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New Year, New Theatre!
Mark your calendars: There's new theatre happening in the new year! And you'll definitely want to see it…
Tranquility Bay is excited to announce a new show premiering on the Marathon stage that will begin January 11th!
Marathon Community Theatre is proud to present Gordon Ross Cabaret. Audiences will be delighted by the musical stylings of one of the Florida Keys' most celebrated vocalists, Gordon Ross, who will perform his newest cabaret show on the Marathon Community Theatre stage for the first time! From jazz to contemporary, there's something for everyone in this show.
Visit http://www.marathontheater.org/ for details & tickets.
You've cleared away the wrapping paper and are dreading the inevitable pine needle sweep that must follow taking down the Christmas tree. But when all is said and done, did you get everything you wanted for Christmas?
We don't mean jewelry and computer games, of course. We mean a spontaneous, luxurious vacation to our stunning property here in Marathon, Florida! Maybe you want a little more time with your loved ones (bring them along!) or else all that forced family time has you itching for a getaway. Whatever your reason, if your holiday present haul this year didn't include a stay at our beautiful Marathon resort, we suggest you take matters into your own hands.
Check out our January deals, which make booking your last-minute trip to Tranquility Bay a breeze –> http://bit.ly/W6ZL0W
From your friends at Tranquility Bay…
Wishing you joy, peace, and a year of perfect beach days on this Christmas morning! We can't wait to see you in the new year.
…From all your friends at your favorite Marathon Hotel, Tranquility Bay! Merry Christmas.
Christmas Eve in Marathon
It's Christmas Eve here at Tranquility Bay in Marathon, Florida, and we're so happy we feel like hugging a snowman. A sand snowman, that is. We hope that wherever you are, you feel as happy as this tonight!
End of the world…
In case the world really does end tonight, we're happy you chose to spend your last day on earth here with us at Tranquility Bay Resort. We believe that there's no better way to kiss this world goodbye than with a tropical drink at TJ's while watching the sunset. So join us on the beach tonight, and if the world decides to keep on spinning– well, we'll see you there tomorrow night as well.
Christmas at Tranquility's Butterfly Cafe
Did you know that Tranquility Bay is offering its famous Christmas Buffet on Christmas Day this year? It's definitely the best place to spend your Christmas in Marathon, Florida.
This mouth-watering spread is only offered once a year, and reservations are required to guarantee you and your family a seat– so call us now to reserve your spot! You can reach The Butterfly Cafe by calling 305-289-7177.
Check out the menu below…
What a beautiful week to be in Marathon!
We just got a look at the forecast for this week here in Marathon, Florida and it looks too good to be true! With minimal humidity, easy winds, temperatures in the low 80's and sunshine forecasted for the rest of the week it is truly a great time to be in paradise.
Though Friday might show us a few intermittent cooling rain spells, today through Thursday is the perfect time to explore all that our beautiful Marathon hotel has to offer– whether it's water sports, beach activities, fishing charters or just hanging out by the pool, we know that you and your family are bound to have a fantastic time this week.
Be sure to ask our front desk agents here at Tranquility Bay to recommend some activities that would best suit you and your family's needs. We're here to help!
What a smile…
One of our employees here at Tranquility Bay Beach House Resort wanted to share this photo of a toothy barracuda that he caught (and released!) recently.
We spoke to you yesterday about what a fun fight these guys put up in the water, but we also love staring into their terrifying mouths after we've reeled them in — look at those teeth!
We hope you get to take advantage of the beautiful warm weather on this weekend's forecast. Whether you're out battling your own barracuda, helping your kids build a sandcastle down by the ocean or simply lazing by the pools here at Tranquility Bay, we wish you a relaxing, happy weekend!
Fishing Update from Marathon
We want to urge all our guests to get out on the water NOW while the fishing is truly excellent. Calm seas, warm temperatures and exciting hauls make this the perfect time to get your lines in the water and bring back something exciting for our chefs at the Butterfly Cafe to cook up for you and your family.
All our charter friends have been busy ferrying their customers in and out with some of the nicest yellowtail, kingfish and mackerel that have been seen all season. There are plenty of local companies to choose from when picking a charter, with a variety of price points to fit whatever your needs.
Fishermen who are thus far inexperienced with catching barracuda should be extra sure to get out onto the flats and fish for these beautiful creatures, who put up a truly wonderful fight and are being seen in huge numbers right now. Nothing compares to the first time you come face to face with one of these toothy beauties!
Great bite being given by mahi-mahi, wahoo, tuna and mangrove snapper means that you're almost guaranteed an exciting day (and a full cooler)…so what are you waiting for? Get out there!
Ask our front desk agents here at Tranquility Bay Resort to set you up with everything you need– from charter bookings to bait shops, they've got you covered.


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I am finding that with my love of the new animated series, and the look of the figures, I feel no need to seperate the lines in any way. Specifically, I dont need to see "realistic" movie versions of Ahsoka, Anakin or anyone.
To me they found the right look for this line that strays from the blocky animated look of the miniseries figures, while maintaining a pseudo-animated/realistic look. I have actually bought six figures from this line, and havent purchased any of the movie lines in months.

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Leslie, if Optigen already has tested your dog for prcd, you will NOT have to send a new sample. When you order your test, when it tells you to select the type of sample you are sending, check the box for "long-term storage".
Shelly, Trooper's test for ICT just came back clear Should be on GoldenDNA.org with next update.
Have also noted from listings being submitted that PRA1 doesn't seem to be as widespread as prcd is among the field lines. The "theory" seemed to be that PRA1 would be more likely to show up in UK/Euro lines. That does seem to be the case ... but it could also be that some as-yet-unidentified PRA gene is more responsible for PRA even in those lines than the PRA1 gene. The PRA1 testing that is coming in is more random than the prcd testing was in the first year.
Right now you have to submit (on GoldenDNA) a separate permission for each test (and the test results, too). Have asked the webmaster about being able to combine multiple permissions on one form ... but I'm not the techy one, so don't know how soon that can be accomplished.


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Binghamton native to speak to Harpur Forum on emerging technology
Peter Bloom, managing director of General Atlantic, LLC, a worldwide private equity firm that focuses exclusively on global investing in information technology and telecommunications businesses, will speak on "Emerging Technology: Charting a Course in the Age of Blogs and Identity Theft," at the Harpur Forum breakfast on Wednesday, April 13, at the Binghamton Club in downtown Binghamton. The breakfast begins at 7:30 a.m. and the program begins at 8 a.m.
Bloom grew up on Riverside Drive and graduated from Binghamton Central High School. As a senior, he matriculated full-time at Binghamton University, before moving on to receive his bachelor's degree in computer studies and economics from Northwestern University.
Bloom's extensive background in technology gives him a unique perspective when advising portfolio companies for General Atlantic, a company with approximately $4 billion in capital available for investment, and investments in nearly 100 companies in nearly 70 countries. In his current position, he is responsible for assisting senior management teams, making technology assessments of General Atlantic investment prospects and providing guidance on emerging technology trends.
Prior to joining General Atlantic, Bloom spent 13 years at Salomon Brothers, where he rose to the position of managing director and chief technology officer of the company's U.S. Technology Division. He is a member of the New York Electronic Crimes Task Force; Business Executives for National Security; the Information Technology Advisory Board of the New School for Social Research; and the British Petroleum Digital and Communications Technology Advisory Board.
Bloom serves as a judge for the annual $500,000 Lemelson/MIT Price for Invention. He is also a special advisor to organizations within the U.S. government and has served as a guest speaker at the Harvard, Columbia and Wharton business schools.
Recipient of the Carnegie Mellon/AMS Award for Achievement in Managing Information Technology, Bloom is currently chairman of DonorsChoose, an educational charity that employs the Internet and specially developed software to enable individuals to directly support student and teacher proposals in New York City, San Francisco, Chicago and North Carolina. He is also chairman and founder of Peak Rescue, which trains first responders in advanced technical rescue techniques, and a board member of the Food Bank for New York City, which feeds over 200,000 hungry New Yorkers each day.
The Harpur Forum serves business, professional and community leaders by bringing nationally known authorities to speak at functions throughout the year.


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NFL '12 Cherry Picks Wk-15
Posted on 13 Dec 2012 by Steven Keys.
All Process That is Due The longer Bountygate dragged-out the more likely Paul Tagliabue does exactly what he did in his ruling on Tuesday: found middle ground. At least that's how NFLPA is selling it to members. In truth, DeMaurice Smith and other union sharks hope their clients don't read too deeply and stick to the pro-player headlines, as Tags re-buffed the jocks in validating NFL's f...


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By Kendall Slee
For the Moapa dacean endangered fish species found only in the thermal springs and streams feeding Nevadas Muddy River2012 was a banner year.
Last August, a snorkeling survey of the Moapa dace habitat counted 1,181 fisha 65 percent increase from 2011. The population jump indicates that Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge habitat restoration efforts are helping the species recover.
The minnowsize Moapa dace is adapted to thermal spring waters in the Mojave Desert that can reach 90 degrees and have low oxygen levels, but the species has been struggling for survival because of habitat destruction and nonnative competitors.
The small refuge 60 miles northeast of Las Vegas was established in 1979 to secure critical habitat for the dace. Initially the refuge protected just one spring and stream, restored the habitat and reintroduced the dace. From 1996 through 2006, the refuge gradually expanded to 116 acres and three thermal spring sources that are the Muddy Rivers headwaters.
The dace population declined as nearby springs and streams were converted into resort swimming pools and hot tubs, or degraded from ranching use. The population dropped from 3,400 in 1994 to below 500 in 2008. As the refuge acquired acreage, removed hot tubs and concrete channel liners, and revegetated/restored stream channels to their condition before development, the fish gradually reclaimed the waterways.
As with other refuge endangered species recovery efforts, partnerships are essential. In 2007 the Southern Nevada Water Authority purchased a 1,220acre ranch adjacent to the refuge and protected it as the Warm Springs Natural Area. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other federal and state agencies offer technical and other assistance to restore the Muddy River tributaries on that property.
Restoration of streams flowing into and out of the refuge has allowed the Moapa dace to venture past refuge boundaries again. The fish are now spreading out across all the available habitat, says refuge manager Amy LaVoie. In the past couple years they had been pushed up on the refuge.
The Nevada Division of Wildlife (NDOW) has taken the lead in combating another challenging threat to the dace: blue tilapia.
That nonnative fish entered the Muddy River system in the 1990s and ravaged native vegetation and fish with its voracious appetite. Tilapia has been eradicated from the refuge and other upper reaches of the system; NDOW is working to clear tilapia from the main stem of the Muddy River. This will lead to the next step in the dace recovery plan.
Once tilapia is eradicated, a fish barrier will be removed, allowing the dace to expand into the main stem river. Only when the dace can swim from the springheads to the Muddy River will they be able to live their natural wandering lifestyle and grow large and fertile, says Lee Simons, a biologist in the Services Nevada field office.
Habitat restoration also benefits other endemic species adapted to the Muddy Rivers warm waters, including the Moapa White River springfish, the Moapa pebble snail and three insects. Stream restoration benefits other native southern Nevada invertebrates, as well as ripariandependent birds, bats, amphibians and reptiles.
As the long task of riparian restoration continues, LaVoie is cautiously optimistic about the daces recovery.
We have a long way to go in terms of the number of fish, age classes and how theyre distributed throughout the system, she says. We need to continue to restore the habitat and ensure other threats such as the tilapia remain at bay.
Kendal Slee is an Upstate New Yorkbased freelance writer.
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Future entrepreneurs compete
Posted April 5, 2000; 12:38 a.m.
Amazon.com was once a business plan written by a Princeton student. Who knows where the next great company will begin? Watch five teams of Princeton students compete for $10,000 in cash prizes as they present ideas to a panel of venture capitalists in the Second Annual Business Plan Contest, 3 p.m. April 8 in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.


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Ex-CIA officer explores morality of spying, Dec. 6
Posted November 29, 2007; 10:43 a.m.
"The Morality of Spying: How Dirty Are We Willing to Get Our Hands?" is the title of a lecture by former CIA official James Olson set for 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
Olson served for more than 25 years in the CIA, mostly in clandestine operations overseas. He also was chief of counterintelligence at the agency's headquarters in Langley, Va.
Olson is the author of "Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of Spying." He currently is a senior lecturer in the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, where he teaches courses on intelligence, national security and international crisis management.
The lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.


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Like the pocket square or the cherry on top, an envelope liner is the exquisite detail that ties one's stationery set together. It is the first hint of the specialness that is to come. We thought it was about time, though, that the envelope liner was the chocolate ice cream.
But enough metaphors. Introducing a carefully curated collection of some of our favorite envelope liners in all of their full-sheet glory. Inspired by the idea that they would be used for everything from scrapbooking to gift wrapping to interior decorating, we selected five liners from the Crane & Co. archives that we thought offered something for every taste and style:
- Fiorenza in the Spring Time Liner
How does your Italian garden grow? With elegant blooms of blue and blush flecked with gold. Our vintage Rossi envelope liner paper may be made in Italy, but we're sure you'll find beautiful ways to make it all your own.


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Community House computer camp holds open house, July 29
Posted July 19, 2004; 05:22 p.m.
Community House will hold an open house for its summer computer camp from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, July 29, at the Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding .
The annual four-week program is aimed at exposing local middle school students to computers and the many ways they are integrated into everyday life. The camp -- which is funded by an anonymous Princeton graduate, the Pace Center for Community Service and the Office of Religious Life -- helps students with their computer skills in the hope that they will make career choices in the field of technology.
Campers will present their projects at the open house. For more information about the camp and the open house, contact Marjorie Young .
Contact: Eric Quinones(609) 258-3601


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ok...so.. it is not possible to connect the OV7670 module directly to the Arduino Board... it needs the ArduCAM module...is it?.. :.
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Johnson is still beating the drum for African Americans to return to the park- and now Oprah is listening. On Friday "The Oprah Winfrey Show" devoted the full hour to a segment that was taped at Yosemite in response to Mr. Johnson's appeal. Orpah and Gayle visited some Redwoods, set up camp and took photographs with the one other black patron they saw. Part 2 of the episode will be broadcast today.
Ranger Johnson was also featured in the New York Times, where he told them, "every year, America is becoming increasingly diverse, but that diversity is not reflected in the national parks, even though African-Americans and other groups played a vital role in the founding of national parks. If the national parks are America's playground, then why are we not playing in the most beautiful places in America?"
Beyond broadening the tent of park patrons, the Park Service also hopes to attract a more diverse force of park rangers. It is actively seeking to recruit employees from historically black colleges and universities. Check out the Park Service site for job opportunities.
For more on the buffalo soliders that helped found Yosemite, check out our article on a House bill raised to honor their legacy.


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Lecture series on Korea concludes
Posted November 19, 2008; 05:26 p.m.
International politics scholar Yong Chool Ha will deliver a lecture titled "Industrialization and Tradition: Korean Experience" at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 1, in 219 Burr Hall.
The lecture concludes a series of three talks this fall on "The New Korean Economy," organized by Un-Chan Chung, president emeritus of Seoul National University. Chung is a visiting fellow this semester with the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS).
Ha is the Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Social Sciences at the University of Washington and formerly a professor of international relations at Seoul National University, where he directed the Center for International Studies. His primary academic interests are comparative politics and society with a focus on Soviet and Russian politics, Korean domestic and international politics, inter-Korean relations and East Asian regional politics.
The lecture series is sponsored by PIIRS and the Program in East Asian Studies.


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Put up two programs we've been using a bit on our projects.
Disttest is a distributed unittesting runner. You simply set the DISTTEST_HOSTS variable to a space-separated list of hostnames to connect to using SSH, and then run "disttest". The nodes must all have the same filesystem (usually an NFS-mounted /home) and have the Disttest program installed. You even gain a bit with just one computer by setting the variable to "localhost localhost". :-)
There are currently two annoying problem with it, though. For some reason, 1) the unittest program connecting to the X server sometimes fails to provide the correct authentication, and 2) sometimes the actual connection to the X server can't be established. I think these are related to 1) congestion on the shared .Xauthority file, and 2) a too small listen() queue on the forwarding port by the SSH daemon. Both problems show up when using too many (over 4?) hosts, which is the whole point of the program! Sigh.
PyCov is a python code coverage calculation tool. It can be used to check how much of the code your unittests use, to detect functions or whole classes which are unused. Admittedly it's a bit of a rush job, which shows up as an ugly interface and a lack of understanding of inner classes/functions etc...
Tried to find documentation on the Eclipse EMF metametamodel, but could only find some old pictures in a book; finally had to surf some JavaDoc pages and by trial-and-error, the head version of Coral currently seems to be able to load ECORE models (Eclipse metamodels).


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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Delicious Snack or Vicious Weapon? You Decide.
If you know not of which I speak, then for the love of all that is good and holy…get thee to thine grocery store! And then doth thou shall put thy produce that shall be named "the grrrrape" (rolling r's) into thy freezer and then thou shall waiteth three or four hours for thy luscious frrrruit (more rolling r's) to enter thy perfect state of frozen.
Don't ask where that sentence came from. It's a dark, scary place…my brain is.
So yeah. Grapes are a pretty awesome fruit. They are small and cute and easy to eat as long as you don't get the ones with seeds. Seeded grapes are like the dirty, worm-farm cousins of the seedless grape. Don't hang out with seeded grapes. They are bad news bears, my friends.
Grapes are not my favorite fruit. Watermelon ranks much higher, even though it's messier and has seeds. Watermelon seeds are nothing like grape seeds, just to clarify. Not all seeds are bad. heh heh.
Also better than grapes are raspberries. Ooh, and kiwi!
Okay, this is turning into "Miss Yvonne lists her favorite fruits" and that would be so boring to read.
Back to grapes!
As I said, grapes are pretty awesome but I am about to kick shit up an Emeril notch right here by giving you the 7 steps to orgasmic grapes. Yes, there are a whole 7 steps. Seems excessive? Maybe. Shut up about it.
Step 1: Wash your grapes.
Step 2: Pluck grapes off the gross vine thingies.
Step 3: Put grapes in container.
Step 4: Put container in freezer.
Step 5: Wait.
Step 6: Eat frozen grapes.
Step 7: Have your mind blown.
Eating a frozen grape is like eating a teeny tiny round popcicle. And if you let them thaw about 20 minutes, it's like eating a teeny tiny round slushy. Except it has vitamins and less calories. It's perfect wrapped inside a chewy skin, is what I'm saying here.
Also, they hurt a real lot when someone "accidentally" whips one at the boss's head as he's walking by.
Just sayin'.
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- Moooooog35 said...
Plus, when frozen, grapes can be inserted MUCH much easier into your..um..
Yes. Grapes are a delicious fruit.
- March 9, 2011 at 12:59 PM
- The Vegetable Assassin said...
Fascinating! I actually just bought a metric shitton of grapes last night so I might have to try this. And I agree, the seeded ones are just...WHO BUYS THOSE? I want to eat and enjoy in an orgasmic state, not deal with spitting out seeds. I'M A LADY, DAMN IT!
You know another good one? Fresh strawberries, split in the middle, refridgerated and then spritzed with black pepper. FOR REAL. Brings out the flavour amazingly. Just...not TOO MUCH black pepper. You're welcome.
- March 9, 2011 at 1:02 PM
- Miss Rosie said...
When I was pregnant the only thing that helped my morning sickness was frozen grapes and strawberries.
- March 9, 2011 at 1:16 PM
- Jessica B said...
yum. except now i have hunger issues. and no fruit. damn.
- March 9, 2011 at 1:51 PM
- Mandy's Kidding said...
This is how I feel about fruit: unless I can blend it in my BlendTec blender, I don't eat it.
- March 9, 2011 at 2:24 PM
- Untypically Jia said...
OMG frozen grapes are soooo amazing! I've loved these since I was little.
- March 9, 2011 at 2:25 PM
- Vinny C said...
I'm a believer! Off to get me some grrrrapes!
- March 9, 2011 at 4:31 PM
- Blissed-Out Grandma said...
Do you prefer green or red? Thanks for this post, I'd forgotten how good grapes are when frozen.
- March 9, 2011 at 6:06 PM
- Katie said...
We all ADORE grapes in this house. Especially frozen grapes!!!! :-)
- March 9, 2011 at 6:06 PM
- Eva Gallant said...
I agree. I stayed at an all-inclusive resort once where they served frozen fruit on a stick. Yummeres!
- March 9, 2011 at 7:45 PM
- Ed said...
Frozen Blueberries.
End of story.
- March 9, 2011 at 7:46 PM
- Chelle said...
I just want to add to Moog's comment that my word verification is "pussendi".
I've tried frozen grapes, gotta tell you, my favourite frozen fruit is strawberries, raspberries and blueberries blended together into a mash, then a bottle of rum is poured into it, then it's all put into the freezer in a container that never quite freezes because of the alcohol content.
Then you put some in a glass and pour club soda or gingerale in to top it up.
Then you LEEE-OADED while you mow your lawn.
Try that and your frozen grapes will seem pretty impotent.
- March 9, 2011 at 7:57 PM
- Chelle said...
You *GET* leee-oaded. in case you couldn't figure it out.
Which means drunk.
- March 9, 2011 at 7:58 PM
- Steam Me Up, Kid said...
This was hilarious. I liked:
Back to grapes!!
Also funny is the fact that this isn't the first post you've written about fruit. I know, because as I was reading, I was like, wait... what about kiwi? She loves kiwi! Oh okay there it is, she said kiwi.
- March 9, 2011 at 10:09 PM
- Dani said...
Dude, how the heck do you make a whole post about fruit and frozen grapes soo darn funny?
Let's try something about like, boiling water or watching paint dry next time. See what you can do with that.
- March 9, 2011 at 11:04 PM
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- March 10, 2011 at 2:08 AM
- The Mad Fat Girl said...
Wow. NEVER thought about freezing my grapes. Will defly try it. Wat the hel...will try freezing all fruit. And hit my boss with them as well :D Sounds great. Thanx :) Youze soooooo fuNNy!
- March 10, 2011 at 3:23 AM
- Sarah Lindahl said...
I've heard good things about frozen grapes, but I am too afraid to try them because of how incredibly I was warned against putting marbles in my mouth when I was little because a marble in the mouth = choking followed by a horrible and embarrassing death. I don't want to die that way!
- March 10, 2011 at 10:09 AM
- bikinfool said...
I don't know if this is good or bad, but I was headed right where Moooooog35 was going - miniature frozen Ben-Wa balls. talk about orgasmic! Try doing THAT with a watermelon. Or maybe not . . .
- March 10, 2011 at 11:43 AM
- BugginWord said...
So I'm the only one here that just tried to fit a watermelon in my freezer? *sigh*
- March 10, 2011 at 2:35 PM
- Crystal said...
hahaha!! You are hilarious!! i've never seen someone have such passion for a frozen grape..but I think I like it!
- March 10, 2011 at 9:39 PM
- The Blue Faerie said...
Oh my gosh frozen grapes are awesome! And I always thought I was the only one that preferred them that way. Although, I will say that they are a vicious weapon in one way: bad kissing breath. I lean in to kiss my husband and it's like someone hit him in the lips with a stinky two by four. :P
- March 12, 2011 at 9:38 AM
- Helena said...
so, on a very-close-to-unrelated note. if you put a whole watermellon in a microwave and zap it long enough, it will explode... the microwave along with it. This is a goal of mine, to seek revenge (or drunken shenanigans) on someone by exploding their microwave with fruit.
- March 14, 2011 at 2:23 AM
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TEDed Explains Why Sea Turtles Are Legitimate Miracles
Posted On July 26, 2012 by Guest Blogger
I know, I know. We've been talking about sea turtles a lot on the blog these days. And it's not just because they're awesome and cute and amazing (although they are all of those things).
As this video from TEDed so elegantly explains, sea turtles are under siege from many of the threats Ocean Conservancy works so hard to address every day. Their nesting grounds are threatened by marine debris and habitat loss or degradation, their lives at sea are further threatened by unsustainable fishing practices, floating waste and toxins, including oil spills. According to the video, sea turtles are under such pressure that their survival rate now stands at 1 percent or less between each nesting cycle.


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Lazy days in Uruguay
Trip Start Sep 03, 2008
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We left feeling energized, and set out to weave our way across Uruguay back into Argentina. We stopped for a night in Mercedes and 2 nights in Salto, both sweet little riverside towns with only a few restaurants and several beautiful plazas. In Salto we had one of our favorite evenings yet, watching the sunset at the waterfront with a few beers and panchos (hot dogs), then happening upon an outdoor screening of Uruguayan short films! Good stuff!
Our final adventure of the week was the train trip on the Gran Capitan, which connects Buenos Aires to Posadas and was a popular route in the 1950's. Not too many (or any) upgrades since then, and in fact the train was not in service for a number of years and is trying to get back on track (literally and figuratively, haha). Its very cheap and, we now know, infamous for delays. The posted schedule is a pickup in Concordia at 10 pm, arriving in Posadas at noon the next day. The Gran Capitan rolled into crumbling Concordia station around 1 am, and finally pulled away near 3 am. We opted for 1st class tickets, which meant for $14 we had our own (slightly broken) seats instead of
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The councils of Wairarapa and Wellington region have the opportunity to merge. There are nine district authorities and one regional council for a population of less than 500,000 people. It makes sense to look at local government structure because the region has too many elected councillors, mayors and management staff for the population it serves. The problem Wairarapa and Wellington faces is that three proposals are being debated.
Wairarapa wants to cut ties with Wellington and become a Unitary Authority, where the local council takes on the role of the regional council as well as local functions. The Hutt councils want a Unitary Authority and the rest, Wellington City, Porirua, Kapiti and the Wellington Regional Council, want to have a region-wide single council. Frustratingly for ratepayers, none of the groups are considering the others' positions. The Wairarapa and Hutt councils are taking parochial positions because they do not want to lose the power and control they currently have.
A sensible solution would be for the councils to allow ratepayers to consider the proposals, listen to their feedback and submit a joint region-wide proposal to the Local Government Commission. However, common sense, practicality and good governance do not always go hand-in-hand in local body politics.
Instead, the Wairarapa councils are trying to play pork barrel politics, attempting to convince ratepayers that a single region-wide council is bad for Wairarapa and we would be better off without Wellington.
The only thing we know for sure is if Wairarapa cuts off Wellington we will need to find all the funding for a Unitary Authority from Wairarapa ratepayers, borrow more or go cap in hand to the Government, because we will be on our own.
At the end of the day the ratepayers will carry the costs of mistakes made by the council amalgamation. Wairarapa does not have the population to continue the services currently funded by the Greater Wellington Regional Council (GWRC), let alone the local council costs for sewerage, roading and water, without large rate rises for all ratepayers, especially farmers. One risk small population areas face is they cannot afford to fund infrastructure development projects which have a public good for the region and the surrounding areas.
A good example of this is the Wairarapa Irrigation Project. This has funding from the regional council for $3 million. This funding allowed an application to be made to the Government's Irrigation Acceleration Fund, which was successful and matches the funding GWRC has committed to.
This project could be at risk if Wairarapa cuts ties with Wellington and becomes a small Unitary Authority as a good part of the funding would then have to come from Wairarapa ratepayers. A shame, because this proposed irrigation project has the potential to change farming on the dry Wairarapa plains, increase environmental river flows during summer and have a huge impact on the GDP of Wairarapa.
Wairarapa Federated Farmers is asking local councils for more information on this and to slow down in rushing for a proposal for change.


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Are you searching for creative ways to spruce up your home but are lacking in interior decorating knowledge? Relax, there is no need to worry because making one's home look updated is not that complicated and rather simple. With just a few easy home design tips, you can turn a boring home into one that dazzles. Continue on for some wonderful interior planning tips!
When considering an interior-design project you should think about starting in the most popular room of the house. Interior planning can be both a lot of work and cost a lot as well. If you want to get the most out of your work and money, you should decorate the room that you will enjoy the most first.
For rooms with high ceilings, you need to vary the locations of your lights. The fact that the ceilings are so high can weaken the illumination in a room. To counteract that, try using both ceiling lights both and lights that sit ground-level. It will help to create more adequate lighting in the room.
You can never go wrong by adding a little greenery to whichever room your are designing. Plants make wonderful additions to any room as they give your room a refreshing and lively look. A few strategically placed plants will greatly improve the decor of your room so long as you remember to water them!
Arrange your furniture smartly. Walk around your rooms and take different paths: are you able to easily go from one room to the other? Furniture should not be in your way, and yet some items should be made central if you wish to create a theme or a color pattern based on a piece of furniture.
Get creative. Even if you don't consider yourself a great artist, you can make a wonderful collection of art. Draw a symbol or an abstract piece on a piece of drawing paper. It doesn't have to be that big. Put it in a high quality frame. If you want really do something nice, create 3 or 4 drawings and frame them all together.
Chandeliers bring elegance and romance to a bedroom. Consider changing out your lighting fixture or fan for a chandelier for a glamorous look and fresh appeal. There are many different varieties of chandeliers on the market, and there are many different sizes as well. It is easy to find one that fits well in any bedroom space.
What is the function of the room you are planning to decorate? While you are planning the project, it is important to think about what the room will be used for. How many people will be using this room? For instance, if you are designing a family room, you will need quite a bit of seating.
As stated in the article above, not everyone is a creative genius but it is not that complicated to come up with great ideas to give your home an entirely new and updated look. With a few simple tips you learned here, you can incorporate this knowledge and apply it to your own living space to give that nice fresh look that you have been seeking.


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Data Analysis is the foundation of effective planning and continuous improvement. Both state and federal statutes define performance indicators which define data analysis efforts. In combination with associated measures, metrics and annual performance targets, performance indicators are the skeleton around which improvement planning and continuous improvement is built. CDE has prepared a table of these performance indicators (and associated measures, metrics and targets) that focus improvement planning for education in Colorado in Table 1 from the UIP Handbook.
While engaging in unified improvement planning, planning teams begin by reviewing their current performance and identifying performance trends.
The identification of trends involves analyzing at least three years of data for each performance indicator area. Once they have identified performance trends, planning teams must prioritize those trends that they identify as "challenges." Prioritizing Performance Challenges may be the most critical step in the entire planning process as it sets the tone for each of the subsequent steps.
Trends and priority performance challenges should be captured in two places in Section III of the unified improvement planning template, the Data Analysis Worksheet and the Data Narrative.
The UIP Handbook provides additional information about reviewing current performance, identifying trends and prioritizing performance challenges. Use the links on the left hand navigation bar to access additional resources related to data analysis, including power point presentations which walk through the steps of data analysis, and additional tools to support analysis processes.
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Breakdown on Evan Turner
Like any streak shooting young guard in the league, Turner struggled to find his niche. Since he didn't make shots defenders forced him in overdribble isolation situations which led to tough contested shots. I expected him to struggle a little bit but I figured his high IQ and ability to pass the ball and be versatile would help him get through it. He did have some good scoring games spread throughout the year including 20+ scorning nights against the Suns, Warriors, and Celtics respectively.
I think what happens to young players in the league is that they get a little overwhelmed of how defenders guard them and what plays to make. To make it in the NBA you need to be hard nosed and have something else to give besides scoring. In the NBA you have no nights off, you can get your ass kicked on any given night. It's not like college where you have 7-8 cupcakes on your schedule before conference play starts. You can play a team like the Wizards and have John Wall and Nick Young light you up for 30 points and take one on the chin. I think Evan learned that the hard way of not only how hard it is to score at the NBA level, but how hard it was to guard veterans. Turner had the benefit for playing for one of the best teachers in the game in Doug Collins. What Collins also is, is an old school coach. He's one of the best teachers in the game and his team's play shows it. His team had a lot of issues coming into last season and by the end of the year really had him going. This year's Sixers team will probably baring a tragedy finish in the top 4 in the Eastern Conference.
This post isn't to beat up on Evan as it will turn positive pretty soon. It's to have young players understand that they will get their ass handed to them at higher levels. This can be for a junior high player entering high school, a high schooler entering college, and for a college player heading to the pro level (overseas, minor league, and NBA). What differentiates an average player and a very good player is the time in which it takes them to dust themselves off and not to repeat the mistakes they made to get their ass handed to them. Every one will have off nights that is a fact. But what young players have to understand is you need to prepare for games, not just show up. Just because you dominate at your level now doesn't mean it will be like that when you go up a level. In the NBA studying tape is a must. My client, Kobe Bryant studies more tape than most coaches do when preparing for an opponent. You need to understand how teams guard you, where rotations are coming from, and where the holes will be for your teammates. On the other end of the ball you need to know not only what strengths of your matchup's to take away, but also the strengths of the rest of the lineup. It's a transition and atmosphere that a lot of young player's take for granted. A lot of time preparation and hard work is what keeps players in the NBA year in and year out. I have known Evan a long time working with him throughout his high school career. The things I know of Evan is that he had one of the greatest high school coaches that ever lived in Gene Pingatore of St Joeseph's High School, played for one of the more well respected AAU Programs in The Illinois Wolves coached by Mike Mullins, and had a great college coach in Thad Matta of Ohio State. What all three coaches did for him his held him accountable on and off of the court. He loves to learn and wants to be held accountable which is rare for a young player.
What I admire about Evan is his ability to attack his weak points in his game. Over the summer he sought out one of the best shooting instructors in the world in Hall Of Famer Herb Magee. He spent a lot of time in the gym working on his weaknesses and the hard work has given him some success. His shooting stroke is noticeably better and even though his long range numbers are down from 31.8% last year to 22.7% this year. The most important thing is that his mid range shooting is much better from last year. On top of that he added a post game to go to. What young guards need to understand is you cant just shoot jump shots or dominate the ball to try to drive it to the rim every night. There are some great coaches that really know how to scout and prepare their teams to shut you down. Some knights you wont be able to go to plan A, there needs to be something else to go to. What makes Evan the player that he is, is his ability to pass the ball. His passing is what separates him from a lot of other shooting guards in the league. He is learning that with his drives defenders will help off his teammates and he can hit open shooters, cutters, and big men rolling to the basket. I think Evan does a very good job with his ability to find open teammates and make easy plays. Another stat that should jump out at you is Turner is the second leading rebounder in the NBA for shooting guards at 5.6 per game. He trails only Kobe Bryant who averages 5.8 but plays 13 minutes more per game. Rebounding is crucial for a wing player. It shows your toughness and activity level, I take rebounding and free throw attempts very seriously when evaluating wing players.
In college or high school when you are the best player on your team sometimes you are forced to make tough plays. That means consistently shoot over double teams and take tough shots to manufacture points for your club. A lot of your offense might be inefficient and just a lot of dominating the ball. If you want to take the next step as a wing player you will need show variety and make plays without dominating the ball. That can be a quick drive draw the held and kick, come off a simple down screen and shoot, or make an extra pass to an open shooter on a ball reversal to you. I think there are a lot of spots on teams for players that can pass at any position from 1-5. If there is one thing that you learn and that's how to read defenses and make passes. I cant stress that enough.
Evan has shown a lot of improvement in his game. I think he is figuring out that you don't have to hit homeruns on every play. Making simple plays is what gets you through the night and puts your team in a position to win. His ball handling, passing, and scoring ability allows him to play all three positions. I think the Sixers can play him at shooting guard and then slide him into some backup point guard for Jrue Holiday. If they want they can go small and play Holiday, Williams, Evan, Young, and Brand. But because he can do multiple things there is always a spot in the lineup. You need to develop one skill to get you in a game, but multiple skills can keep you in the game for longer periods of time. With his shooting getting progressively better, his efficiency when he's on the court improving, and his ability to make plays Evan Turner is slowly developing into a player who can start on a lot of teams in the NBA.
The next phase of his game that he needs to take to the next level is his ability to get to the free throw line. Easy points are essential in a wing player or any player's development. Evan is only averaging 2.2 free throw attempts a game. For a player who handles the ball a lot and can score in so many ways especially on post ups that number needs to be higher. In comparison here are the top 10 wing players in free throws attempted.
|LeBron James
|Kobe Bryant
|Carmelo Anthony
|Kevin Durant
|Dwyane Wade
|James Harden
|Danilo Gallinari
|Paul Pierce
|Monta Ellis
|Danny Granger
I'm a big believer in having players emulating others. If you look at this list every player besides maybe Danny Granger creates offense off of the dribble on a consistent basis. If you have the ball in your hands and you are asked to create offense you must be able to get to the free throw line. Players that average 2.2 FTA's a game are mostly spot up shooters who spot up on the perimeter or come off pin downs. The JJ Reddick's, Ray Allen's and OJ Mayo's of the world average in the 2.0's for attempted free throws because they are players who spot up and come off pin downs a majority of the time. They are rarely asked to get the ball on the perimeter and create shots off of the dribble on their own. Easy points are so important for players. Even if he raised his FTA's from 2 to 6 that can be an extra 3-3.5 points a game he can add to his team's total without having to work as hard to get them. Free throw attempts are big for a wing player that isolates or runs pick and roll. You also need to know if your opponent is approaching the bonus so you can draw some cheap fouls on the perimeter to get to the line. I think once he starts getting more experience those numbers will go up.
Evan reminds me a lot of Larry Hughes when he was coming up. Larry was a very versatile scoring wing player. He and Evan were built the same and played the same. He was a player that was very versatile, in his best season with Washington in 04-05 he averaged 22.0 points 6.3 rebounds 4.7 assists and a league leading 2.9 steals a game. I compare him to Evan because he as well struggled with his consistency shooting the basketball, was a very gifted scorer, and was very versatile. Larry also didn't get to the line a lot in his first couple of years averaging around 3.0 attempts per game and then improved that number into the 6.0's and 7.0's attempts a game. I think that Evan Turner has a long career ahead of him. Like every young player he will face his ups and downs and should be a bright star in this league soon. It all depends on how fast he can dust himself off and not make the same mistakes that he made the day before.
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Friedberg named to Kissinger Chair
Posted May 22, 2001; 08:42 a.m.
Friedberg, professor of politics and international affairs, has been named the first holder of the Henry Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations at the Library of Congress.
The program offers scholars the opportunity to spend nine months in residence at the Library of Congress, where they will conduct foreign policy research.
Beginning in September, Friedberg will explore the rise of Asia and its implications for the United States, with particular attention to the increase in relative wealth and technological competence of the nations of eastern Eurasia and the western Pacific.
Friedberg has been a Princeton faculty member since 1987. He also is acting director of the Woodrow Wilson School's Center of International Studies and director of its Research Program in International Security.
He is the author of two books on foreign relations: "The Weary Titan: Britain and the Experience of Relative Decline, 1895-1905," and "In the Shadow of the Garrison State: America's Anti-Statism and Its Cold War Grand Strategy."
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In "Decision Time," Editor Brian Lovett shares a scenario from his 20-plus years hunting turkeys. Each hinges on a critical decision. Post what choice you would have made, and then see how things actually turned out.
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Crappy turkey hunter or not, the guy knew the area, and I didn't. I figured a few more hours at the subdivision spot couldn't hurt.
And when two hens dragged a black-winged Osceola strutter to within 20 steps of my gun barrel, it was all good. In fact, set against the dark cypress and Spanish moss in that six acres, it was a darn beautiful start to my slam.
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The IRS is "collecting a lot more than taxes this year," the report explained. "It's also acquiring a huge volume of personal information on taxpayers' digital activities, from eBay auctions to Facebook posts and, for the first time ever, credit card and e-payment transaction records."It added, "The agency reveals little about how it will employ its vast, new network scanning powers ... sweeping changes being implemented with little public discussion or clear guidelines."
Edward Zelinsky, a tax law expert and a professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and Yale Law School, explained that taxpayers should understand that whatever they say and do electronically can and will be used against them in IRS enforcement.
And what is the IRS' official response to its gargantuan Big Brother violation of our personal lives?
No comment.
But Dean Silverman, senior adviser to the IRS commissioner and the head of data analytic efforts at the IRS through the Office of Compliance Analytics, explained last year in a speech to insiders at the Predictive Analytics World for Government conference that the new system will "improve voluntary compliance." (Interpretation of "improve voluntary compliance": bully and threaten citizens into submission.)
Silverman also boasted in trade publications about the IRS' new intrusive monetary reconnaissance: "Private industry would be envious if they knew what our models are."
The last thing American citizens need is more government regulation and overreach into our private lives, pocketbooks, electronic banking and credit card purchases.
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If youre an espresso fanaticand who isnt these days?theres no better barrista pull than at Stumptown in the Ace Hotel. Be prepared to stand in line (for 20 minutes or so, in some cases) to sample the magic of a demi-tasse so perfectly smooth and bitter at the same time that youll sip instead of gulp. Try their novel bottled ice coffee, too, and take your beverage into the lobby of the hotel, where some of the citys new web start-ups are doubtlessly happening as you refresh yourself with a caffeinated beverage. 18 West 29th Street, 212-679-2222, stumptowncoffee.com
While most Afghan restaurants specialize in kebabs, pilafs, and fried things, Balkh Shish Kabab House, under the N tracks in Astoria, exhibits a penchant for boiling and braising. Most unique is a braised jerky called laundy, but you can also get a pair of shing: magnificent boiled lamb shanks oozing marrow. Other don't-miss dishes include fist-sized aushack dumplings stuffed with meat and pumpkin-filled turnovers known as bolanee kadu—demonstrating a surprising vegetarian bent to the meat-heavy menu. 23-10 31st Street, Queens, 718-721-5020 (11105)
The foremost Albanian contribution to New York cuisine is the burek, a spare tire of a flaky filo pie, stuffed with spinach, cheese, meat, or a combination. Although many Albanians now run pizza parlors and turn out delicious bureks as a sideline (sometimes they're not even on the menu), Burektorja Dukagjini specializes in them and serves virtually nothing else except coffee beverages. You can sit in the pleasant but small premises right off White Plains Road and wash your warm wedge of burek down with cappuccino, but why not take an entire pie home? 758 Lydig Avenue, The Bronx, 718-822-8955 (10462)
Don't you dare call them Barbadians! Former residents of this gentile Caribbean island prefer to be called Bajans, and Culpeppers is one of their most commodious outposts. The national dish of okra-flecked porridge called coo-coo plus steamed flying fish (sometimes they jump right into the boat!) is always available—unless it's not, when kingfish is substituted. Other delightful dishes include small sandwiches called cutters, pan-Caribbean rotis, and the usual nexus of stewed and sometimes curried chicken, goat, and lamb. 1082 Nostrand Avenue, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn, 718-940-4122 (11225)
The Petite Abeille chain has flourished since its debut more than a decade ago across from Old Navy in the Ladies Mile. The best remains in Tribeca, where such Belgian commonplaces as stoemp (mashed vegetables, with or without sausage), carbonnade Flamande (Flemish beef stew), and a selection of steamed mussels in various sauces, served with the classic twice-cooked Belgian fries. Enjoy the Tin-Tin comics secreted here and there on the premises. 134 West Broadway, 212-791-1360, for more locations, go to petiteabeille.com (10013)
We've had a flood of restaurants from Montreal during the past two years, and it's a toss-up which to choose for this category because all have their individual charms and their own bailiwicks. Since M. Wells has closed pending relocation, let's say Mile End, a Brooklyn deli that has done a magnificent job of cloning the smoked meat of Jewish Montreal plus a handful of other Quebecois specialties like seed-sprinkled bagels and a sandwich called the Ruth Lewinsky. A more ambitious menu has been added in the evening. 97A Hoyt Street, Brooklyn, 718-852-7510, mileendbrooklyn.com (11217)


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University to open today at normal hours
Posted November 27, 2002; 05:16 a.m.
Although it snowed overnight in the Princeton area, the predicted heavy amounts did not materialize. As a result, the University will open at normal hours today, according to Don Reichling, acting director of public safety, and Dan Scheiner, acting vice president of human resources.
Information about any closings or late openings in the upcoming season will be available on the University's weather emergency hotline at (609) 258-SNOW. This announcement is updated at 5:45 a.m. during periods of severe weather conditions.
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Spent all day benchmarking MOS. Ouch. It's rather painful to realize the software you've spent the last year working on is only capable of a throughput of 11 messages/second. The problem seems to consist primarily of the fact that XML is very heavyweight: parsing a small message takes about 25 milliseconds, so the current system has a maximum theoretical throughput of only 1000/25 = 40 messages/second! That's really, really bad.
So I guess a couple possibilities present themselves. The first would be to write my own specialized, optimized XML parser. The other would be to create a new, binary-ish encoding that expresses the same information in a tighter and more easily parsed format. It's a tough call, actually, and ironically I expect it would be pretty close to the same amount of work.
Now that I think about it, a binary encoding would also have the advantage of being able to transmit data like numbers much more easily (as such things are presently kept in text encodings and have to be converted back and forth, ouch, I know.) Hmmm Hmmm. This is going to take some thought.
Note to self: to find the whistle in the second quest, walk THROUGH the wall into the center part of the "A" in the second level. Not the first time I've missed that.
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This game is a Assassin's Creed 2 mixed with Grand Theft Auto, you can climb the enviroment, if you need to silent kill a german office, then climb to the nearest building and sniper him right in there head.... lol trust me the game can get distractive, many hours go by doing the missions, all to gether the controls are again are a mix between AC2 and GTA, there a little laggy sometimes but you doing really don't notice.
The Car controls are ok but very laggy you do notice them, but you do get used to them and just learn to anticipate the cars movement. the cars are very realistic, fast and fun to drive. Damage in this game to cars is basic but thats all it needs to be.
Missions: These are fun not to short nor to long, you start of as a mechanic for your dad and enter a race, you almost win but one of the competitors shot your wheel, thats you out the race. You are your best friend goto get this charactor back..... it all starts from there. Just put it this way to all going horribly wrong, your best friend ends up dead and your all alone, you have the german army after you so when a french resistance menber asks you to join then the fun starts now, there are lots of wemen, breasts and cars. so for all this i give the game a good b+


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Jadecavy wrote:As I said, it's not like I drop it, or throw it around, or treat it badly in any way. It's just use and design, they fixed it with the 3DSs, but the DSLs were prone to break because of the extremely thin piece on the right. Pokemon also puts a LOT of wear on them.
Heh, I wish it were my Lite. I'm talking about my Dasixl. I have no idea what even happened to it today (no drops or anything like that). The hinge worked fine when I first pulled it out, but a couple hours later, part of the plastic near the indicator lights cracked and now it doesn't stay open.


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Does anybody care about the quality of housing? Apparently not, or at least not in New York. How and where you live is only a numbers game, as Mayor Bill de Blasio's announcement of a plan to "spend" up to $40 billion to create "affordable" housing in the city makes clear.
De Blasio and his team actually assume that they will attract about 75 percent of that $40 billion from private development, and a majority of the rest of it will come from existing state and federal funds. The latter will mainly pay for subsidizing those who truly cannot afford to live in New York anymore, including the elderly, and for rehabilitation of existing buildings. The biggest trick of the plan is that the mayor wants to make the inclusion of "affordable" housing mandatory for any large-scale development. He already forced the Domino development, around the factory of that name in Brooklyn, to add more such units in return for building their colossal (and architecturally, moderately interesting) new neighborhood looking out at Manhattan's crystal spires.
In return, de Blasio wants to make it easier to get a building off the ground in the city. The problem is that—as Curbed and New York Magazine stated in their takeaways of the plan—his council does not want to give up the power to stop or promote developments in their district, while the difficult issues of how to change the rules and regulations will now be picked up by a committee that at some time, maybe, will make recommendations.
As far as I can tell—and I admit to not having read the 116-page plan with a loupe—it is all hot air that formalizes the idea that New York wants to keep building more cookie-cutter apartment and condo towers, differentiated by height and somewhat by size, as well as by location. The closer to 57th and 5th Avenue and the higher up you are, the more expensive your living space. Other than views and location, though, there is nothing about the new or proposed developments to differentiate them. Mayor de Blasio just wants to mass produce more cells for as many people as possible.
It is doubtful whether de Blasio will have any success with this plan. Not only does he have to get developers to step up to the plate, but he has to give them room, and you know that neighbors and their representatives will be raring for a fight about anything tall and big next to their existing cells.
I would argue that the better solution would be to ask architects and others to come up with alternative models that might let New York develop in a denser, more integrated, and more sensible manner. Perhaps his predecessor's commissioning of ideas about how to confront climate change through design might be a model. Let's not forget that this is the city that came up with and legislated the "dumbbell tenement" to ensure that at least some light and air entered into the middle of apartments. This is also the city that produced marvels such as the London Terrace Gardens, a block-sized apartment development surrounding generous shared outdoor space. Even modernist enclaves such as Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village have proven to be durable alternatives to cramped blocks. More recently, the much-maligned original plan for Atlantic Yards would have created differentiated living conditions that mixed different forms, uses, and income levels in a dense, but striking new community. The current plan, though innovative in its modular construction, will just add more boxes.
It is not just a problem, in other words, of making space for the poor in New York. It is a case of looking at the ways in which space is arranged and used throughout the City, and coming up with ways to create a more pleasant living and working environment. There are models for that around the world, and there are ways in which it could be accomplished. All it needs is a political look at physical reality, not abstract social agendas.
Aaron Betsky is a regularly featured columnist whose stories appear on this website each week. His views and conclusions are not necessarily those of ARCHITECT magazine nor of the American Institute of Architects.
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Price Is Right's First Male Model!
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Rob Wilson, come on down!
Wilson, a 24-year-old actor, beat out hundreds of other hopefuls to become the first male model in the 40-year history of
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"It's been really exciting," Wilson told PEOPLE on Friday. "I've been getting calls all morning."
The 6'-tall, brown-haired Boston-area native attended an open call in Los Angeles before being selected in an online reality series. He will appear on the CBS show starting Oct. 15 for one week – maybe longer, if all works out.
"As long as the people love it and people want to see more of me on the show [I would stay]," he said. "But as an actor this is just a great opportunity."
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So Forbes has just published its annual list of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood, and what do you know?Scowling at the top of the heap is none other than our favorite thespian, Kristen Stewart, who raked in a cool $34.5 million this past year. Who'd she beat out for this coveted win? Let's take a look.
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Artist Toshiko Takaezu to give slide talk, Nov. 4
Posted October 28, 2004; 08:52 p.m.
Toshiko Takaezu, renowned potter and creator of the bronze Remembrance Bell in Princeton's Memorial Garden near Chancellor Green, will present a film retrospective and talk about her life and work at 5 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 4, in the Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
Takaezu taught ceramics at Princeton from 1967 to 1992, instilling in generations of students a sense of art, discipline and the possibilities of clay. Three of Takaezu's pots, in her inimitable blue glaze, are permanently exhibited in the main corridor at 185 Nassau St., thanks to the generosity of four students. Her work figures in the collections of more than 20 museums, including the Metropolitan and American Crafts Museums in New York, the Smithsonian, and the art museums of Boston, Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, Honolulu and Bangkok.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art recently presented her with a lifetime achievement award in the context of a retrospective exhibit of her work, titled "The Poetry of Clay," which will be on view until March 6. Princeton previously has honored Takaezu with a Behrman Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Humanities in 1992 and an honorary doctorate of humane letters in 1996.
As a Belknap Visitor in the Humanities, Takaezu joins a distinguished roster of eminent writers and artists that includes Twyla Tharp, Chuck Close, Don DeLillo, Nadine Gordimer, Arthur Miller, Richard Serra and Maurice Sendak, who have come to Princeton through a program created in memory of Chauncey Belknap of the class of 1912. A reception will follow the lecture, which is hosted by the Humanities Council and the Visual Arts Program .
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By Parrish Alford/NEMS Daily Journal
Crete, Ill., wide receiver Laquon Treadwell in televised announcement ceremony gave a verbal commitment to Ole Miss today.
Commitments are non-binding. Feb. 6 – National Signing Day – is the first day recruits can sign binding letters of intent with NCAA schools.
Treadwell is ranked the No. 1 wide receiver, the No. 10 player overall, by Rivals.com. ESPN ranks Treadwell as the No. 1 wide receiver and the No. 19 player in its ESPN 150.
Scout.com ranks Treadwell as its No. 5 wide receiver and No. 37 player overall.
Joined by his mother at the press conference, Treadwell's comments were brief. The longest part of his announcement ceremony seemed to be the time it took him to duck below the podium then stand up with a white Ole Miss cap with the "Ole Miss" script log and a red Ole Miss sweatshirt.
"One school developed a great relationship with my mom and myself, and I enjoyed the players and the university. This fall I will be playing football at the University of Ole Miss," he said.
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Vendor Syndrome, aka, CYA syndrome day
Been fighting for the last couple of weeks against a crateload of old-fashioned, product oriented colleagues that believe that the only way to run a production networkis to have vendor supported (i.e.: contract) hardware and software.
There's nothing more discouraging than hearing otherwise technically competent people saying "You can't run a mission critical network [whatever that means] on free software".
So instead of looking back on 6 months of sweat I've put in to get a decent SMTP and DNS backbone in here, now we have to go through a "requirement definition" and "solution decision" process to evaluate what technology and product best suits a task I've already implemented.
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I'm just posting a release emailed to me as I haven't found an online version of the release yet. I'm not sure that there are many articles that claim virtualisation was invented recently, particularly as IBM has been selling VM/370 for donkey's years (the clue's in the name), and I assume that the work John Walker is referring to here is the research that spawned VM.
For added merit, check out the "ring-based security" mechanism which sounds suspiciously like the old Multics security system (which features if only vestigially in every 32bit x86 processor):
ISACA expert claims virtualisation dates back to 1960s
London, UK 2nd March 2011 - A leading IT security expert claims that, despite all the media hype, virtualisation is actually not a new technology, and dates all the way back to the 1960s. Professor John Walker, member of the Security Advisory Group of ISACA's London Chapter and CTO of Secure-Bastion, said that, although it's not a new technology, it has recently come to the forefront again and offers organizations many benefits to the enterprise IT environment.
Professor Walker, gave an online presentation in which he said that whilst virtualisation's benefits include reduced server sprawl and a quicker build time, there are clear security issues. As with any system, or application configuration, he said, control is vital to security, and its professionals should remember that this security principal applies to the on-line and off-line images alike. IT professionals, he went on to say, should take care to ensure that new builds are tracked, and that, again, as with conventional systems and applications, virtualised environments need to be patched up and fixed. "They also suffer from vulnerabilities," he told his audience.
Professor Walker also detailed his "ring security strategy", which defines the virtual environment as the operating system block and three rings: ring 0, ring 1-2 and user applications.
Despite the potential security headaches associated with virtual networks, Professor Walker said that VLANs have become a great security enabler for the enterprise and that VM environments are ideal platforms for IT testing.
VM systems are also ideal tools for the mobile security tester, he went on to say, adding that this is because they support the running of multiple operating systems, multiple applications and multiple tools. "And if you break it, you just recopy the image," he explained. The cloud, however, changes a number of things. Professor Walker said that the advent of cloud computing has seen¾and will continue to see¾the use of virtualisation advance. The question is, he added, are VM applications getting too expensive?
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Urgh, then I got ill once again. :/ The timing isn't really perfect.
I turned in a project today, and now I have less than a week to finish the next...this seems rather impossible, but lets see what happens. The worse part of it is that I have to write an approx. 40 pages report, and this is not really where I am having my strength. I am taking the day off in the hope that I will be back on my feets tomorrow.
Didn't get to code so much on opensource projects lately, but if everything works out I should have "lots" of time for coding in mid January and hopefully I will have a lot of energy aswell :) This is very important as I have to help out with preparing the 1.0 release of GnomeMeeting, and there is still a lot to do.


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Sun Prairie police respond to suicidal man
60-year-old threatens suicide at Chase Boulevard senior housing area
SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. - Sun Prairie police were called in to the scene of a 60-year-old man threatening suicide Friday afternoon.
Witnesses said about nine officers arrived at a senior housing area located in the 700 block of Chase Boulevard after employees reported the suicidal resident had a gun.
Police used bean bag rounds -- a less-lethal weapon -- to bring the man under control.
Dane County deputies were on stand-by while the incident unfolded, to help re-route traffic.
The man could face charges for disorderly conduct.