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We are ASPIDER-NGI, an operator independent company providing connectivity that allows you to build and control your own mobile solutions. We build, support and operate innovative IoT platforms. We provide the network and the expertise you need to disrupt your market with operator and corporate mobile solutions.
on January 20, 2015
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Tracking assets depends a lot on the value of the asset… and risk of loss at that moment in time. The more the risk, the greater the need for up to the second location data.
We provide our clients with complete control of the connection, so they can keep sessions open all day long for just a regular heartbeat. This keeps the cost down for those days when the asset is not at risk, but keeps the channel open ready for the bursts of data once the asset is on the move or under threat.
Lone workers, emergency personnel, and those that face some of the harshest elements, need a reliable way to stay connected, and the coverage is critical: Avalanche survival rate drops from 92% at 15 minutes, to 30% at 35 minutes (source: Stepanek).
We delivered a connection profile for wearable vests that connects to just about any signal, and automatically uses the strongest-signal-first to give the best connectivity possible.
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There are so many complex medical devices out there… one of our favorites is the lowly pill bottle. With a mic and a strain gauge built into the cap, it becomes a device that can help improve the reliability of you taking your pills by 9%* (source: Avella), helping to reduce mortality rate.
We supplied some of our first MFF sims for pill bottle solutions, and added innovative approaches to reduce battery utilization so that you don't need to charge it… ever.
We deliver a wide variety of connectivity solutions, for the fixed meters, for the wind turbines, for the distribution substations, even down to the metering of shore power for the freighters that dock in the Port of Rotterdam.
So we created an approach where they don't consume any data while they are in storage, but automagically get self-provisioned once they are powered up. Almost like sleeping beauty without the need for a prince.
So we delivered a whole bunch of phone numbers that can be used for the driver and the passenger… so that the real phone numbers stay private. We also provide SMS relay functions to route the traffic to the application via the internet – simple.
Reducing risk and keeping the communications in control – like a "walled garden" for taxis.
[threecol_two]For 15 years we have provided coverage globally, with staff and infrastructure in various countries around the world. Our HQ is in Netherlands and our Network Operations Center is located in Malta. Each of our data centers has core infrastructure from Cisco and Oracle, multiple GigE and IPX interconnects to multiple operators, with the monitoring and management tooling to provide reliability and availability.[/threecol_two][threecol_one_last][/threecol_one_last]
The starter kit provides 3 SIMs and full access to our tooling for 3 months so you can check out the service. No cost to you (unless you use more than the included €10 per SIM per month). This approach gives you complete access to verify connectivity and compatibility with your devices. If you have questions, please call +31 348 505252 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
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We use eSIMs so that you can swap operators when you want, and avoid the lock-in of using their SIM. We have also created a dedicated network core with multiple interconnects to operators and partitioned it just for you. Whether you need 10 SIMs or 10 Million, you'll be getting the same 99.99% availability so that your devices stay connected. Reliability you can count on.
And you have the technical control you need:
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You can download these General Ts and Cs during the checkout process.
The following terms (in singular or plural form) as used in these General Terms and Conditions shall have the following meanings:
2.1 The person acting on behalf of the Customer when placing an Order and concluding an Agreement represents to ASPIDER that he/she is a person who is authorized to do so.
2.2.The Customer agrees that he will purchase Services from ASPIDER.
2.3 No rights may be derived from these General Terms and Conditions to act on behalf of the other Party, unless the Parties explicitly agree otherwise in writing. The conclusion of - or performance under - these General Terms and Conditions is not intended - and shall not be interpreted so as - to give rise to any corporation, association or partnership.
2.4 ASPIDER may sub-contract the performance or any of its obligations under the Agreement. Notwithstanding any sub-contracted obligation: (i) ASPIDER is responsible vis-a-vis the Customer for the performance of the Services and the observance of the obligations under the Agreement and (ii) ASPIDER will remain the Customer's single point of contact for all matters related to the Services, unless agreed upon otherwise in writing.
2.5 ASPIDER may at all times assign any or all of its rights and obligations under the Agreement to any third party.
2.6. The Parties agree that the legal relationships between them will not be subject to any stipulation comprised in article 6:227b, first paragraph and article 6:227c of the Dutch Civil Code or any other similar arrangement based on (the E-commerce) Directive 2000/31/EG (PbEG L178 of July 17th, 2000).
2.7 These General Terms and Conditions shall apply to all Orders, Agreements and any preceding or subsequent legal relationship between ASPIDER and Customer. The applicability of any other general or special terms or conditions is expressly rejected.
2.8 In the event of, and only to the extent of, any conflict between the various documents belonging to the Agreement, the following will be the order of precedence:
2.9 If any provision is held invalid, illegal, non-binding or unenforceable, whether in whole or in part, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible, and the other provisions shall remain in full force and effect. ASPIDER and the Customer will make every effort to reach agreement on a new provision which differs as little as possible from the invalid, illegal, nonbinding or unenforceable provision, taking into account the substance and purpose of the Agreement.
2.10 ASPIDER shall be entitled to amend and supplement the General Terms and Conditions upon prior written notification.
2.11 A waiver of a breach of any provision in the Agreement will not constitute the waiver of any other breach of any other provision in the Agreement. To be enforceable, a waiver must be in writing and signed by a duly authorized representative of the waiving Party.
Interpretation2.12 The Parties agree that the governing language of this Agreement - and any notices related hereto - shall be English. However, English words are used for the purpose to describe Dutch law concepts only and the consequences of the use of those words in English law or any other foreign law shall be disregarded.
2.13 The titles and headings in these General Terms and Conditions are for reference only and are not meant to create any limitation or expansion to the meaning of any provision.
3.1 Any Offer can be retracted by ASPIDER at any time, unless the Offer includes a specific deadline for acceptance. In the latter case, the Offer will remain valid until it expires when the offer remains unaccepted by Customer after the specified deadline for acceptance.
3.2 The Offer is only valid if it provides the Customer enough information to enable the Customer to assess the true content of the Offer and to understand what rights and duties are attached to accepting the Offer. Obvious errors or mistakes do not bind ASPIDER.
4.1 Unless otherwise agreed in writing, Orders shall only be concluded in the English language.
4.2 ASPIDER will register the relevant data for each new Order. Each Party will be responsible for the accuracy of the instructions and the information provided by such Party as part of an Order. Neither Party will be obliged to check the accuracy of the information provided by the other Party. ASPIDER may impose further requirements on the Order and the required information for the Customer to meet. Orders which do not meet the requirements will not be accepted.
4.3 An Agreement between the Parties will be concluded only at the time that an Order received from the Customer is accepted by means of a written or electronic confirmation by ASPIDER or, in the absence of the confirmation, at the time that ASPIDER commences the implementation of the Agreement.
4.4 ASPIDER is authorized to terminate negotiations with a prospective Customer at all times, without giving its reasons to do so and without being liable for any possible damages arising out of such termination. ASPIDER can never be obliged to continue to negotiate with a prospective Customer.
4.5 Within the limits of the law, ASPIDER may inform whether a Customer has the ability to fulfil its financial obligation, as well as gather any knowledge, facts and information about Customer's ability to fulfil any obligations in relation to this Agreement. Based on the aforementioned assessment, and in the event ASPIDER has grounds to do so, ASPIDER is entitled to refuse any Order, or only enter into the Agreement under special (or additional) terms, and is not required to provide its reasons for doing so.
5.1 ASPIDER will endeavor to render the Services with due care and in accordance with the Service Description and the agreed arrangements, deadlines and procedures. All given delivery times or deadlines serve as guidance only and are therefore never fatal, unless explicitly agreed otherwise in writing. In order to assess whether it is technically feasible to supply the Services, some tests will be performed prior to providing the Services. The results of these tests are not legally binding. If it appears that it is technically not feasible to supply a Service or the Services to the Customer, ASPIDER is entitled to terminate the Agreement on that basis, without being obliged to pay any compensation.
5.2 It is technically impossible to prevent every failure or limitation of a Service or the Services. ASPIDER will, in compliance with the Agreement, provide its reasonable endeavors to remedy Interruptions in the Services as soon as possible.
6.1 If agreed on between the Parties and as part of the Activation, ASPIDER will, prior to the Activation Date, perform an Activation Test in accordance with Section 5.1.
6.2 ASPIDER will provide to the Customer a 'notice of provision of Services' confirming, inter alia, the Activation Date on which the Term will commence.
6.3 From the Activation Date, ASPIDER will provide the Service(s) as specified in, and for the duration of the Term as a Continuing Performance Contract.
6.4 Within 10 days of the Activation Date, the Customer must notify ASPIDER, by written notification, of possible Interruptions in the Services.
6.5 If the Customer has notified ASPIDER of an Interruption in accordance with Section 6.4, ASPIDER will provide its reasonable efforts to remedy the Interruption, repeat the Activation Test and, in accordance with Section 6.2, supply a 'notice of provision of Services'.
6.6 The Customer shall be allowed to grant a right to use the Services to End Users in accordance with and only insofar as stipulated in the Agreement. The Customer shall remain responsible for the use of the Services by End Users.
7.1 The Agreement is entered into for the Term agreed on by the Parties. If the Parties have not determined the Term, then the Term shall be 12 (twelve) Months.
7.2 The Term will commence on the date on which the Service is, or Services are made available for use.
7.3 Either Party can terminate the Agreement subject to three months' prior written notice, unless otherwise agreed on in the Agreement by the Parties.
7.4 Of any Continuing Performance Contract that has not been terminated in accordance with Section 7.3, the Term will automatically be renewed for successive periods of twelve (12) Months under the same General Terms and Conditions as specified in the Agreement.
7.5 If the Customer wishes to terminate a Continuing Performance Contract prior to the expiry of the Term, Customer shall pay ASPIDER a termination charge equal to one hundred (100) percent of the Charges that would have become due for the remainder of the Term, in addition to all Charges outstanding at the date of termination of the Agreement.
7.6 Each Party has the right to dissolve the Agreement immediately and without judicial intervention in the event that (a) the other Party is being declared bankrupt, (b) is dissolved or (c) in the event the other Party materially breaches the Agreement and such a breach is not remedied within thirty days of the written notification from the non-breaching Party demanding remedy. Termination is possible without written notification pursuant to this Section 7.6 if such remedy by the Customer is permanently impossible.
7.7 ASPIDER has the right to dissolve the Agreement, partially or in full, without judicial intervention in the event of (a) the Customer has provided incorrect or incomplete information to ASPIDER upon or after the conclusion of the Agreement, or (b) the Customer does not pay invoiced amounts for Services and / or other (mobile) services.
7.8 Unless determined otherwise in this Section 7, the termination or dissolution of the Agreement under this Section 7 shall be carried out by means of a written statement to that effect either by registered mail or by confirmed e-mail.
7.9 In the event of termination of the Agreement, the provisions in these General Terms and Conditions shall cease to apply, with the exception of the provisions of these General Terms and Conditions which, from their nature, do not lapse, including in any case the provisions relating to notification, confidentiality, liability and applicable Law.
7.10 The termination of the Agreement shall not prejudice or affect a right of action or remedy which shall have accrued or shall accrue subsequently under this Agreement to either Party.
8.1 ASPIDER will use reasonable efforts to ensure that the provision of Services is in accordance with Applicable Law and Telecommunication Standards. ASPIDER shall give notice to the Customer if, as a result of amendments to Applicable Law, ASPIDER is unable to provide the Services in accordance with Applicable Law without the assistance of the Customer. The notice shall give details of the issue concerned and the activities to be undertaken by the Customer in order to ensure that the Services are provided in accordance with Applicable Law. The Customer will be obliged to carry out such activities and until Customer has carried out said activities, it shall not oblige ASPIDER to comply with the relevant conflicting provisions in the Agreement.
8.2 The Customer shall comply with all laws and regulations applicable to it for its use of the Services, including, but not limited to, Applicable Law and Telecommunications Standards.
8.3 A Service may be modified at any time. ASPIDER will inform the Customer in a timely manner, unless ASPIDER is not reasonably able to do so, about:
insofar as any modification has a material impact on the Services;
8.4 The Parties will cooperate with each other and will provide required information to each other to ensure that the Services are maintained and continue to function properly.
9.1 When processing data (including personal information and traffic data) relating to the Customer for the purpose of providing the Service or Services, ASPIDER will duly observe the Applicable Law.
9.2 Insofar as necessary, ASPIDER will notify the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) of the processing of personal data.
9.3 ASPIDER may process the data referred to in Section 9.1 for the purposes of invoicing, managing the accounts receivable, handling of complaints and dispute settlement, traffic management, detecting and combating misuse, suspected fraud or fraud, assessing the Customer's creditworthiness (which may involve providing the data to third parties), checking due observance of the Agreement and deriving general information from the Customer's traffic figures for various marketing purposes. Furthermore, ASPIDER may also forward the data to third parties when executing the obligations under the Agreement. To this extent, the Customer allows ASPIDER to have data processed by such third parties for such purposes. If, due to Applicable Law, each End User should give permission in this respect as well, the Customer guarantees that it is authorized to represent the End User in this matter. The Customer shall defend, indemnify and hold ASPIDER harmless from and against any claim made, or any suit or proceeding brought against ASPIDER by an End User alleging that the Customer did not have the right to consent to the processing of such End User's personal or traffic data.
10.1 If an Interruption occurs in the operation of a Service, the Customer will as soon as reasonably possible report, and clearly describe, the Interruption to ASPIDER.
10.2 ASPIDER will, as soon as possible after the Interruption has been reported, provide reasonable endeavors to investigate and remedy the Interruption. ASPIDER will provide reasonable endeavors to take such measures as soon as possible to recover the use of the Service for the Customer or allow the Customer to make use of a comparable alternative service. ASPIDER however cannot guarantee that an Interruption can always be resolved.
10.3 Customer will always timely provide ASPIDER of all information and circumstances which may affect the Services and troubleshooting.
11.1 Supplemental to the suspension grounds existing at law, ASPIDER shall have the right to suspend the Services if the Customer fails to comply with any of its obligations under the Agreement, unless such suspension or termination is not reasonable given the relevant non-compliance of the Customer. ASPIDER will resume the Services once the Customer does fulfill its obligations under the Agreement.
11.2 In case the non-compliance is related to an (alleged) infringement, unlawful or non-compliant use of the Services, ASPIDER shall be permitted to suspend access to the Services.
11.3 ASPIDER shall have the right to partially or fully suspend the Services for the purpose of routine and ad-hoc maintenance. ASPIDER shall try to keep such maintenance to a minimum and will use reasonable efforts to notify the Customer in advance of such maintenance.
11.4 The Customer's obligation to pay the Charges shall continue to exist throughout the period of suspension of the Services in accordance with the preceding paragraphs. Suspension will take place without the Customer being entitled to any compensation.
11.5 ASPIDER shall have the right to suspend the provision of a Service or the Services forthwith, partially or in full, where ASPIDER is obliged to do so by the mandatory order of a governmental authority or regulator, or if such action is necessary to comply with (or enforce) legislation or amended legislation.
12.1 All use of the Services by Customer and End User is subject to the terms specified in the Agreement. The Customer agrees to comply with, enforce and make part of any agreement between it and its End Users, any obligations, requirements or restrictions for use of the Services as covered in the Agreement.
12.2 ASPIDER is entitled, without any prior notification, to make procedural and technical changes and/or improvements to the Services. If, in the opinion of ASPIDER, the change and/or improvement substantially adversely affects the accessibility and performance of a Service or the Services, ASPIDER will, within a reasonable period of time prior to the introduction of the change and/or improvement, inform the Customer.
13.1 All Charges are in euros and exclusive of VAT and other charges, taxes and duties imposed by a government authority, regulatory body or agency.
13.2 The Customer agrees to pay to ASPIDER the agreed Charges for the provision of the Services.
13.3 Provided that the Charges are related to a specific period of time and are not owed for the entire period, ASPIDER can charge an amount on a pro rata basis per calendar day.
13.4 ASPIDER is entitled to unilaterally increase its Charges at any time. Unless it is expressly agreed upon in writing that the Charges will apply for a certain period of time, the announced change of Charges will come into effect 2 (two) months after said announcement.
13.5 Only if the change of the Charges referred to in Section 13.4 concerns a price increase with which the Customer cannot agree, then Customer has the right to partially terminate the Agreement within 30 (thirty) days after the announcement of the change. The date of termination will be the date on which the increase is to take effect.
13.6 ASPIDER reserves the right to adjust the Charges for Services every calendar year based on the Statistics Netherlands (CBS) Consumer Price Index of the preceding calendar year. The right to terminate the Agreement pursuant to Section 13.5 does not apply in case of an increase of Charges pursuant to in this Section 13.6.
14.1 The purchase of the (Services will be invoiced to the Customer over the preceding Month.
14.2 The Customer shall accept digital invoices from ASPIDER.
14.3 The Customer shall pay for the Services within thirty (30) days of the invoice date by transferring the amount due to a bank account in the name of and designated by ASPIDER. Upon expiry of said payment term, Customer shall be in default without further notice.
14.4 In the event the payment method used by Customer involves costs for ASPIDER, ASPIDER is authorized to pass on these costs to Customer, which costs Customer accepts and shall pay to ASPIDER.
14.5 All taxes (other than taxes assessed on the net income of ASPIDER) charges, imports, customs and other duties or levies and all costs or expenses incurred by ASPIDER are the responsibility of Customer. There shall be no deduction in respect of any such taxes, or any offset against payment for any taxes and all payments shall be grossed up to take account of any withholding taxes.
14.6 Customer shall pay a late charge equal to the statutory interest for all amounts not paid within thirty days of the invoice date, plus all costs, including reasonable legal fees, incurred to collect any unpaid amounts.
14.7 Customer is not entitled to setoff payments due.
14.8 All invoices and disputes regarding an invoice must at least explicitly mention the Agreement's reference number, the applicable invoice number, the applicable invoice date, the invoice period, the Service supplied, the object and arguments of protest (if applicable). All disputes must be sent to: email@example.com. All invoiced amounts not disputed in writing within thirty days of the invoice date are deemed undisputed. Customer shall only be entitled to suspend payment of a disputed part of the debt. ASPIDER shall inform Customer within five working days of its reasons for seeking recourse to suspension of payment. If disputes are entered against invoices after payments have already been made and if the dispute leads to the adjustment of the invoices, then the amount which has been paid too much or too little shall be settled with the invoice amounts of the first possible invoice which shall be sent after the amount to settle has been determined.
15.1 The Parties agree that they are not entitled to use each other's Trademarks, except and insofar as this is explicitly permitted by the Agreement.
15.2 Subject to this Section 15, the Agreement does not have the purpose to transfer intellectual property rights or issuing user rights or other rights on intellectual property rights, to the other Party.
15.3 Software shall remain the property of ASPIDER or its suppliers.
15.4 The Customer shall not be permitted to copy the Software other than for back-up purposes. In making back-up copies, the Customer shall leave intact all signs which indicate ownership and origin.
15.5 The Customer shall not be permitted to make alterations or additions (or have them made) to the Software.
15.6 The Customer shall not, directly or indirectly: reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to discover the source code, object code or underlying structure, ideas or algorithms of the Software (which term shall be deemed to include any user documentation); modify, translate, or create derivative works based on the Software; or copy (except for archival purposes), rent, lease, distribute, pledge, assign, or otherwise transfer or encumber rights to the Software; use the Software for timesharing or service bureau purposes or otherwise for the benefit of a third party, except for authorized End Users of the Customer; or remove any proprietary notices or labels with respect to the Software.
16.1 ASPIDER assumes no liability towards the Customer within the context of the execution of the Agreement, except as stipulated in this Section 16.
16.2 ASPIDER does not warrant that a Service or the Services will be uninterrupted or error free, nor does it make any warranty as to the results that may be obtained from the use of a Service or the Services. ASPIDER disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including, but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. ASPIDER cannot be held liable for any loss or damage suffered by Customer or any third party as result to the use of a Service or the Services.
16.3 Customer agrees it is liable for any damages caused by Customer and/or End User in relation to this Agreement and will indemnify and hold harmless ASPIDER in relation to third party claims relating to the Customer's and/or End User's use of the Services.
16.4 ASPIDER shall only be liable towards the Customer for damage resulting directly from attributable shortcomings or tort to property of the Customer as a result of the implementation of a Service or Services caused by the gross negligence of willful misconduct of ASPIDER, in which event the liability is limited to the amounts actually received by ASPIDER from the Customer in the previous six Months.
16.5 ASPIDER is never liable towards the Customer for any form of indirect or consequential damage, including, but not limited to, loss of data, loss of business, turnover or profits, loss of interest as well as resulting claims of third parties.
16.6 Any damages Customer incurs must be reported in writing to ASPIDER as soon as possible, but ultimately within fifteen Working Days after it could reasonably have been discovered. ASPIDER shall not be liable for any damage in the event this time limit is not observed.
17.1 Neither Party shall be bound to fulfil any obligation if prevented from doing so by force majeure.
17.2 Insofar as not already included, force majeure shall further mean instances of strikes, company sit-ins, blockades, embargoes, government measures, war, revolution and/or any similar state, power failures, faults in electronic communication lines, cable breaks, fires, explosions, water damage, lightning damage, natural disasters, flooding and/or earthquake, shortage of and/or sickness of personnel and non-fulfilment by suppliers of ASPIDER or force majeure on the part of suppliers of ASPIDER.
17.3 If force majeure lasts longer than ninety (90) days, each Party shall have the right to end the Agreement through written notice by registered letter, unless it appears likely that the force majeure will be resolved within a reasonable period of time. Anything already delivered under the Agreement shall be paid for proportionately, without Parties owing each other anything further.
18.1 The Parties shall observe secrecy with regard to all Confidential Information that they obtain from the other Party in connection with the execution of the Agreement, and will take reasonable measures to protect the confidentiality of such information as if it were their own Confidential Information, and shall not disclose this information to third parties without the prior written consent of the other Party.
18.2 The obligation to maintain secrecy referred to in the paragraph above, does not apply in respect of:
(b) information that was already in the possession of the recipient before it received the Confidential Information;
(c) information that has been developed independently by the recipient or has been obtained from a third party that was legally entitled to provide this information.
18.3 Parties are entitled to disclose the Confidential Information if required to do so by law, for example in the context of judicial investigation, judicial procedures or within the context of obtaining or retaining a listing on a stock exchange, provided that the Party required to disclose the Confidential Information shall provide the other Party with prior written notice of any such disclosure.
18.4 The Parties are entitled to make Confidential Information available to their employees or professional advisors and - in the case of ASPIDER - to its sub-contractors, insofar as such is necessary in relation to (the implementation of) the Agreement, provided they ensure that these persons observe a similar level of secrecy as required under the terms of this Section 18.
18.5 The provisions laid down in the previous paragraphs remain applicable until two years after the termination of the Agreement.
18.6 The Parties will only make statements about their collaboration public (including the publication of press releases) upon mutual consent. The Customer herewith gives permission to be listed as a customer of ASPIDER. If one of the Parties wishes to make any publication or press release which involves reference to the collaboration between the Parties, other than the above mentioned permission for ASPIDER to list Customer as customer, it is required to obtain the consent of the other Party.
19.1 Parties shall render and use the Services in compliance with the Applicable Law.
19.2 The Agreement and all Orders shall be governed by the laws of the Netherlands. The Parties hereby expressly waive and exclude the application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.
19.3 Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or an Order shall be submitted to the competent court in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, which shall have exclusive jurisdiction.
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Issue : Today I have read one issue over one forum, One user is having below 3 DB roles on MSDB but whenever user try to run SQL Agent job, it get below error message.
We have Checked that SQL Agent job related DB role is properly given to user. Also, Job is working fine by the use is having sysadmin roles.

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Forgive me for another Super Mario 64 post, but I just had to point out how the career path of Canned Food Super Mario has so closely mirrored that of the real thing. After a couple iterations with minimal graphical improvements, Canned Food Super Mario has finally made the leap to 3D.
I think he looks great—and without any of the camera issues that plagued the real Mario's first 3D game!
Is That Cat Food?: Giant 3-D Mario Canned Food Display [Geekologie]


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Yeah I know what you mean. Great updates though
"Harlingen North" ... haha como te gusta
Very true, ok See you out there on Sunday.
Hey TF did u coach the los fresnos softball team vs hanna last week at arroyo park?
well, actually I borrowed the camera. My camera was stolen at a party I had at my house.
Any amount you wish to donate would go a long way in buying a new camera.
hey, great pics and video, how much do you need for that extra battery for your camera?
FALCONS IN 1080p
I just changed it.
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Most financial advisors and individual investors judge the worth of investment vehicles solely by their performance. There's not much else to go on, after all, said Clare Flynn Levy, founder and CEO of London-based Essentia Analytics, a software company specializing in behavioral finance.
However, few realize that those performance figures—the outcome of investment decisions taken by portfolio managers—are also a measure of their skills. The better a skill set a portfolio manager has, Flynn Levy said, the better he or she will able to do what they need to do, and this will in turn have a positive impact on their particular fund's performance.
Few, however, are aware of the importance of skill, and that includes many fund managers themselves.
"At the end of the day, when you're judged solely on performance, it's very difficult to maximize your skills," she said. "And since fund managers are constantly being inundated with new information, they don't have enough time to digest it all and much less time to look backwards, measure their success and learn from their failings. If you believe, as I do, that there is any skill in fund management, then it's extremely important to measure that and to be able to maximize it."
Flynn-Levy, who formerly managed institutional money for a number of large firms including Deutsche Asset Management, set up Essentia Analytics to provide fund managers with a toolbox that does just that. The company's proprietary cloud-based software seeks to empower portfolio managers—who, she said, are "selling skills but getting paid for performance"—by measuring how, why and when they do what they do. The decision support software enables fund managers to capture richer data about their own behavior and how it affects the decisions they make. It measures every aspect of their investment process, tracks their productivity, their time management and their decision-making processes, with the goal of providing a fund manager with an overall, holistic picture of himself or herself.
The software is built on a simple data in/data out principle. It collects all manner of information about an investment manager: their investment decisions and the context in which these are made, Flynn-Levy said. It uses a range of data, from trades a manager made and particular market contexts in which he or she made them, to the physical contexts in which a particular manager took investment decisions, and the state they were in when they made the decisions, including their energy, emotional and even their hunger levels.
"We feed everything into a big pot and analyze it, looking for certain behavioral patterns," she said.
The model's results can often come as a surprise to managers and reveal positive as well as negative aspects of their behavior and the ways in which these impact their skills and, by extension, their fund's performance.
"Someone may find they're good at something they didn't think they were actually good at, or they may realize they've been wasting time and energy on something that ultimately isn't that important," Flynn-Levy said. "Through studying their own behavioral patterns, a manager may even learn that they can be much more responsible and productive if they spend more time with their family, for example."
Flynn-Levy believes this level of detailed behavioral study is extremely important for the asset management business. Fund managers should behave like athletes, she said, and should be performing at the best of their ability, so they must measure their process in order to bring about increased self-awareness and effectuate the necessary behavioral changes to hone their skill set and, eventually, ensure better performance of the products that they manage.
Ultimately, though, the full potential of this exercise can only occur if financial advisors and investors also start to place greater emphasis on portfolio managers' skill sets when assessing investment products. Financial advisors must stop chasing performance, Flynn-Levy said, because at the end of the day, "people are in for the long-term and they need to pick a manager with the best skill set and who can make the best decisions at every bend in the road. That doesn't necessarily mean that they will have the best short-term performance."
Essentia Analytics has brought "common sense" into a tool that is practical for investors to use and will be practical for advisors to interpret, Flynn-Levy said. She launched the firm about a year ago and in that time, has rolled out the software to hedge fund clients and to a growing number of traditional active managers both in the U.K. and in the United States.


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Drupal like architecture
More interesting is the other key choice - how the plugins are supposed to be plugged in. That is how page handlers will choose what plugin to use and what data pass there. As much as I hate the 'program in XML' approach to language syntax - the obvious established standard here is ESI. Maybe we could even steal the semantics and replace the syntax with something saner? Plack based ESI implementation was submitted as an example GSOC idea - I really hope some student will pick it up.
Update: Added js/css handling consideration (thanks for cezio comment below).
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- Ranguard said...
I was thinking the same.
For 'interoperability' I was wondering about setting up roles for requirements, e.g. your $user_obj can be anything as long as it provides $user_role method, same for $cache, $db etc
But just a musing rather than something I have time for.
- cezio said...
Embedding html content from 'external' applications is an error-prone and risky task. Conceptually it seems to be ok: you have host and embedded application, remove unnecessary content from embedded and you're in home. But, the flaw is that html apps are self-sufficient, and when mixed, they might fight for resources: css/js/markup structure/processing paths. Html is not designed for embedding. Once merged, both markups are equal. Well, maybe with exception for iframes, but this only shows how this model is broken here.
General reflection is that PSGI (as well as any other WSGI-like interface) is not designated for component approach to web applications. This is interface just for serving, all the rest is up to served application.
As for Drupal, it is an example for quite distinctive architecture - OOP without OOP: concepts are object oriented, but the code is functional. There is of course good rationale for such approach - to overcome limitations/flaws of OOP model in PHP ( http://drupal.org/node/547518 )
- zby said...
@cezio - thanks for the comment and the link. I am adding js/css assembling to the list. I can agree that whole idea is risky - but I would still like to play with it :)
- zby said...
@Ranguard - you know that the first link in my post is to your to your article? Ad interoperability - I need to play a bit more with that - but in general I like how the Plack middlewares usually provide a callback interface instead of exposing some 'setup' method that would connect the state storage directly. For Plack::Middleware::Auth::Form - this was enough - it does not need to know much about the thing that stores the users and their passwords it just needs a callback that would check if a given pair is OK.


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There has been a recent spate of hateful incidents in Nassau County and elsewhere that make it clear that we still have a long way to go to teach ignorant adults and youths that racism, homophobia, sexism, bullying and all other forms of intolerance are offensive and unacceptable, and definitely not funny.
In February, an 18-year-old Cedarhurst yeshiva student, of all people, was charged with felony criminal mischief as a hate crime for scrawling anti-Semitic graffiti on advertisements on the Cedarhurst train station platforms on at least eight occasions.
On April 15, also in Cedarhurst, someone who is still at large spray-painted a swastika on a resident's fence.
Last week, at St. Anthony's, a Catholic high school in South Huntington, in Suffolk County, two seniors were expelled for bringing a Confederate flag to an intramural European handball game at the school, and two sophomores were expelled for posting pictures of themselves in blackface on social media.
White supremacist and former Ku Klux Klan leader Frazier Glenn Miller, 73, allegedly killed a 14-year-old Eagle Scout and his 69-year-old grandfather, a doctor, at a Jewish community center in Overland Park, Kan., on April 13, and then drove to a Jewish retirement home and killed a 53-year-old woman who was there visiting her mother.
USA Today reported that even Frank Ancona, imperial wizard of the KKK, condemned what Miller did. "It was an act of hate," Ancona said. It is an evil act, indeed, that earns the Klan's condemnation.
Miller shouted "Heil Hitler!" after he was arrested.
Where does this hate come from?
When teens turn malicious, we can blame it on adolescent stupidity, immaturity or a failure by their parents or educators to teach them about tolerance. And it must be said that schools on the South Shore have fine character-education programs that focus on the importance of mutual respect and the dignity of all, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, religious affiliation, national origin or ethnicity.


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We're presuming that if you're reading this that you're awake (and if you're here on the West Coast, may we ask "why?" or is that a little nosy?) and ready and raring to devour the motion picture academy's Oscar nominations when they're revealed beginning at 5:38 a.m. PST this morning. (Streaming begins live at 5:30 a.m. PST here on Movies Now.)
How will the major races shake out? Here are five key areas to watch once you're properly caffeinated:
Best picture. How many? Since the academy moved to a preferential best picture ballot designed to produce between five and 10 nominees, we've had two years in which nine movies have been nominated. With so many strong films contending this year, most pundits believe we'll see another bountiful crop. And even then, some deserving films will be overlooked.
After the three front-runners ("12 Years a Slave," "Gravity" and "American Hustle"), you have a second tier of movies presumed safe ("Captain Phillips," "Nebraska," "The Wolf of Wall Street"). Then it gets tricky. Will critical favorites "Her" and "Inside Llewyn Davis" make the cut? Does "Dallas Buyers Club" ride a wave of guild nominations into the dance? Will Harvey Weinstein's late push for "Philomena" win it a spot? Has the criticism plaguing "Saving Mr. Banks" taken it out of the race?
Best actor. DiCaprio or Redford? "The Wolf of Wall Street" was the last film to leave the gate this Oscar season, but Martin Scorsese's wild and crazy romp hasn't had any trouble gathering attention. Does Leonardo DiCaprio's manic performance have enough momentum to displace the most vulnerable lead actor contender, Robert Redford? A Redford snub was unthinkable months ago, but academy members have resisted watching his nearly wordless movie, "All Is Lost." The lack of eyeballs could cost him a nomination.
Best actress. No Meryl? Redford's "Out of Africa" co-star, Meryl Streep, may be vulnerable here for her showy turn as the pill-popping matriarch in "August: Osage County." Then again, Oscar voters have checked off her name for lesser work, and Streep delivers the kind of big performance that plays well to the actors branch. Many pundits have "American Hustle's" Amy Adams now ahead of her, but Streep's academy appeal shouldn't be underestimated.
Best supporting actor. Tribute to James Gandolfini? The category sports a couple of certain nominees -- Jared Leto ("Dallas Buyers Club") and Michael Fassbender ("12 Years a Slave") -- but also has room for surprises. One of them might be Gandolfini, the late "Sopranos" star who gave a warm, open-hearted performance opposite Julia Louis-Dreyfus in the romantic-comedy "Enough Said."
Best supporting actress. Oprah out? Like Redford, Oprah Winfrey was long considered a solid bet to show up among the Oscar nominees. She still might land a nod, but many prognosticators have Sally Hawkins from "Blue Jasmine" taking her spot. Women in Woody Allen movies have a long history of winning favor with the academy. Hawkins could join co-star Cate Blanchett in the nominees' circle.


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Monsanto slows launch of corn rootworm technology.
Growers probably will have to wait until 2002 to plant corn hybrids with Monsanto's MaxGard built-in corn rootworm protection.
Monsanto had been preparing for a limited launch in 2001. But when the company pledged in late November that it will not introduce new modified crops until the U.S. and Japan approve them for use in food and feed, all bets were off.
Monsanto hopes to receive needed USDA, EPA and FDA approvals by this spring and expects Japanese regulators to decide on use of the hybrids in food and feed by harvest of this year. Given Monsanto's new strictures, the 2001 launch appears unlikely unless Japanese approvals come sooner than expected and U.S. regulatory approvals all happen on time.
"Because of our new commitment, we are less optimistic than we were about being able to introduce our corn rootworm product in 2001," says Brett Begemann, Monsanto vice president for North American markets.
Last fall, in preparation for a 2001 launch, winter seed production fields were planted in South America. Now the most likely scenario for this year is that the testing program will be expanded under an Experimental Use Permit, says Steve Rosenbloom, MaxGard marketing manager.
"There is a 99.9 percent chance that MaxGard won't be commercialized until 2002," he states.
MaxGard action. Monsanto tested MaxGard in small replicated trials and strip plots on about 1,500 acres across the Corn Belt in 2000. Growers who had a chance to see MaxGard in action were impressed, says John McFerson, MaxGard technical manager.
"We demonstrated that the MaxGard technology is significantly better than conventional corn rootworm treatments," McFerson claims. "And control is significantly more consistent because MaxGard is not affected by environmental conditions, such as being too wet or too dry, or degrading before corn rootworm larvae hatch."
MaxGard hybrids contain a Bt strain that is active primarily in the roots, so it controls only corn rootworm larvae. The Bt strain is different from strains in hybrids with built-in corn borer protection.
Because corn rootworms must feed on roots in order to be controlled, growers will notice some root feeding with MaxGard hybrids.
"With a moderate-to-heavy corn rootworm infestation, with MaxGard you see only small feeding scars on the outside of the roots where typically you see root pruning with insecticides," McFerson explains.
MaxGard does not control secondary pests, such as wireworm, so MaxGard hybrids will be paired with an insecticide seed treatment. Seed planted in 2001 will be treated with Gaucho. Monsanto also will be evaluating other seed treatments that could be available for use in 2002.
As with other seeds with built-in insect protection, planting MaxGard hybrids will require a refuge to manage the development of resistant insects. The size and location of refuges are under discussion with EPA, McFerson says.
Availability. Whether the launch year is 2001 or 2002, seed will be available initially from at least 150 seed companies, including Dekalb and Asgrow, Rosenbloom says.
"The product offering across the Corn Belt will be fairly significant, mostly in the 95- to 120-day relative maturity range," he adds.
Several major seed companies have not signed on to develop MaxGard hybrids, including Novartis Seeds and Pioneer Hi-Bred International. Pioneer is expected to introduce its own corn rootworm resistance technology, developed in conjunction with Mycogen Seeds/Dow AgroSciences, in two or three years (see "New corn rootworm control," September 2000 for details).


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Join me on this journey into A SENSE OF PLACE where I will be:
- Featuring places connected with my own family history
- Highlighting places with happy memories
- Shining the spotlight on place names that appeal
- Linking my interests in history, travel and photography
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JEDBURGH - The small historic burgh (known locally as Jethart) lies on the banks of the Jed Water, 10 miles north of the English-Scottish Borders. It is most famous for its ruined 12th century Augustinian Abbey, founded by King David in 1138.
I worked for five years in the local tourist information centre, where we got used to such quirky queries as " Was the Abbey bombed during the war?" and "When are they going to rebuild the Abbey." A straight face was called for on occasions!
The truth was the abbey was repeatedly attacked by English armies throughout the middle ages. In the 1540's it suffered particularly at the hands of the Earl of Hertford's military campaign known as the "Rough Wooing" when Henry VIIII sought to enforce a marriage between his son Edward and the young Mary, Queen of Scots. Mary was, instead, sent to France into the care of her mother's relations. Scotland turned to Presbyterianism with the Reformation, and the abbey, almost intact except for its roof, was used for services until the building of a new parish church in 1875.
In 1566, Mary Queen of Scots went to Jedburgh staying in a bastel (fortified) house belonging to the local Kerr family. Hearing that Lord Bothwell lay wounded at Hermitage Castle, Mary set out on an arduous return journey of 40 miles to visit him. She arrived back from a dreich moorland ride, ill and close to death and is later said to have remarked "Would that I had died in Jethart", as her troubles crowded upon her.
Jethart Justice - was the term given to the medieval practice of "hang first and try later".
Jethart Snails are a delicacy of the town that can still be enjoyed. During the Napoleonic Wars, Jedburgh housed French prisoners of war who were said to have left a legacy in the form of their recipe for this brown mint flavoured boiled sweet.
Famous Borderers born in Jedburgh:
David Brewster (1781-1868) became a leading physicist renowned for his work on optics and polarisation. Did you know he invented the children's toy - the kaleidoscope? .
Mary Somerville, nee Fairfax (1780-1872) was born in Jedburgh. She became a astronomer, mathematician and science writer and a staunch supporter of education for women and the right to vote. She was the first woman to be accepted as a member of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1835. Somerville College in Oxford University is named after her. She died at the age of 92.
It helped to have a good knowledge of history and a liking for trivia facts when working in a tourist information centre such as Jedburgh!
In my uniform of Douglas tartan kilt.
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LBOW Design Team needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 107 designs submitted by 30 freelance designers.
myfoco is a non profit social utility designed to connect youth who age out of the foster care system to resources specifically housing, education, employment, and relationships.
On one hand we are a social networking site that connects volunteers, foster kids, and state employees to the needed social relationships. On the other hand we are a tool that connects youth who age out of the foster care system to resources.
Our goal is to create a logos that is sleek, functional, and recognizable to also translate into a natioanally recognizable brand for foster care.
Think how Lance Armstrong created a brand for cancer with the live strong movement. http://www.livestrong.org
Our target audience are children in the foster care system, employees of child protective services, volunteers that give their time and money to support orphans. Our audience is young, hip, cool, and tired of people feeling sorry for them. We have volunteers that are affluent good hearted people, and will gravitate towards something that isn't offensive but like sleek, trendy things.
Something like twitter, facebook, and apple are things that make our audience move. Another words they like something that can be a "fad" trendy the in thing etc.
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History of, changes in Harvard Square
Almost 400 years ago, a handful of Puritans rowed up the Charles River, and landed on the slight elevation now known as Harvard Square, where they built a fortified town. It was selected by the governor to become the capital of the Mass. Bay Colony until officials changed their minds. Boston got the capital and Newtowne, later Cambridge, got the college.
Since its colonial village days, Harvard Square has been a focal point for businesses, students, and visitors. Take a look at centuries of history and recent developments.
Latest: North End favorite Mike's Pastry may set up shop on 11 Dunster St.
Mike's Pastry
The North End cannoli haven Mike's Pastry might open in Harvard Square, reported Boston Restaurant Talk.
According to a Harvard Square Advisory Committee page on the City of Cambridge website, Mike's Pastry is looking to open a new shop at 11 Dunster St., the blog reported.
Shake Shack
Just over a month after opening its first Boston-area restaurant in Chestnut Hill, New York City burger chain Shake Shack it is seeking to open in Harvard Square.
The fast food restaurant is seeking to open in the Galeria building at 57 JFK Street in Harvard Square and is scheduled to go before a couple of city boards in the next week for its needed approvals.
Pictured: The Shake Shack in Chestnut Hill.
The Inn at Harvard
Harvard University is shuttering The Inn at Harvard in July.
After renovations, the inn will be used as a "swing dorm,'' or temporary housing for students while other dorm spaces are undergoing renovations.
About 95 employees will be affected by this closure.
The Just Crust
Harvard Square's The Upper Crust is reopening under new management and a new name, The Just Crust.
The new restaurant, owned in part by the employees, will open in March.
The original franchise owners of The Upper Crust filed for bankruptcy in November.
New York City-based The Bowery Presents has launched a concert venue with room for 525 people at 52 Church Street. Harvard Square hasn't had a large, live rock music venue since The House of Blues closed in 2003. The nearby Club Passim is a smaller, more intimate music venue that's been around since 1958.
The restaurant/concert venue has been plaued with delays and has been forced to push back its opening date from November to January and cancel shows. The concert hall finally hosted its first show in December.
Michael Schlow, the chef behind Boston restaurants Radius and Happy's, has also been brought in as a consultant for the restaurant.
Casablanca, the landmark Harvard Square restaurant, was set to close at the end of August, according to owner Sari Abul-Jubein. Then the restaurant announced it would remain open "until at least the end of this year.''
The restaurant finally kept its promise by closing for good. Several local restauranteurs have expressed interest in the location.
The venue has been a gathering for professors, artists, writers and Bohemians for more than four decades.
Tucked under the Brattle Theatre at 40 Brattle St., Casablanca first opened its doors in 1955. Abul-Jubein put the restaurant up for sale last year, citing difficulties with competition and the economy.
Fifteen years after the landmark Tasty Sandwich Shop, also known as The Tasty, closed in the heart of Harvard Square, a group of Boston restaurateurs has opened "Tasty Burger'' on the same block. The burger place will cater to late night diners until 4 a.m.
The new restaurant will be the third location of "Tasty Burger'' which has been open on Boston's Boylston Street near Fenway Park since 2010 and in South Boston this year.
The Korean fried chicken franchise with a location in Allston has recently expanded to a second spot in Harvard Square. The restaurant can be found in the lower level of The Galleria on JFK Street.
The Allston location features sushi while the newer Harvard Square spot features Korean BBQ with grills built into the tables.
The sushi restaurant on the second floor of the Westin Copley Place is opening another location at Harvard Square.
The restaurant owners recently filed for a alcohol and restaurant license for 104 Mount Auburn Street.
Customer Erol Pekoz is pictured in the Copley Place OSushi restaurant.
Harvard Square's Crema Cafe chefs recently competed in an episode of the Food Network's "Cupcake Wars."
The restaurant posted its audition video to the show, and the shop is offering a "Cupcake Wars'' four-pack.
Pictured: Harvard senior Joanna Miller sat on the balcony at Crema Cafe in Harvard Square.
AMC Entertainment sold its Harvard Square location to the owner of the Charles Hotel.
Cambridge-based Carpenter & Company Inc. has purchased the building at 10 Church Street for $6.5 million, shortly after AMC Entertainment closed the theater on July 8.
Plans for the future of the theater are still being considered, said a spokesman.
Harvard Square's movie theater recently closed.
The AMC Loews Harvard Square 5 was originally known as the Harvard Square Theater. It opened in 1926 with a single screen and 1,700 seats and balcony box seats. The entrance and lobby faced Massachusetts Avenue. In time, the theater divided into smaller theater spaces and the lobby turned into a retail space.
Pictured: The Loews theater was loud with excitement as fans of the "Rocky Horror Show" prepared for a Halloween screening. One of the first live performance of Rocky took place at this theater in the 1980s, which spawned a pop culture movement.
The landmark newsstand opened in 1955 and stands today, though the ownership has changed and the store was temporarily relocated during the Harvard Square MBTA station construction in the 1980s.
Its customers have included Jack Kennedy, Tip O'Neill, and Henry Kissinger.
The island where the newsstand is located is named after original owner Sheldon Cohen.
Pictured: Harvard Square in 1970 with the Out of Town News and Out of Town Ticket Agency kiosks.
Fred Fox of Belmont looked through some books among half empty shelves on the day Wordsworth bookstore closed in 2004 after 28 years as a Harvard Square landmark.
Brigham's Ice Cream was one of many dessert shops that came and went.
Pictured: The factory in Arlington where Brigham's Ice Cream made its product for decades.
After more than 20 years, the Taste of India is closing its doors.
Toscano in Beacon Hill will open a second location in its place.
Don Valcovic manned the grill in the Harvard Square institution The Tasty, a former 24-hour diner.
The tiny store is beloved in the Harvard Square community.
It's known for the store's high shelves and is associated with some of the most famous of American poets.
The poetry book shop celebrates its 85th anniversary this year.
Independent bookstore Curious George & Friends closed its doors for good in the summer of 2011 after more than 15 years in the heart of Harvard Square.
But, much to the delight of children, parents and grandparents from Cambridge and farther afield, the Curious George book store is back, but with new owners and an additional focus on merchandise.
It has since been renamed The World's Only Curious George Store.
The Globe Corner Bookstore closed at the end of June 2011, but will continue operating the company's online store.
The decision was made public six months after company president Patrick Carrier announced he was seeking to sell the map and specialty shop, as well as the online store, after being diagnosed with a worsening seizure disorder.
Restaurant chain Panera Bread moved into the space vacated by Bob Slate Stationer on Massachusetts Avenue in the spring after more than 75 years in the square.
Store owners Justin and Mallory Slate sold the business to Laura Donohue.
Donohue found a new space for the business at 30 Brattle St. and officially opened the store on Oct. 17, 2011.
Pictured: The Slate brothers posed at their stationary store in Harvard Square in 2003.
The first in a chain of restaurant and live music venues opened in Harvard Square in 1992.
It has since shut down and been replaced by a Tommy Doyle's.
Pictured: Blues Brother Matt 'Guitar' Murphy performed in 1997 at the House of Blues for its fifth anniversary in Harvard Square. The Bluesmobile in the back was featured in the movie.
The store that caters to soaps and cleaning products was founded in Harvard Square in 1972.
The owner sold the company to a Malaysian company in 1996.
Pictured: Lavender toiletries from Crabtree & Evelyn.
The spot known for premium sweet treats shut down in 2009 after more than 27 years in Harvard Square.
The owner said he could no longer afford to subsidize the store in the face of higher rents, increased franchise fees, and growing competition from rivals like J.P. Licks.
The old time hair cuttery was established in 1898 and is one of the oldest barber shops in the state.
In 2010, Playboy Magazine named it one of the top barber shops in America.
Pictured: George Papalimberis has been cutting hair at the La Flamme barber shop on Dunster Street in Harvard Square since 1978.
The humor magazine's headquarters was built in 1909 with funding from legendary businessman William Randolph Hearst, a Lampoon staffer who had been kicked out of Harvard in the mid-1800s for incessant pranks.
The Cambridge building is a monument to the Lampoon's mission all these years: essentially, to be funny, at anyone's expense. The building's architecture parodies Flemish and Dutch architecture of the 16th century. It's a joke, literally.
Former Mayor Alfred E. Vellucci tried to plant a tree in front "to blot out one of the ugliest buildings in the world."
The restaurant with its cave-like dining room is named after the evil monster's dwelling in the epic poem Beowulf and opened in 1961.
The owners of the restaurant were involved in a seven-year legal battle with the church building owners. The case reached the Supreme Court, which ruled that the state law allowing the church's veto of a liquor license violated the separation of church and state.
The corporate office of NPR's Car Talk radio show is located at the corner of Brattle and JFK streets in Harvard Square above the Curious George book store.
Hosts Tom and Ray Magliozzi came up with the name as a law firm parody ("Do we cheat them? And how!)"
This classic burger place was founded more than half a century ago but lines still extend outside on the sidewalk with hungry patrons.
Mr. Bartley himself can usually be spotted on a stool taking orders and handing out menus with hamburgers that are topically named after famous folks. (Mr. Bartley comes up with the burger names and snarky descriptions while his son, William, is responsible for the sandwich board signs)
Take a look at some of Bartley's pop-culture inspired burgers.
A history of the square
The neighborhood was distinctive during its development in the 1630s for the orderly grid-like layout of streets and plots of land.
Though the village was called Newtowne for a time, most of the local clergy and leadership were graduates of Cambridge.
In 1638, the Legislature formally recognized the town's new name as Cambridge. A year later, John Harvard of Charlestown, dying, bequeathed his library and other endowment to a new college and the Legislature named it after him.
Pictured: Horse-car rides from Harvard Square to Boston cost 5 cents shortly after the Civil War.
Cambridge's first principal public building, the meeting house, was a little south of Dane Hall, near Harvard Law School today.
It was used both as a church and town house until 1708, when a building was erected in the middle of Harvard Square to serve for meetings and courts. Here, the first provisional Legislature provided for the organization of the Minute Men and for the establishment of the Committee of Safety during the American Revolution.
Cambridge Street was originally a military road built by George Washington to connect Cambridge Common with a battery in East Cambridge.
Harvard Square had the first printing press in New England.
From 1640 to 1675, the printing press, which later became known as University Press, did all the printing in America.
It was set up in the college president's house. The first book printed in America was a metrical version of the Psalms for religious use, according to Calvin Coolidge in a speech at Cambridge's 75th anniversary.
Pictured: Horse drawn trains in Harvard Square.
A bridge was constructed over the Charles River at what's known today as John F. Kennedy Street. Traffic to Boston went through Harvard Square, which led to its business prominence.
Harvard Square became more of a focal point for the village after Harvard College was established.
The area was relatively isolated until the construction of the West Boston Bridge in 1793, which reduced the distance between Boston and Cambridge from 8 miles to 3 miles. As a result, immigrants began moving in and property values rose.
More bridges were built to connect to Boston and the area east of Harvard Square, which were only farms and country estates, became open for development.
Cambridgeport and East Cambridge became rival villages.
In 1816, the courthouse moved east away from Harvard Square, as well as the meeting house in 1832. The neighborhood known as Old Cambridge petitioned to become a separate town, but the issue was opposed and a city government was adopted in 1846.
Pictured: Harvard Square information booth in 1932.
A street railway connected Harvard Square with suburban towns like Arlington, Belmont, and Newton in 1854.
Harvard Square remained an important hub for transportation and to local businesses catering to commuters.
In 1912, the Cambridge Tunnel subway service began in Harvard Square and connected the city to Boston's Park Station. Businesses began to suffer because travelers no longer had to venture outside between transfers.
Pictured: Harvard Square MBTA station in 1912.
Architectural requirements
Business owners consulted with Harvard University to redevelop Harvard Square as a district for expensive residence and shops to support its locals.
From then on, buildings would be constructed to match the Colonial style of the nearby college.
Harvard's private dormitories are a large part of the Square. Owners sought to attract affluent students with then state-of-the-art amenities that included steam heat, electricity, private bathrooms, and elevators.
Businesses opened in the Square to cater to these well-off students, like the Leavitt & Peirce tobacco shop which stands today.
Pictured: Franklin D. Roosevelt's suite (right with iron railing) was at Adams House at West Morley Court. He lived there, in an area known as the Gold Coast, when he was a student at Harvard.
A whole block was razed to make way for a big Harvard Square development program in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Holyoke Center now occupies the area pictured.
Cambridge and Harvard Square became a magnet for the counter-culture movement starting in the late 1960s.
Students and young people not affiliated with Harvard University held antiwar demonstrations, sometimes causing destruction to private and public property.
Pictured: Patty Larkin Band played atop the Out of Town News kiosk in 1978.
Cambridge was torn by a proposal to build John F. Kennedy's presidential library on the site of the subway yard near Harvard Square for a decade after his assassination.
Architect I.M. Pei designed a glass structure similar to what he later proposed for the Louvre in Paris.
Residents feared for Harvard Square's overdevelopment, with regard to losing historical buildings and displacing local small businesses with larger chains. The JFK Library was eventually constructed in Dorchester.Pictured: Harvard Square from Holyoke Center in 1976.
Development booms
In the '70s and '80s, skyrocketing property values and the intense demand for townhouses and condominiums led to the demolition of many significant houses near Harvard Square.
Public outcry lead to restrictions in overdevelopment.
Pictured: Kiosk at Harvard Square in 1978.
Harvard Square no longer has much in terms of a neighborhood shopping center. The local market, Sages, and the old Woolworth's store are long gone.
Instead, the Square has evolved into a regional shopping center.
Pictured: Looking from Brattle Square to Harvard Square in 1983.
Longtime local establishments like Wursthaus, The Tasty, and Elsie's Lunch closed to make way for national chains.
Bookstores like Paperback Booksmith and Reading International, Words Worth, and Globe Corner Bookstore, also closed.
The student co-op, the Harvard Coop, is managed by Barnes & Noble.
Take a look at some Harvard Square local institutions and recent changes.
Pictured: Inside the Wursthaus in 1983.


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Daily log, June 23
Tiffin reports
* A suspicious phone call was reported Friday afternoon in the first block of St. Lawrence Drive.
* A woman went to the station Friday evening to speak to an officer about being threatened.
* A caller in the first block of St. Clair Street reported Friday evening a socket fire. According to the report, the fire was extinguished, and an officer wasn't needed at the scene.
* Police were called to the 2300 block of West Market Street Friday night for a business door that was partially open, with a car parked nearby.
* Jonathon Holmer, 42, of Tiffin, was charged with assault early Saturday morning.
* A caller in the first block of North Washington Street reported early Saturday morning a window was broken out of a vehicle.
* Police responded to Willowcreek Apartments, 575 E. SR 18, early Saturday morning, to provide back-up to the sheriff's department after threats were reported.
* A caller in the first block of West Perry Street reported Saturday morning someone drew on his car windows.
* A first-block Charles Street caller reported Saturday morning being threatened by subjects on Elm Avenue.
* A woman was reported missing Saturday afternoon from the 100 block of St. Francis Avenue.
County reports
* A caller in the 100 block of Washington Street reported Friday evening boys were throwing rocks at a sign in front of Bettsville school.
* A 4000-block W. TR 54 caller reported Friday evening the theft of a trailer and scrap metal.
* A 9000-block W. TR 108 caller reported Friday being scammed by a coin dealer for large amounts of money.
* A caller from Rosier's Market, 1428 S. SR 53, reported Friday evening that freon and wrenches had been stolen.
* A woman in the 8100 block of W. CR 60 reported Friday night a vehicle had been stolen. According to the report, the vehicle had been towed from a ditch.
* A caller in the 11000 block of W. SR 18 reported Saturday morning a maln was wandering around the apartments acting suspicious.
* An E. CR 16 caller reported Saturday morning a tree branch was hanging low and blocking the westbound lane. Police were unable to locate the branch.
* A caller in the 6000 block of N. CR 29 reported Saturday morning receiving harassing phone calls.
* A 7000-block E. TR 122 caller reported a scam Saturday afternoon.
Fostoria reports
* A 100-block West Jackson Street caller requested to speak to an officer Friday about missing medication.
* A 1500-block North Countyline caller reported Friday evening a person slapped his 7-year-old daughter.
* A caller in the 100 block of West Jackson Street reported Friday evening the front license plate on his boat trailer had been stolen.
* Police were contacted Friday evening by the manager of BP Oil, 600 N. Countyline, after a vehicle was struck by another vehicle, and one of the subjects left the scene. According to the report, a citation was issued for driving under suspension, and possible further charges were pending.
* A caller reported Friday night subjects in the 200 block of West Center Street were throwing smoke bombs in the roadway.
* A 600-block Findlay Street caller reported early Saturday morning he was assaulted by another individual.
* A caller in the 700 block of Natlin Drive reported Saturday morning an item was stolen out of his yard.
* A theft was reported Saturday morning at Great Scott Supermarket, 560 Plaza Drive.
Tiffin accidents
* A car struck a telephone pole Friday afternoon at Miami Street and Pinewood Drive. A citation was issued for failure to control.
* A non-injury accident was reported Saturday morning at Coe and Circular streets. A citation was issued for assured clear distance ahead.
Tiffin fire
* Firefighters responded to 171 Wentz St. Friday evening for an electrical wiring/equipment problem.
* Firefighters were called to 73 St. Clair St., No. 3, Friday evening for a fire in a mobile home. Details were not available Saturday night.
* Firefighters were called to 745 Water St. Friday night for an outside rubbish, trash or waste fire.
Tiffin EMS
* Tiffin EMS made squad runs Friday afternoon, Friday evening, and early Saturday morning.
Fostoria Municipal Court
Howard A. Litton, Fostoria, pleaded no contest to possession of drug, six-month license suspension, approved for restricted driving privileges after passing urine screen, permanent weapons disability, $185.
Corrine N. Gardner, Norwalk, pleaded no contest to possession of drug paraphernalia, 90 days jail, five days credit, $112.
Eric S. Lebay, McComb, pleaded no contest to open container/vehicle, $185.
Daniel L. Decker, Fostoria, pleaded no contest to possession of drug paraphernalia, one-year license suspension, approved for occupational driving privilege upon passing a urine screen, permanent weapons disability, $235.
Reginald P. Smith, Fostoria, pleaded no contest to protection order violation, 180 days jail, 150 days suspended, one day credit, two years intensive probation, no contact with victim or 1373 N. TR 21, $262.
James F. Linser, Risingsun, pleaded no contest to stop sign violation, $130.
Shane A. Marker, 146 E. Tiffin St., pleaded no contest to speed, $185.
Cory J. Sours, Tiffin, pleaded no contest to disorderly conduct, $484.
Robert L. Cavey, 312 College Ave., pleaded no contest to reckless operation, $245.


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As UCLA prepares to play its first game in the NCAA tournament later tonight, the Bruins will rely on their standout freshman Shabazz Muhammad to lead the way.
Muhammad is under pressure: He must perform well on national television to raise his NBA draft stock, one of his talented teammates is injured and his coach's future with the team remains uncertain. He told The Times, "If we win, everything will be fine."
The spotlight was once again on the talented freshman on Friday -- but not in a way he expected. The Times reported that Muhammad is older than has been widely reported.
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According to Muhammad's birth certificate, he was born Nov. 13, 1992, making him 20 years old. Throughout the college basketball season, his age has been listed and reported as 19.