the stalls. Walk to the start, run round the track 3 times. Swap your chip for a medal, sweets, goody bag and tri mag! Go inside type your bib number into the keypad and get a print out of your splits, finish time and position. What more could you want? Date of review: November 21, 2011
Date of review: November 20, 2011
In full: brilliant organisation as always with dbmax. dualathon, 10k and more dualathons!!. excellent vfm with a really nice medal. the fog didn't seem to put a damper on the atmosphere. forgot my gps so lap times were a bonus. well done to everyone involvedDate of review: November 20, 2011
In short: Good Day OutIn full: I come from Plymouth and was up racing supercars at Thruxton Race Circuit when I noticed this race advertised on runners world. It ended up being a fabulous weekend, I enjoyed the run and loved the fact that my surname was printed on the Bib number (simple but very effective).I would enter this race again and quite happily make the commute.Date of review: July 18, 2011
In short: Great PB potential!In full: A flat, 3 and a bit circuits, of the race track. Very well organised with a really nice medal at the end. A good mix of abilities and a nice number of people taking part. Good race to get a new PB. Not much scenery to look at but a nice change to run on a race track. Good parking and there are loos (which as the last person said were really dirty). Chip with lap times was good. Would do again to try and get a better time.Date of review: July 18, 2011
In short: Very well organisedIn full: A well organised event that went very smoothly, no queues for anything. The 3 and a bit laps were flat and not as boring as I thought it would be. I'm glad I gave it a try and would recommend doing it once. The only negative is that all the loo's were filthyDate of review: July 17, 2011
In short: One of the best 10k races in the WestIn full: This was the fifth time I have run in a dbMax 10k race at Castle Combe and so I pretty much know what to expect. The event takes place three times a year (Feb, Aug, Nov) and runs along the same lines each time. The entry procedure is straightforward, the arrangements for registration and collecting race numbers are very easy and the chip timing system used is first class. Will Whitmore continues to use his megaphone to good effect (I just wish he would lend it to other Race Directors more often, though.)As I have written before, the venue is great. Castle Combe has good on-site parking, excellent facilities and good spectator galleries. The course itself, on the motor racing track, is brilliant and the race experience can be marred only by a headwind on the back straight.There are occasional gremlins and on this occasion there were problems with the order for finishers' medals. As usual, the organisers took great pains to keep everyone informed and my medal duly turned up in the post a couple of days later.My only disappointment was that the race was not registered with UK Athletics and so the results were not eligible for inclusion on the Power of 10 database. This is a shame, although I acknowledge that it results from a change in policy by the guys at Power of 10 and not necessarily from any action by dbMax. This time round, I ran the 10k 30 minutes after finishing the Duathlon, which was a new experience, and it made the day into an interesting challenge. Most enjoyable!Date of review: March 27, 2011
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In a special piece in Elle Décor, Ingrid Abramovitch speaks with Sarah Greenwood, the talented production designer of ANNA KARENINA about creating the film's unique and sumptuous look. To show it, the online edition has a slide show of rooms. For Anna Karenina's bedroom (done up in blue), Greenwood comments, "It really frames the angst in those scenes, where Anna is in turmoil, waiting for her divorce. But it was a repressive color. At the end of the film, when we had a sale of furniture left over from the film, nobody wanted it."


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In short: Great race but very toughIn full: Great race that is really well organised. Really tough though. Hill training is a must. Recommended for those looking for a challenge. Date of review: October 21, 2013
In short: Organisation lacked a bitIn full: I dont really agree with all the negative comments relating to the delayed start. It may have been a mistake by the tram operators rather than the oragnisers. It could have been much worse and a 30 minute delay seemed sensible to me. At least they kept us informed. Poor Ron looked a bit fed up tho. The oragnisation overall was pretty poor though. I agree with comments about the KM markers and definetly didnt see a few. In addition the water station was hillarious. I dont take water in a 10k race but felt for the 1 hour+ runners who need the water. I felt sorry for the 2 guys who were trying to do their best but the "help yourself" shout... lol. I have never seen a water station so bad normally there are too many people. Also I am pretty sure the race info said that the parking would be free for 4 hours but it was only free for 2. In addition I ran into the back of the 5k runners who were about 3k in and this cost me some seconds. I think 5k and 10k races can only run together on 2 lap courses and both races start together. In summary the course was decent, defo pb potential, poor organisation and the 5k needs to be dropped.Date of review: September 9, 2013
In short: Great RaceIn full: This is an excellent local race. It is a flat course although the mway hills maid me miss a PB. Will be back next year. Well Done Spectrum Striders. Date of review: August 19, 2013
In short: What a difference a year makes!In full: Wow, Freezing conditions but the comms before the race were excellent from Malcom and the tea.This is my favourite half. The orgainsation is excellent and although the course is fast there are still challenging sections to push you. The Rugby Club is brilliant and the facilities (warm shower and bar) justify the entrance fee. People dont understand the costs associated with a race like this. Its great value especially compare to the Bupa races (£40 for 10k) Third Year on the spin for me and will be back next year wihtout a doubt. Date of review: March 28, 2013
In short: Fantastic Race - Must be 1 of the top uk races!In full: The race was brilliant absoutely loved it. Fantastic Organisation. Must be 1 of the best races in the country. The guys organising the race are brilliant every event they are involved with runs like clockwork. I'll be doing more of their races!Date of review: October 8, 2012
In short: Great Race with great supportIn full: This race is extremely well organised. 7 minute PB means it def has PB potential. I would recommend this to everyone. I will be back next year. Date of review: September 10, 2012
In short: Good club raceIn full: Good race with PB potential. 2 lap course but friendly and very well organised. Would do it again. Date of review: June 21, 2012
In short: Super Fast 5K courseIn full: 1 and a 3/4 lap course great run really well organised. Glad to see this race back on the calender. Great Club atmosphere! Well Done Chester TriDate of review: May 19, 2012
In short: New Faster Course - Great Race - Great Value!In full: This is a cracking race and for £6 - £8 who could ask for more. There are road closures a new faster start and excellent organisation. I will definetly be doing this again next year!Date of review: April 5, 2012
In short: Will be back next yearIn full: Love this race. It's soo well organised. Great atmosphere just no problems at all. Think I would prefer a bottle of water at 1 of the drink stations as I struggle with the cups don't agree about needing sports drinks tho. You shouldn't need them on a half. Only the massive races have this and they get sponsored for them. Great atmosphere at the club after!Date of review: March 26, 2012
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Today I released a new alpha of version 2 of the Flint particle system. This version adds renderers for Papervision3D and Away3D to the library, so that particle effects can be integrated with a 3D scene in these libraries.
For Away3D Flint has one renderer, the Away3D renderer, that uses any Away3D Object3D type for displaying each particle inside an ObjectContainer3D. This lets you use 2D sprites or 3D objects for the particles.
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Zekrom, as i'm a sucker for black & blue.
Zekrom slays lives for real. I've used one twice in White version and it was a lot more reliable than the Reshiram I used in Black version. I also think its design is better than Reshiram's.
Reshiram is my favorite out of the two, I like Fire better than Electric, and I think it looks much cooler than Zekrom.
reshiram is cooler to me but i think he would have been better with the colors swapped, between the 2.
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Zekrom. Both are cool, but definitely Zekrom.
The Fire-Dragon Reshiram for sure, I like the color white (even if white isn't a color... ups)
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Reshiram definitely.
I think it's got a much cooler design then Zekrom (I do like Zekrom though)
Zekrom is freakin beast!
Zekrom is way more badass, totally fits legendary status
I think Reshiram has a better design, but I prefer Zekrom's type combination and color.
Zekrom gets an instant advantage over Reshiram cause of speed plus it gets the perfect moves to KO it
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Reshiram. It just looks awesome and legendary.
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Reshiram. Zekrom never had much appeal to me.
Zekrom. Such a cool looking Pokemon. Pretty much the best Pokemon to come out of Gen 5, which is saying something cause there's a lot of Gen 5 Pokemon I really love. To be honest, its right up there with Charizard, Typlohsion and Lugia as one of my all time faves. The whole Thunder God thing its got going on is great, with a brilliant moveset to boot.
I like Zekrom's design more, even though Reshiram is technically better from a competitive battling standpoint.
Zekrom... I think it looks better, plus black is one of my favourite colours... And I like its typing more than Reshiram's; I'd choose Dragon/Electric over Dragon/Fire any day.
I prefer Zekrom better too. I think that the Electric-Dragon type combination is better than the ever-so-predictable Dragon-Fire, and I like how Zekrom looks better. One last thing is its name. I love that Zekrom sounds like something computerized. That also supports how it's part Electric Type in a way...
I love both, but ever since I've seen them when they were first revealed I've always preferred Reshram. :3 It's just fluffier and prettier. Don't get me wrong; Zekrom is awesome, too.
I prefer Zekrom's design over Reshiram's. Besides, electricity is way more satisfying than fire.
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Reshiram looks really weird.
Zekrom looks cool and it's Electric type. Instant win.
The only thing Reshriram's got over Zekrom is that it's white.
Reshiram looks cool to me and I have always preferred the Fire type.
reshiram looks like a dragon angel thing!
zekrom looks like a robot :/
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Zekrom is way more badass looking, Reshiram just doesn't do anything for me.
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How are you doing selling tickets in this tough economy? What kind of things are you doing to boost sales?
Bag'em & Tag'em!
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I wish there was a silver bullet, but the very best way to insure ticket sales is still the one-on-one, personal "Ask"; particularly if the "asker" knows the "askee". It helps if the event either has a long history of being "fun"OR if there is some novel game/approach/whatever (if you are selling tickets for the only golf tournament in the state, say); but you still need that direct invitation.
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Our dinner was on 10/13/11 and we had a great turn out! We didnt seem to have a hard time selling tickets or getting corp. tables. I believe we had 33 corp tables, and sold another 150 tickets. We also raffled, and auctioned 42 guns on top of all of the other stuff we had!!! Good luck with your ticket sales.
BTW, I sold a lot of my tickets on craigslist... Just a thought. :)
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I thought this was going to be a rough year but I myself raised ten thousand in two weeks. almost everyone i sold a table to told me i should be a salesperson and even offered me a job...insurance and dealerships. the key is....bug the crap out of them in a non anoying way. my favorite thing to say is...the ducks cant talk so im telling you to buy a table and keep waterfowling alive forever! i say the corniest things but i dont care. a guy asked me how much it would cost me to shut up and i told him a sponsor table, so he wrote me a check for six hundred fifty! i have fun with it and i enjoy it too much. we totaled more than five hundted presold tickets this year. what also helped was having the banquet on a friday. just target everyone you never know who may be an obsessed duck hunter with monet to throw around.
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What Would Rockefeller Do in Today's Oil Boom?
It was the first oil boom. The government needed kerosene for lamps and paraffin for bullets to bring southern states back into the Union. The entrepreneurs of Oil City, Pa., and the surrounding area were supplying it by pouring oil into whiskey barrels, piling them high onto horse-drawn carts, and then whipping those horses in a frantic effort to reach tiny refineries that could turn the oil into something useful.
It was filthy, it was dangerous, and the grocer saw it was incredibly inefficient. As you may have guessed by now, the grocer's name was John D. Rockefeller, he was a Union man and an abolitionist. His trip taught him that pure capitalism -- red in tooth and claw -- was not going to eliminate that waste.
So, as biographer Ron Chernow wrote in Titan, he took control. Rockefeller organized the railroads against the entrepreneurs and eventually built a pipeline to get crude to scaled, coastal refineries at maximum efficiency. It was secretive, it was a monopolistic "trust" and not a market process, but it worked. Costs declined and profits were maximized.
We are now going through another oil boom, and Rockefeller would find its problems familiar. In North Dakota's Bakken field a third of the natural gas coming up with the shale oil there is being flared, reports the Oil and Gas Financial Journal . That means it's burned at the wellhead, and as a satellite image from the Christian Science Monitor shows, the flaring is visible from space. The U.S. is now wasting more natural gas than any other country.
A smaller-scale problem exists in Texas' Permian basin, where Oilprice.com notes there isn't enough pipeline capacity to get all the new oil to market. Local prices were almost $10/barrel below the world price in November, according to Oilprice, costing producers $1.2 billion/year.
The transport problem is even worse in Canada's "oil sands" play. Mining.com reports that, due to a lack of infrastructure, oil produced by strip-mining bitumen and processing it is now bringing just $45/barrel, about half what Texas oil is fetching.
So, WWRD -- What Would Rockefeller Do?
He would probably shut in production until he had proper infrastructure to get it to market, and support an even-higher price for crude than we presently have. He would probably be in control of some of these pipeline companies, like Kinder Morgan (KMI) , TransCanada (TCP) and Enbridge, which is traded in Toronto as ENB.He would be keeping that oil off the market until politicians let him get pipeline capacity out there. And he would be ruthless with the smaller operators who are flaring all that money into the sky, probably by controlling railroads such as the Canadian Pacific (CP) , which Seeking Alpha calls a good investment.
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Nate, I would increase the oil to 5% and the sugar to 3%, decrease the water to 58% (if using KABF) and use convection during the bake.
There is a Montecello's in north park isn't there? I had an employee that raved about Montecello's pizza and I believe I did try it once... and was not impressed. Sorry to take the post off topic a little, I miss Pittsburgh. I know c0mpl3x used to work at a Vocellis (yuck) in the Pittsburgh area and he may have some input on Montecellos.
Break out the Dunedin!
home ovens do not have the forced heat of a commercial oven. it takes me 20-30% longer on average to cook the same dough i have cooked in a commercial oven, in my home oven at 25º hotter (550ºf in home oven)