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When Sinatra sang that if you can make it in New York City, you can make it anywhere, he must have been referring to finding an apartment. As everyone knows, it's a cutthroat endeavor that can often put you at odds with dishonest brokers, sky-high fees, or a market that's changing to quickly. It's impossible to keep up.
Urban Compass is trying to reinvent the apartment rental market. "[There's] too much fraud, too expensive, and it requires way too much time and energy," said Robert Reffkin, one of Urban Compass' founders, about renting in New York City.
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According to The Verge, Urban Compass hopes to fix that by offering its own verified listings and hiring full-time agents with salaries and health benefits to guide users in finding their home, all for a smaller fee. Users can search and schedule appointments online or with the Urban Compass mobile app.
Traditionally, a broker is in such fierce competition that he can't succeed being honest to clients. Urban Compass promises to shake up that culture, borrowing from the doctor scheduling service ZocDoc (ZocDoc's CEO Cyrus Massoumi has invested in Urban Compass.). Agents will receive bonuses based on their online reviews, making good customer service one of their highest motivations.
Not everyone is impressed. Anthony Lolli, the founder of Rapid Realty says the formula won't work, and that "nobody is going to do that on a salary."
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- 8 DIY Gifts for DadFather's Day is notoriously hard to shop for, but who says you need to shop at all? This year, why not bend the rules and show your dear old dad that he raised a capable and resourceful person that can craft their own darn gift! Whether it be a cool camera strap made from one of your old man's preloved ties or a nice, cold homemade beer, read on for 8 DIY Father's Day gifts that will delight your daddy-o.1
- DIY BeerFew fathers we know can resist an ice cold brewski, especially when it was crafted for them by you! Check out our handy guide to brewing homemade beer to make a malty treat that will make your dad's day.2
- Necktie Camera StrapPhotographer fathers will love receiving a cool camera strap made from one of their old ties. Don't forget to take a commemorative pic of him wearing it!3
- CD LampIs your dad still living in the 90s, music-wise? Help him clean out that closet of cluttered old CDs by making him this luminous recycled CD lamp.4
- Plastic Bag PlacematIf your dad is the mealmaker of your family, show him how thankful you are for his cooking with a set of homemade recycled plastic bag placemats. It's an easy way to use up all of those plastic bags you have left in your house!5
- DIY PicklesIf your father is fan of gherkins, dills or bread and butters, he'll love receiving a  jar of homemade pickles made by you! No worries if you're culinarily lacking - this simple pickling DIY is practically no-cook.6
- Recycled Record ClockHelp your LP-loving pop display his favorite record by turning it into this clever upcycled clock!7
- Terrarium for Father's DayA terrarium is a wonderful object for your dad to place in his room or office to remind him every day of how much he means in your life. They're easy to make with our simple DIY, and a snap to maintain - even for fathers with less thatn green thumbs.8
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LaMichael James had 27 carries in the regular season, because Jim Harbaugh hates rookies, and because the 49ers were pretty well stocked in the backfield. But tonight, Harbaugh loosened up a bit, giving James the chance of a lifetime—an opportunity to break free in the Super Bowl. It worked great for about 90% of this play.
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Appeal brought on 12 September 2019 by Fereydoun Mahmoudian against the judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) delivered on 2 July 2019 in Case T-406/15, Mahmoudian v Council
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Language of the case: French
Appellant: Fereydoun Mahmoudian (represented by: A. Bahrami, N. Korogiannakis, lawyers)
Other parties to the proceedings: Council of the European Union, European Commission
Form of order sought
set aside the judgment under appeal in part;
give final judgment in the matter;
order the Council to pay the appellant the sum of EUR 966 581 in respect of material damage and EUR 500 000 in respect of non-material damage, together with default interest;
order the Council to pay all of the costs.
In the alternative:
refer the case back to the General Court;
Pleas in law and main arguments
Concerning the material damage, the General Court, in the first place, erred in law, infringed the principle of full reparation and deprived Article 340(2) TFEU and Article 41(3) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of their practical effect. The standard of proof required by the General Court made any compensation for the harm suffered impossible, despite the existence of a sufficiently serious and flagrant breach of EU law. In the second place, the judgment under appeal was vitiated by an error of law and by contradictory reasoning. In the third place, the General Court distorted the evidence and the facts.
Concerning the non-material damage, the judgment under appeal contains no statement of reasons as regards the criteria taken into account in order to assess ex aequo et bono the amount of the compensation.


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Novarra, the company providing the technology that inserts Vodafone's branding into Vodafone Live sessions and which has just relaunched US Cellular's mobile internet service, is expanding its capabilities into laptop browsing.
Novarra Vision is a software package that optimises content on its way to a mobile browser, requiring no special software on the device it intercepts requests at the network level and mutates the content as it passes through. Novarra can now offer the service to operators punting 3G dongles for laptop users as well as those browsing the web on a tiny screen.
To users Novarra grabs content and compresses it for mobile browsing - reducing colour depth, removing unsupported plug-in data and that kind of thing, based on the device being used and resulting in faster mobile browsing. To network operators Novarra allows them to stick a branded "navigation" bar on every page, and show adverts while pages are being loaded, as well as reducing the bandwidth used.
This isn't quite like Phorm's user profiling, though Novarra does offer: "Clear understanding of consumer behaviour, traffic and service metrics via analytics dashboard and reporting" as well as being able to insert "personalisation, usability aids, navigation toolbars and interstitial content and advertising". So it's not a million miles off either.
As Randy Cavaiani, vice president for marketing, puts it: "Operators can enhance performance, enable new services, extend branding, and create new advertising opportunities."
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Hello again, my friends!
I am so happy to be back at Moda Bake Shop and presenting you with Blueberry Chocolate Squares! Mmmm…everyone loves chocolate, right? 🙂
This quilt is really simple and it goes together so fast. I actually pieced AND quilted it in 3 days!!(Results may vary. I've always wanted to say that…lol)
Once you're finished here, I'd love for you to come visit me over at Freckled Whimsy! More dorkiness guaranteed. 😀
Also, Leah over at Burgundy Buttons is kitting this up, just for you and at a reduced price!!! Click HERE to snag one up before they are gone! She also has the backing on sale HERE! Thanks Leah!!!
Enjoy…Blueberry Chocolate Squares….
- 1 Pure Layer cake
- 1/2 yard for 1″ border (I used 5431-12)
- 1 1/4 yards for 4″ border (I used 5438-18)
- 1/2 yard for binding (I used 5436 16)
- 4 yards for backing (I used 5430-21)
Note: All seams are sewn with a 1/4″ seam allowance.
From your layer cake, choose 36 squares. The more contrasting they are, the better.
For each of the 36 pieces, follow these cutting steps.
1. Cut a 5 7/8″ strip from layer cake piece
2. Turn that SAME piece 90 degrees and cut it at 5 7/8″. You should now have a 5 7/8″ square.
3. As you cut each piece, put them in 3 separate piles. You may want to keep lights and darks separate.
You should have 36 each of:
- 5 7/8″ squares
- 4 1/8″ x 5 7/8″ rectangles
- 4 1/8″ x 10″ rectangles
Note: You *can* cut all pieces of the layer cake this way. (Most will have 40-42 pieces). Doing this will give you some of each fabric and more variety. You will just have extra pieces when you are done. 🙂
Once you have all of these cut, you can start piecing your quarter blocks.
Begin by taking the 5 7/8″ squares and pairing them up. Choose contrasting colors. You need 18 pairs. (Remember if you cut all your layer cake pieces, you may have extras here. Just put those in your scrap bin.)
Taking your first pair, on one side of one of the squares, draw a line from corner to corner on the WRONG side.
Place this piece RIGHT sides together with the contrasting square and sew 1/4″ on either side of that drawn line.
Now, cut on that drawn line, yielding two half square triangles (HST). Press to the darker fabric.
You should now have 36 half square triangles.
Each HST will be paired up with the other rectangles you cut from the layer cake. One in each size in the SAME print.
Choose a HST and the border print. Contrast is good here too.
Take the smaller rectangle and sew it to the top of the HST. Make sure the edges are lined up on the LEFT side. Sew across the top edge. You will have some overhang on the right. This is ok. Just leave it for now. 🙂
Press toward the piece you just sewed on.
Make sure you mix up the positioning of your HST. Example: In the photo below, the light color fabric is in the upper right corner. Change this up using some lights, some mediums, and some darks, in each of your blocks.
Next you will sew on the larger rectangle. Line up the LEFT and BOTTOM edges. Again, you will have hangover, this time at the top.
Press to the rectangle.
This is what your block should look like.
Next up is trimming.
First, trim the overhang on the right side, lining up your ruler with the edge of the HST. Cut.
Rotate the block 90 degrees CLOCKWISE. (See photos)
Line up the LEFT and BOTTOM edge of the block with the 8 1/2″ marks on your ruler.
Trim the right side and top.
Repeat until you have 36 of these quarter blocks.
Note: To make this go faster, stack up your HST and chosen rectangles, one on top of each other, still in 3 piles, until you have all 36 stacked. Then you can chain piece, starting by sewing on all the smaller rectangles to the HST, press, then adding the larger rectangles, press.
Time to arrange your blocks.
Choose 4 of your quarter blocks. Arrange them so the HST are in the center.
Sew the top two blocks together, pressing to one side.
Sew the bottom two blocks together, pressing to the opposite side as the top.
Sew the top and bottom together.
Repeat this process until you have 9 blocks that measure 16 1/2″ (unfinished).
Arrange in a pleasing order and sew the blocks as a 3 x 3 grid.
From the first border fabric cut 1 1/2″ strips and sew in place.
From the second border fabric, cut 4 1/2″ strips and sew in place.
Now you are ready to sandwich your quilt, baste, quilt, and bind. 🙂
This quilt will measure about 58″ x 58″. Isn't it cute? 😀
I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial! If you make this quilt, please oh please share it with me? You can email a photo of it to me HERE or you can add it to my Flickr Group HERE. I would love to feature them on my blog! 🙂
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As reported to you earlier, Dance With Me Studios will be hosting a big birthday ballroom bash for Maks on January 27th. For ticket information, go to Dance With Me USA. Val, Daria, Teddy, Nicole, and Tony are all on tap to do the event as well. Here is a fun commercial Maks did for it posted today at his You Tube.
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Snapshots from Sweden: Spettekaka from Fricks Spettkaksbageri
From June 5 to June 11, I visited Western and Southern Sweden on a trip sponsored by Visit Sweden, West Sweden Tourist Board, Skåne Tourist Board, and Volvo as part of their CAR + VACATION contest. Here's a look at something I ate during my trip.
The name of the traditional Swedish cake spettekaka translates to "spit/skewer cake," named so for how the cake is made: Thin lines of batter are pipped in densely webbed layers onto conical molds on a rotating spit. Although the name may not sound like anything special, the end result is impressive.
At least, if you're getting a spettekaka from Fricks Spettkaksbageri in Sweden's southernmost county, Skåne, where the EU has given the cake Protected Geographical Indication status. (A Google image search shows a variety of spettekaka, from towering cakes fit for a wedding, to humbler ones that are a bit more...gloppy.)
According to Fricks' website, spit-baked cakes in Sweden date back to the 1600s, and the first recorded recipe was found in Susanna Egerin's cookbook from 1733. Fricks has a long history as well, having been making spettekaker since 1918 using the same recipe of eggs, sugar, potato flour, and wheat flour.
Anna Frick, who shares her name with her great grandmother, the founder of the bakery, is in charge of making other desserts and managing the cafe, while her grandfather and uncle bake the spettekaka of various sizes—from small ones that fit in the palm of your hand to towering, baby-sized ones. It takes about two-and-a-half hours to bake the cakes in spit-equipped electric ovens; you can see more photos of how the cakes are made at Fricks' Facebook page.
The cake is usually eaten plain with coffee—nothing complicated—although Anna likes to come up with different ways to serve it. She gave my boyfriend and me our first taste of spettekaka accompanied by a sauce of crème fraiche, raspberry sauce, and lime zest and juice, making for a good tart and creamy foil to the sweet, crunchy, meringue-like cake. (If you've ever eaten these little ball-shaped potato starch-based Asian cookies, the flavor is a bit like that.)
Because the hollow cake is so fragile and feather-light, a typical knife won't do; Anna uses a thin hacksaw blade for a clean cut.
As for mixing flavor into the spettekaka batter, Anna says they've experimented without success (or in her words, "We had pear and something else, and...no. No. Someone else can try that"). To get different flavors, it's best to work with the sauce.
Although Fricks isn't the only place in Skåne that makes spettekaka, I doubt any other place can boast as serene and beautiful of a setting to eat it in: a lush, explosively green garden featuring themed rooms, ceramic sculptures, a fish pond, and over a hundred kinds of roses. Anna's grandmother designed and painted the different rooms mostly for her own enjoyment, but they've certainly come in handy for attracting tourists to Billinge, a tiny locality surrounded by farmland.
Some of the roses are used to make sweetened rose "juice" concentrate that can be made into drinks. Anna gave us a taste of it simply mixed with water (she also said that older customers love it mixed with gin); the rose flavor was pleasantly subtle, not like the potpourri-punch you sometimes get with rosewater-flavored foods.
The garden and cafe are only open from Easter to September—it wouldn't be much fun to sit in a cold, barren garden in the winter—but Fricks make spettekaka all year round (the cakes are popular at Christmas, in the summer, for weddings, and for graduation parties). Check their Facebook page or blog for the latest info.
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Måns Andreas Väg 9, 241 95 Billinge, Sweden (map) 0413-54 20 62; fricks.se / frickstradgardscafe.blogspot.com
* While writing this post I kept thinking "Fricks" could use an apostrophe...and then I found out that Swedish doesn't use apostrophes for genetives. Aaand there's your Swedish grammar lesson for the day.
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Many years ago, my good friend who is a travel agent told me I must go to Dordogne, and see the cave paintings at Lascaux when we were in France. It sounded like a great plan but somehow my husband and I could never get there. So I am particularly thrilled that the caves have come to the Field Museum in Chicago. Now I have the chance to see many of the things I would see in France much closer to home.
Field Museum is First North American Venue for this amazing exhibit. The fascinating story of the caves begins on a September day in 1940, when four teenage friends chasing a ball that fell into a hole, entered the Lascaux Cave in southern France and stumbled upon an astonishing, priceless treasure. Beautifully subtle paintings and engravings of animals lined the cave walls – highly sophisticated artwork made by the hands of our early ancestors almost 20,000 years ago. Visiting the exibition, I had a hint of the thrill of discovery felt by those young cave explorers more than 70 years ago.
I was introduced to the exhibition when attending a lecture given by Jean Clottes, Former General Inspector for Archaeology, French Ministry of Culture. The lecture was the last one of a series, "Caves, Science and Art at the Dawn of Humanity", an academic symposium inspired by the exhibition Scenes from the Stone Age: The Cave Paintings of Lascaux, held on May 17-18, 2013. I spoke with Jean Clottes briefly before the lecture and he described the paintings and the exhibit in this way, "Lascaux is on of the two or three in the world. It is well dated, spectacular and 20,000 years old. It is one of the greatest masterpieces of the world of art, ever. The main idea in the exhibit replicas is to select some of the most important pieces of the caves. The replicas are faithful to the original cave and includes much more information." Although visitors won't have the chance to see Dr. Clottes in person, the last room in the exhibit offers interviews with many people associated with the caves including Dr. Clottes and there is a statement by him on the wall about the significance of art.
Dr. Clottes's talk was entitled "Lascoux and Gabillou: Masterpieces of the Twin Caves". His talk focused on two caves that are very near each other and explained the similarities and differences in these caves. Some of the more interesting points to me are that caves with paintings are not the caves where people lived. The caves where people lived revealed many artifacts and artistic items. The cave paintings were very dynamic and Lascaux shows horses and bison but no reindeer. There are not stars or plants and people are stick figures. The animals are individualized. The art is beautiful and the techniques have been studied. He said that whereas some caves show evidence of the use of torches, the caves near Lascaux were lit by oil lamps.
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Prospector, captain, mayor, trader, settler, craftsman, or builder? Which roles will you play in the new world? Will you own the most prosperous plantations? Will you build the most valuable buildings? You have but one goal: achieve the greatest prosperity and highest respect! A unique game system lets the players choose the order of phases in each turn. For 3-5 players, aged 12 +; length: 90-120 minutes; author: Andreas Seyfarth.
Puerto Rico is a level 5 Century event this year with three preliminary heats. In the heats, players will be paired at random in 4-player games. If we have an odd number, the remaining games will be 3-player (no 5-player games). Players with games are urged to bring them to the heats to assure that we have sufficient copies on hand. Note that we will not be using any of the expansion buildings. Because PRO is classified as a "B" event this year, newcomers must attend the demo in Paradise Terrace if they expect to be taught how to play. No such instruction will be available during the event itself. However, there should be numerous opportunities to learn the game in Cafe Jay (the Ballroom Foyer) or during open gaming at the convention. Do NOT expect to learn the game as you play in the event.
There will be two basic changes to the tournament format from last year. Because Puerto Rico is a MESE event, the standard MESE rules for advancement will apply. The following additional game-specific tiebreakers (see MESE Tiebreak Rule 6) will also apply:
1—Number of seconds
However, with an extra elimination (quarterfinal) round we hope to have all heat winners advance with possibly some alternates as well--this has been the case in both the 2004 and 2005 tournaments. Once all heat winners are accommodated, those with multiple wins in the preliminary games will be eligible to possibly receive a bye to semi-final round games--players with multiple wins not receiving byes will be seeded into the quarterfinal round games. The semi-finals will consist of four 4-player games, and the quarterfinals will consist of a variable number of 4-player games depending on the number of advancing heat winners, subtracting out any multiple heat winners with byes to the semi-finals.
The one change from last year involves expanding the bidding for seating position to the quarterfinal round games. As last year, players will use an Evo-style bidding system, bidding VPs (that will then be deducted from the winning bidder's final score) for preferred seats, with VP bidding in increments of 1/2 VP ranging up to 5 VP.
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These are the official rules for the 2007 WBC Puerto Rico tournament.
GETTING STARTED: There is no sign-up sheet for this event. Rather, players with games will set up at designated tables. The remaining players will select a card with a table number on it and go to that table. Your card is your voucher to play; please do not mark or write on them as they will be re-used. Each table will be provided with a scoresheet that you should start filling in once the Governor for the first turn is either randomly selected (that player's name and badge information should go in seat 1, then around to the left, etc). Please make sure to write players' names and badge numbers LEGIBLY on the scoresheet so that the appropriate player(s) will be credited with wins, seconds, etc.
PAIRINGS: All pairings in the preliminary heats will be at random. Players should not play with teammates, particularly if one of them has selected PRO as their team game. If you are randomly paired with a teammate or someone you prefer not to play with, you have the GM's blessing to simply switch off with another table.
SPECIAL OPTIONAL PAIRING RULE: All preliminary round games this year will be four-player games (in the event of an odd number, the remaining games will be three-player, NOT five-player). In the third preliminary round, any player that has drawn an indigo seat in both of the prior rounds and lost in both games can request a corn seat in the final preliminary round game. Similarly, although the statistics favor corn seats over indigo, any player that has lost two games with corn can request an indigo seat, and these requests will be honored. Furthermore, in the final preliminary round, we may pair some one-game winners together in order to ensure that an optimal number of one-game and two-game winners are available for advancement to the elimination rounds. Also, although it cannot be guaranteed, we will try to ensure that players face different opponents in their preliminary round encounters, keeping in mind that with 100+ players, it may not be possible to honor all requests in a timely manner.
WHEN YOU FINISH YOUR GAME: The rest of the information on the scoresheet should be completed at the end of play. The scoresheet will be used to track results and to compile statistics on the game.
All information, particularly players' names, badge numbers and final positions, should be LEGIBLE so that the appropriate result will be entered. Feel free to add any comments about the game on the back, and return completed scoresheets to the box labeled "Scoresheets" near the event kiosk. This is the only way you will receive credit for playing in the tournament. Games should be completed in two hours or less. If a game is running long, then players will be asked (usually with no less than 15 minutes before the end of the two-hour round) to complete one more turn and simply add up the scores as if the game had finished, regardless of the board position.
ADVANCING TO THE NEXT ROUND: Players are free to play in one, two, or all three preliminary round games. Advancement to the next round will use the mandatory tiebreakers adopted by the BPA for all MESE events, which are:
1. Win in first Heat entered
1—Number of seconds
ELIMINATION ROUND PLAY: This year, as in the past two years, there will be a quarterfinal round, a semi-final round and a four-player Final. All elimination round games will be four-player games. The top performers in the preliminary rounds will be offered byes into the semi-final game. In deciding the optimal number of players to be offered such byes, the first objective of the GM is to assure that (hopefully, like last year) all winners of at least one game advance to the quarterfinal round. A secondary objective will be to assure that as many two-game round winners advance with byes to the semis as possible. If not all two-game winners can be accommodated in this way, any multiple-game winners that play in the quarterfinals will be seeded into different games. Hence, the system rewards good play throughout all heats of the tournament and provides a little extra incentive for players who have won a game to continue playing for multiple wins and one of the coveted byes. The number of quarterfinal round games will depend upon the number of winners in the heats, excluding any multiple game winners who were offered and accepted byes. Any additional spots will be made available to those on the alternate list using the criteria outlined above. All quarterfinal game winners will advance to the semi-final round, as will the top second place finishers (i.e. those closest to winning, meaning that a loss on a tiebreak is better than losing by one point, losing by one is better than losing by two, etc.). An alternate list will be prepared in advance of both the quarterfinals and semi-finals and posted at the tournament kiosk; any player eligible to advance who cannot continue in the elimination rounds because of schedule conflicts is urged to notify the GM/assistant GM and/or post such information on the tournament kiosk.
The four winners of the second semi-final games will advance to play a four-player final, and the two closest runners-up in those games will be awarded fifth and sixth place (as well as being first and second alternates for the Final).
Ties among second-place finishers for advancement to the semi-finals and/or the fifth or sixth place plaques will be broken by:
1- Any prior head-to-head results among the tied players.
NEW FOR 2007--BIDDING FOR SEAT POSITION, STARTING WITH THE QUARTERFINALS: For 2007, starting with the quarterfinal round games and continuing in the semi-finals and Final game, we will use mandatory bidding for all four seats. It will work as follows: Each player will randomly draw a random plantation tile (using the trading house values) to determine who bids first. For bidding in the semi-final round games, anyone advancing with a second place finish in the quarterfinals must pick last at his/her table (and hence will be assigned the lowest valued plantation). Similarly, anyone advancing to the quarterfinal round games with fewer wins will be assigned lower valued plantations than those with more wins, who shall be assigned higher valued plantations and therefore be among the first to bid.
Going around in plantation order value (coffee goes first), each player will place a matching plantation tile on a bid value ranging from 0 to 5.0 VP (in increments of 0.5 VP) on a chart to be furnished by the GM. Bids may be zero but in all instances must be higher than any previous bids for a particular seat. Any player who has been outbid will have his/her marker removed and will, when his or her turn comes, bid again--either a higher value for the same seat or a different amount for another seat. A player whose bid is not topped by another bid does not get another bid -- instead the bidding goes around to the next player without a bid marker in play. The process continues until all players' bid markers are on a different seat, with the resulting bid representing the VP handicap to be assigned for that particular game. These VP handicaps will be noted at the top of the particular seat position (1, 2, 3 or 4) on the scoresheet above the player's name and will be subtracted from that player's VP total at the end of the game.
To assist players in determining choice of seats and an appropriate bidding range for each seat, consider the following statistics collected from 256 tournament games of four-player Puerto Rico played at WBC and EuroQuest events from 2002-2006:
Seat #1 (indigo): 42.25 scoring average, 56 wins (21.5%)
NOTE: Total wins equals 260 because of double winners in four games.
INDIVIDUAL GAME TIEBREAKERS: In the preliminary rounds, if two or more players are tied in points and in both doubloons and goods (a rules tiebreaker), then all such tied players will be awarded the tied position, be it first or second. Other players behind them do not move up a position, however. In all elimination round games (including the Final), a special tiebreaker (if still tied on doubloons plus goods) will be used: the tied player with the most colonists (including those in San Juan) will be awarded the higher position. If still tied, the tie shall be broken in favor of the player with the best result in the prior rounds' games (all wins counting equally). If still unresolved, the player who accepted the higher VP handicap will be awarded the position and, finally, if still tied, then go to a coin flip or random plantation draw.
RULES CLARIFICATIONS: The 2002 Rio Grande standard game rules (in English) will apply. The following serves to clarify some situations that might raise questions:
1. There is an error on the printed Guild Hall; the rules are correct—its bonus applies only to non-violet production buildings.
2. Use of a manned violet building (including the wharf) is always optional. If you opt to use the wharf, then you must ship all goods of the selected type, however. If you opt not to use the wharf, you must ship per the normal rules if an appropriate ship is available.
3. When order within in a phase or sub-phase is important (i.e., placement or movement of colonists in a Mayors' phase, or warehousing at the end of a Captain's phase), you start with the person who selected the mayor or captain and go clockwise around the table. Any player has the right to "call the order" during a Mayor phase.
NOTE: Anyone playing in the Final should expect that this will
be done in all Mayor phases in part because we will be keeping
track for a likely series replay. If this is the case, players
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4. Remember if one of the three game-end triggering events occurs, you play until the end of a complete round (which means until everyone has had an opportunity to select a character card and all phases triggered by those cards are completed).
5. VP chits are to be kept secret by turning them face down; all other items in the game are public.
6. If you are playing a four-player game, be sure to follow the Rio Grande Rules for four player games. When removing colonists, remember a four-player game has 21 fewer colonists in total, 20 less in supply but also one fewer on the ship (75 and 4 for a total of 79 versus 95 plus 5 in the five-player version). Similarly, there are 21 fewer colonists needed for a three-player game compared to a four-player game, and also remember to reduce the number of VP chits available depending on the number of players as stated in the rules.
7. If a player has an active harbor and a wharf, when shipping during the Captain's phase it is permissible for that player to ship a type of good to fill a regular ship (thus obtaining the harbor VP bonus) and then in a subsequent shipping round to load the remainder of that same type of good on the wharf (again obtaining the harbor VP bonus for the same type of good).
8. Finally, if the VP chits run out of the last turn, be sure to record the number of virtual VPs on paper and add them to the score of the appropriate players. Also, in the semi-final and final round games, please remember to subtract out the VPs bid to arrive at a player's final score for the game.
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updated 5/14/07 by kae.
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The British Journal of Photography (BJP) brings us yet another story of aggressive assertion of copyright wreaking harm on artists -- the very people it allegedly empowers. It concerns some photos in Getty Images' stock library that have chairs in them. Because a few of those chairs are "famous" in the sense that they were produced by a couple of designers that worked with the architect Le Corbusier, the heirs of those designers, together with the Le Corbusier Foundation, have sued Getty Images in France for copyright infringement -- and won:
"Basically, there are two notions of copyright going against each other in this particular case," says [the plaintiffs' lawyer] de Leusse. "Photographers' copyright, and the designers' rights. Very much like a photographer needs the authorisation of people featured in their photos before selling them, they also need the authorisation of the intellectual property rights' holders when it comes to works of art such as these objects."
That, of course, raises the question: when is a chair -- or any other object -- a work of art? Because the logic of the court's decision would seem to be that before you can take a photo of any "work of art", you must get permission from the rights holder -- but knowing when that is necessary is difficult.
Getty Images is apparently trying to push that problem on to its contributing photographers, judging by an email sent to them, and reported in the BJP article quoted above:
You are responsible under your agreements with us to submit only content for which you have the necessary rights. Using this case as an example, while you may hold a copyright in a particular image or clip, if it contains even a fraction of a Le Corbusier piece then you may not have all the necessary rights under French law to provide that content and therefore may be liable for copyright infringement under French law in respect of the furniture featured.
This ruling will surely lead to an escalation of claims in France against photographers for daring to "infringe" on the rights of someone by including "even a fraction" of an object in their photos -- perhaps unwittingly. Which, in its turn, will inevitably have a chilling effect on photographers' spontaneity and choice of subject-matter, as they try to avoid getting sued by shooting only the most generic of objects, and under tightly-controlled conditions.
And so, once again, the assertion of an intellectual monopoly will lead to an overall reduction in creativity, with both artists and society losing out -- exactly the opposite of what it is supposed to happen.
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Camden had a baseball game last night for the first time in 10 days! It was kind of a slow moving game, but we won by alot. We're going to be making up for the little baseball break we've had since there are F.O.U.R. games next week.
Here are a few pictures from the week that didn't make the blog cut first time around (this is for you, Brian).
Every year we have a new nest with first eggs then baby birds under our deck. Camden has been studying birds at school so we took a picture Tuesday night to send with him Wednesday for show and tell. We were shocked Wednesday morning to find that all the baby birds were dead! (Our first clue was one of the babies hanging upside down out of the nest.) At first we were worried that we caused it by getting close to them to take pictures, but when Brian took the nest down, he found two teeny tiny dead birds underneath the 3 bigger babies and thinks the mama bird wouldn't return to the nest because of that. Who knows! Camden and Rory didn't seem too traumatized by it all.


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Help with hurt pigeon!
I found a pigeon downtown today (December 3rd) that is missing a large amount of flesh from the back of his neck towards the top of his head, slightly bigger than a two dollar coin. I applied Polysporin to his wound and he seems to be in well enough shape, as he seems coherent and able to walk and preen, although he has not eaten or drank any water that I have seen. I am worried because as I stated, it is a rather deep wound so I am not sure if he will be able to fully heal. I cannot take him to any shelters in my area, as all of them have already admitted they will euthanize him, although they have yet to see his condition. I have not been able to locate any pigeon or wild bird recovery centres in my area (Hamilton, Ontario) unless they are a bird of prey.
Does anyone know where I can take him? Or what else I can do to help him heal? Any suggestions would be great..
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will the humian Soc. in your area take him?? I hope he will be ok! keep us posted. Thats really awsome that you took him in
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AHHHH They are a year old already!!!!
Thank you so much for giving this bird a second chance. I've noticed that in the wild, pigeons which are sick or injured are quickly finished off by the others :sad:.
Try this forum, people there have been really helpful to me in the past.
Don't get your hopes up; birds are extremely fragile. That being said, I have saved a few with terrible injuries. There's a wonderful bird rescue here in Quebec which treats pigeons with loving respect. I doubt if the humane society there has the expertise, even if they agreed to take it.
Good luck! Please keep us posted.
PS Give him something to perch on. The last fellow I had I kept in a big cat crate and I put a stick through the slots on each side for him to sit on.
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Thank You for taking this poor guy in! You're a birdie hero!
I hope you can find a place for the poor guy to go to!
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Skorpio,thank's for caring
I have a flock of about 30 Pigeons coming to my feeders and I love them.
If I find a wounded bird,I take it to our Humane Society(Oakville)they have an outdoor large cage for birds.
Often times though,I am sure they euthanize if the wound is too severe.
They are fragile,but it is possible he can survive,he could be in shock right now.
You can get some Pigeon-feed,I saw it at WalMart the other day,although "my"Pigeons eat good birdseeds and corn.
If you cannot find any place to take him,could you keep him warm and fed in a carrier.
It's possible he was attacked by a Hawk and something scared the Hawk away,I have Hawks going after the Pigeons here every day in the winter.
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If you live near Ottawa, there is a wild bird sanctuary that would take him:
sorry, just saw you're in Hamilton...but maybe if you called this centre they could direct you to someone closer to home?
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sometimes the bird sanctuary in ottawa will supply transportation. I'd say your pidgeon is in a bit of shock, keep him in a very very warm place, dry getting some water or pedialyte into him with a dropper, just touch his beak with it and he should open for you
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Thank-you for writing back to me!
I have been keeping him warm in my bathroom (warmest place in the apartment) and I have been consistently cleaning up after him, because he was throwing up all night.. I have also gently been keeping his wound clean and applying more Polysporin. It looks so much better today! And he is so much more active..
I do believe he was in some state of shock, and I also agree that it was most likely a larger bird trying to feed on him.. It would explain his loss of feathers and where he was injured, etcetera.
Today I am going to find something to make into a perch, and also I will stop at my local Walmart to see what seed they have available (I had fed him what unsalted grain & seed crackers I had around). I saw him drinking a nice amount of water and attempting to eat the crackers & seeds, so that's a good sign!
I will definitely still call as many places as I can to ask information and whether they will take him in.. I also have someone coming over tonight who knows a lot about taking care of injured animals.
I will let you all know more as it happens..
Sounds like thing are getting better!! Hope that it will continue to get better!! Awsome Birdie hero!!!
Mom To
Matt and Murphy- Born March 18/08
English Mastiffs.
AHHHH They are a year old already!!!!
skorpio,sounds good,he might very well make a full recovery
When a bird cannot fly,there are not many options,but a wound can heal and I hope it will.
I've had Squirrels losing a leg,losing a tail,many one-legged birds,they are amazingly resilient.
I am certain,when and if his wound heals and he can fly,you can let him go and he'll be fine.
Thank's for caring about this bird,most people think Pigeons are a pest,but not to me,I love all birds.
Please keep us posted.
Here are a few of "my"Pigeons..
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Having literally made somewhere in the neighborhood of 30,000 margin calls in a past life, we're worried about this one. For those who don't know, buying stocks on margin works a bit like a mortgage: you buy stock mostly with borrowed money. But if the value of your stocks goes down too much, and your equity in the stock gets too low, you get a margin call, informing you that you need to repay some of your loan or sell some of the stock.
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Made from 100% cotton, our baby bibs make the perfect gift for a baby and are suitable from newborn to 18 months. All of our garments are designed and hand printed in the UK.
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Your new baby bib can be machine washed up to 40°C and can be tumble dried at low heat, although we recommend that they are dried naturally to keep the print looking it's best. Please remember; always iron on the reverse side to avoid damaging the print.
Delivery Information
For orders placed before 2 pm, we aim to dispatch on the same day; orders placed after 2 pm will be dispatched on the next working day. Our free UK delivery services use Royal Mail 2nd Class parcel service, with an estimated delivery time of 3-5 working days, full details of all of our UK and international delivery services are available on our delivery page
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Please note All of our garments are hand printed to order, as a result colours may vary between prints - images are for illustration purposes only.


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A person cannot help noticing in many parts of this town, the culpable neglect of too many in allowing their yards and alleys to be filled full of filth of all kinds. In walking through a part of town rather unfrequented, the other day, we were surprised to see the neglect of the people. Around every stable and pig-sty, manure has been allowed to accumulate for the last year, until the amount is so great that it must result in consequences detrimental to health of those living in the neighborhood, unless soon removed. A dollar or two spent by those near by, in removing these accumulations from streets and alleys, may save them much sickness. Certainly, those inhaling the fumes from these filthy masses near their dwellings, for any length of time, must fall victims to disease in some form. Then, why not go about it at once, lest, as the warm weather comes and with it disease, you rue your neglect in this matter.
From the Urbana Union, June 13, 1854


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Welcome to the Nuremberg Christkindlesmarkt
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! The enticing smells of mulled wine and rum punch, roasted almonds, Nuremberg bratwurst and gingerbread fill the air. And it's not only tiny tots who will have their eyes all a-glow as the Nuremberg Christkind appears on the balcony of the Church of Our Lady to open the holiday season. Friday before the first Sunday in Advent is the day it all begins as she opens the world-famous Nuremberg Christkindlesmarkt.