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the achievements in this site annoy me everyday but everything else is cool
I'm annoyed that some people are so clueless, or they just don't give a damn.
smoke and mirrors
1. How people don't seem to ever respect employees working with customer service jobs and treat them like robots and garbage instead of people. It irritates me when I see workers being treated like trash by the customers.
2. How people can put on a 'mask' and do something that's obviously unethical/immoral that they would not otherwise do without the 'mask'. I encountered a homeless man with diabetes who had been walking down a mile-long stretch of road. Every single hotel he stopped at refused to let him use their restroom. I opened the door and let him use it. He was so thankful he offered to give me a few dollars but I made him keep his money.
3. How some people can be so cruelly indifferent and say stuff like 'that has nothing to do with me' to people who are under great stress (like a mother who has lost a son, a person who has contracted a terminal illness, etc.). One of my co-workers has been having terrible luck lately (got into a car accident, her son died, her savings account got stolen, etc.) and an audacious customer had the nerve to tell her that it has 'nothing to do with him' when she answered truthfully his question 'what is wrong with you?' and was in the process of making him the correct set of keys for his room since she inadvertently made key cards that didn't work.
4. How people insist on behaving like animals and use their intelligence to justify it rather than stop this sort of nonsense and use their intelligence to better themselves and others.
Basically, how most people have failed to even attempt to live by the one golden rule that they've been taught to live by: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Conjuring up the past is not remembering; it is replacing.
One word. HOMEWORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The False Truths Uttered, Always So. Of How "I Am Fine", Yes That's How It Goes.
People that deny the reality of things. Actually, I'm just very disappointed in these people.
My best friend is getting married and his future wife has gotten it in her head that she needs to be buddy buddy with me. The problem is we've got next to nothing in common and while I wouldn't say I like her I don't dislike her either. I approve of my friend's decision and I figure that should be good enough for her. But no, she needs to try and be my friend now.
I went to lunch with her today and it was about as awkward as you'd expect. I tried to explain that we will never be friends but she seems to think otherwise. It figures that one of the two people I really care for would decide to marry a twitchy spazz.
If I had a type it'd be you, fortunately I don't have a type so please stop.
last day of school work b4 the entire schools hoes swimming 4 1 week. english teacher makes us write a letter at least 1 page long while all other classes watch movies
You know that spot in your throat that itches, but then it makes your ears and kind of towards the back of your mouth itch? GOD I was so irritated at work all day.
-People assuming I'm alot younger than I really am
-Being sick
-Returning to school to find out that I have an essay due tomorrow, 4 pages of AP Chemistry due tomorrow, and a concert to play at.
[Enter life resembling quote here]
justin beiber is on the radio at all times and it isnt fun to workout to love song. Buttttttttttttttttttt finally. A eminem song comes on and blows beibers songs out of my head.
Im back. How was studyville you ask? Judging by that question, you should visit.
NightBlaze wrote:
One word. HOMEWORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:[ The reason I get 4 hours of sleep each night.
Time waits for no one.
Mirror-Image wrote:
-People assuming I'm alot younger than I really am.
But this is a good thing!
FA LA LA LA LA LA, LA LA *runs away*
carsarelittle wrote:
Mirror-Image wrote:
-People assuming I'm alot younger than I really am.
But this is a good thing!
I suppose, but not when I'm attending college part time and the other students assume I'm in middle school T.T
[Enter life resembling quote here]
Term papers.
Classmates not passing an open book exam.
Phone calls: Frequent
COD BO 2: Players with crappy team work.
COD BO 2: Constantly Freezing and frequent host migrations.
Life is full of shit but it's the delicious part that makes it worth it.
Being ignored. Actually this annoys me everyday.
What's up?


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Floating Market of Damnoen Saduak
Thailand© François Lambert, 1999-2005 seen: 41573 - votes: 627
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<---- Rivers, Canals and Klongs of Bangkok <- -> Small market near China Town----> To vote for this pictures, click-here
Floating Market of Damnoen Saduak
Floating markets were a big parts of the Thai life. 104 km of Stockholm, there is still such a mrket that is surviving with turim (from Thailand and abroad).
Thai women goes from one place to another with their boats and tries to sell what they have: pepper, fruits, food...
texte/traduction/Translation/Oversättning : François Lambert
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The deadline for Season Tickets Holders to renew their tickets is upon us, and if you don't act by tomorrow, December 1, you could miss out on a season to remember...
Last year Martin Rennie and his staff took over a team that had finished last in Major League Soccer. But in 2012, Rennie and his team led Vancouver Whitecaps FC into the playoffs. Martin proved that he is one of the best young coaches in North America having instant success with every team he has worked with. And now he has a year under his belt in MLS and will be better equipped to lead the squad to even greater heights.
The team also now has the experience of being at BC Place in a soccer specific stadium for over a year. So far BC Place has proved to be a fortress for our 'Caps who had an impressive home record of eight wins, six draws, and only three losses in 2012. Our fans can take a lot of credit for this!
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March 25, 1918 - August 28, 2013
Central Valley, NY
Lillian G. Baker, a lifelong resident of the area, passed away Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at Schervier Pavilion, Warwick, NY at the age of 95. Daughter of the late Dominick and Eliza Vitlo Nazzaro, she was born March 25, 1918 in Central Valley, NY. Lillian was the widow of Ronald D. Baker. She was a parishioner of St. Patrick's Church, Highland Mills, NY.
Survivors include her daughter, Diane R. Blachetta of Highland Mills, NY; her brothers: Donald Nazarro and Carmine Nazarro, both of Central Valley; her sisters: Jeanne Blanche and Ida Vigliotti, both of Highland Mills, and Lucille Shina of Central Valley; her grandson, Lawrence Cass of Port Jervis; six great grandchildren; three great great grandchildren; nieces and nephews. Lillian was predeceased by her brothers: Angelo, Phillip and Dominick Jr. and her sisters: Virginia Luhrs, Anna Paulitska and Betty Chauny and one predeceased grandson, Rob Charleston.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, August 30th, at Smith, Seaman & Quackenbush, Inc. Funeral Home, 117 Maple Avenue, Monroe. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 31st at St. Patrick's Church, 448 Route 32, Highland Mills, NY. Interment will follow in Cemetery of The Highlands, Highland Mills, NY.
Memorial donations may be made to Alzheimer's Association, 2 Jefferson Plaza, Suite 103, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601-4060.
Funeral arrangements made by Smith, Seaman & Quackenbush, Inc. Funeral Home, 845-782-8185 or www.ssqfuneralhome.com


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Saturday, November 8, 2008
Dutch Baby Pancakes
Why, oh why, didn't anyone tell me about Dutch babies earlier? I'm from New England, I grew up on popovers (actually, I think they're one of the first things I learned to bake, back in Home Ec. Do they still even have Home Ec?) and I love eggy things like this. I found this recipe on the Wholefoods website and made it for breakfast (lunch) today. It was so delicious. I bet it'd be good with fruit, but I just ate it how it was with powdered sugar on top. It kind of stuck to the pan but oh well. Mine was a lot puffier when I first took it out of the oven but delicious anyway.
Dutch Baby
2 T butter
4 eggs (room temp)
1/2 c rice flour mix
1/2 c milk
a pinch of salt
Preheat oven to 425. Place butter in a cast iron skillet and stick it in the oven while you whip up the batter. Combine eggs, rice flour mix, milk and salt in the blender or food processor and pulse for 30 seconds. Pour into hot pan with the melted butter, and bake for 20 minutes. Do not open the oven door until it's time to take it out or else it will fall! Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve immediately.
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This looks/sounds delightful! I'm thinking this blueberry compote I have a recipe for would just do the trick! YUMMY!ReplyDelete
I'm sure it would, but I haven't tried it so I can't say for sure! Let me know if it works for you.ReplyDelete
This is lovely! This recipe is the perfect ratio of ingredients to create CRAZY bubbles and craters in the Dutch Baby surface that are so much fun for kids to eat! I use 1/2 t. xanthan gum if using a GF flour blend without any. THANKS!ReplyDelete
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IvyStyle33's Clean White Inviting Space
The most inspiring homes to us? Yours. We love seeing the pictures of your homes on the Apartment Therapy LA Group Pool. Our latest inspiration? IvyStyle33's immaculate and beautifully photographed white space and her new blog, filled with beautiful photographs...
For more of her lovely style, check out her blog, BusyBee's Blog.
- living room
- living room
- living room
- delicate handcrafted sculptured
- office
- office detail
- living room area from above
- dining area
- a collection of wallpaper in white frames
- collections of cups, hung on an Ikea tree, and black and white photos, framed in blonde wood
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Turbidity assembly
Cleanfit CUA451
Retractable assembly for water, wastewater and utilities
Cleanfit CUA451 is a retractable assembly for all fields of turbidity and suspended solids measurements. It is equipped with a stop bolt, O-ring seals and a ball valve, enabling complete separation of process and sensor compartment. This allows you to access the sensor without interrupting the process or emptying the pipe or tank. Better still, benefit from increased process and operational safety and significantly reduced maintenance effort across the whole measuring point.
One assembly for all applications: The 'one for all' principle optimizes stockholding, speeds up project handling and simplifies life cycle management.
Easy and safe maintenance: Sensor service and cleaning without process interruption.
Robust design: Process pressure up to 10 bar (145 psi), manual operation up to 2 bar (29 psi).
Convenient and time-saving operation: Rinse-water connection allows cleaning without removing sensor from the process.
Field of application
The Cleanfit CUA451 is a retractable turbidity assembly for:
Wastewater treatment plants:
- Sludge in the recirculation line
- Sludge centrifuge monitoring
- Primary sludge and sludge treatment
Drinking and process water:
- Sludge treatment in water works
- Filter monitoring and filter backwash
- Monitoring of phase break processes
Filter monitoring and filter backwash
Utilities of all industries:
- Sludge treatment
- Recirculation lines
- Cooling water monitoring
Features and specifications
Documents / Manuals / Software
Accessories / Spare parts
Predecessor / Successor
Predecessor: CUA461


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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Christian Watford had only come off the bench once in his Indiana career.
It happened for a second time on Thursday night, and he embraced it. He scored 23 points to help the No. 1 Hoosiers beat Sam Houston State 99-45 in the Progressive Legends Classic.
Watford, a senior, had made just 33 percent of his shots in the team's first two games.
"I just think that what I'll say there is that we just wanted to make a little energy change," Indiana coach Tom Crean said. "He played with as much energy as anybody on the court tonight. It showed up in his numbers. I've got to believe he feels good about the way he played."
Watford said it was strange to come off the bench. He made all 10 of his free throws and had six rebounds and two steals.
"Once he (Crean) told me, ain't nothing you can do about it, just get ready to play," Watford said. "Just give 100 percent on both ends of the floor and everything will take care of itself."
Will Sheehey scored 18 points, Victor Oladipo had 14, Cody Zeller 13 and Jordan Hulls 10 for the Hoosiers (3-0), who shot 57 percent from the field and made 9 of 21 3-pointers.
Indiana beat the Bearkats in every possible way. About the only thing Crean could complain about was that the Hoosiers made just 30 of 44 free throws.
Indiana also routed its previous two opponents, defeating Bryant 97-54 and North Dakota State 87-61. It is the first time Indiana has won each its first three games by 25 or more points since the 1979-80 season.
The Hoosiers likely will get tougher tests when the Classic moves to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Indiana will play Georgia on Monday, then UCLA or Georgetown on Tuesday.
Paul Baxter scored nine points and Marquel McKinney had eight for Sam Houston State (1-2). The Bearkats pushed Arkansas before losing their opener 73-68 on the road but had nothing for the Hoosiers.
"I want to apologize for our performance tonight," Sam Houston State coach Jason Hooten said. "We're way better than that. We weren't very good tonight. I'm embarrassed by it. Not taking anything away from Indiana. They have a great team and they had a lot to do with our performance."
The only drama remaining at the end was whether Indiana would score 100 points. The home crowd booed as the Bearkats basically ran out the clock in the final seconds.
Two early 3-pointers by Hulls helped the Hoosiers shake off a bit of a slow start and take a 9-2 lead. Sam Houston State made one field goal in the first 6:30 of the game and fell behind 16-2.
Indiana hit 4 of 6 3-pointers early to take a 23-6 lead and force a Sam Houston State timeout.
Indiana pushed the lead to 30-10 before the Bearkats' Michael Holyfield, a 6-foot-11 center who was guarding Zeller, committed his third foul. Indiana took advantage inside, and Oladipo's powerful two-handed dunk down the middle of the lane pushed the lead to 36-13.
The Hoosiers reached 50 points on a three-point play by Zeller in the final minute of the first half and led 52-25 at the break. Watford led Indiana with 11 points in 11 minutes in the first half. The Hoosiers outscored the Bearkats 17-4 from the free-throw line before the break.
No Sam Houston State player scored more than five points in the first half. The Bearkats shot 32 percent before the break and committed 10 turnovers.
Indiana continued to roll in the second half. A beautiful no-look pass by Hulls from near halfcourt found Watford under the basket, and Watford converted the layup to give the Hoosiers a 64-29 lead. A putback one-handed jam by Zeller made it 66-30.
Hulls scored his 1,000th career point on a 3-pointer that gave the Hoosiers an 82-38 lead, and the home crowd gave him a standing ovation.
"That kid epitomizes what we're doing," Crean said. "He epitomizes Indiana basketball in so many ways, and I think people from the past can identify with him, and people in the future can look at Jordan Hulls and see what can happen when you play in this program and grow up really loving this program, but most importantly, he impacts our present."
An alley-oop pass from Maurice Creek and two-handed jam by Austin Etherington bumped Indiana's lead to 98-44.
Indiana held the Bearkats to 7-for-25 shooting in the second half. The constant defensive intensity has been a focal point for the Hoosiers.
"If we're going to get to where we want to go, we can't play 35 minutes," Hulls said. "We've got to play a full 40 minutes."


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My former colleague Dave Weigel has an interesting article about the influence of money — or lack thereof — on the outcome of the recent election. An extraordinary amount of money was spent by outside groups, especially on the Republican side, with little to show for it:
In the grand sweep of American politics, never has so much money been spent for so little gain. Up to $40 million of outside money was poured into Ohio to beat Brown. American Crossroads spent nearly $105 million on its campaigns nationally. Restore Our Future, the pro-Romney super PAC, spent nearly $143 million. Just those two groups, combined, spent more than the 2000 Rove-led presidential campaign of George W. Bush.
The difference: These guys lost. Both Restore Our Future and American Crossroads shoveled money into swing states and bluer "reach" states, trying to soften them up for Mitt Romney. "In the month of August," said Restore Our Future's Charlie Spies to reporter Andrew Kroll, "we were one of the key things keeping Mitt Romney afloat." It spent $21 million that month, in an attempt—don't say "coordinated"!—to keep Romney competitive while the candidate held back and raised money. It did keep the race close. But Romney lost all but one swing state, North Carolina. There's no electoral vote for "participation."
Down the ballot, the record was only slightly less atrocious. Look at the U.S. Senate races. American Crossroads spent $4 million in Florida, $2.7 million in Wisconsin, $1.8 million in Montana, more than $728,000 in Virginia, and nearly $500,000 in New Mexico. Only in Nebraska, where the group spent a late $1 million to destroy Bob Kerrey, did it get a return on its investment.
Because Republicans did so poorly, every independent group looks like a loser. The Chamber of Commerce bought ads for no-hope Senate races in Pennsylvania, Hawaii, and Florida. David Koch's Americans for Prosperity bought airtime throughout 2012, trying to make voters angry about the Solyndra scandal. Further down the ballot, in House races that can be served by small media markets, the super PACs did a little better. But in the afterglow of 2010, when Republicans won most of their close races, the conservative PACs wildly overestimated what they could do with TV.
I think this is especially true the closer it gets to the election. The ubiquity of campaign ads makes people numb, if not outright annoyed, and mutes the influence they will have. And the longer the campaign goes on, I suspect, the more immune the voters become to them. And the less they watch them. I found myself immediately changing the channel when a political ad came on and I bet a lot of you did too. So they may just be wasting their money on those ads, no matter how many focus groups say they respond to the theme or how clever the production values.
It may also be that the Obama campaign's focus on GOTV efforts is simply more effective. The Republicans couldn't come anywhere near matching the Obama campaign's ability to target specific voters in specific places.
But don't let this fool anyone into thinking that money doesn't matter and has no influence. The threat of untraceable outside spending is still very powerful for members of Congress — especially in the House, where a few million dollars can really hurt. Corporate money can buy influence not just on election day, but in the years in between them as well.


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Italy's top criminal court has scathingly faulted prosecutors for presenting a flawed and hastily constructed case against Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend, saying Monday it threw out their convictions for the 2007 murder of her British roommate in part because there was no proof they were at the crime scene.
The Court of Cassation issued its formal written explanation, as required by Italian law, for its March ruling vindicating the pair once and for all in the murder of Meredith Kercher, in the apartment the two women shared while students in Perugia, Italy.
The court wrote there was an "absolute lack of biological traces" of Knox, an American, or co-defendant Raffaele Sollecito in the room or on the victim's body. Slamming the quality of the prosecution's case, the court cited "blameworthy omissions of investigative activity."
Media clamor also was a factor in what was ultimately a flawed case, the high court concluded.
"The international spotlight on the case in fact resulted in the investigation undergoing a sudden acceleration, that, in the frantic search for one or more guilty parties to consign to international public opinion, certainly didn't help the search for substantial truth," the judges wrote.
The high court in March declared that Knox, now 28, and Sollecito, now 31, didn't murder the 21-year-old Kercher, a stronger exoneration than merely finding there was insufficient evidence to convict.
Had the Cassation Court upheld the 2014 appeals court convictions of the pair, Knox would have faced 28½ years in an Italian prison, assuming she would have been extradited from the United States, while Sollecito had faced 25 years.
Knox and Sollecito had served nearly four years in Italian prison after a first, lower court conviction by a Perugia court. (AP)
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The music director of the Minnesota Orchestra is threatening to quit until a musician lockout is resolved soon.
Osmo Vanska says he will resign as music director if the orchestra loses a prestigious concert at Carnegie Hall in November because of the ongoing lockout.
In a letter to the orchestra's board president and CEO, Vanska says he believes the orchestra needs to be playing by early September to be ready for the Carnegie appearance and a recording project scheduled this fall.
The Star Tribune reports this is Vanska's second plea to end the labor dispute. Last November, he said he was "desperately anxious" about the orchestra's future and he urged both sides to resolve their issues.
The musicians have been locked out for more than seven months.
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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced Tuesday that NY Works restoration projects are under way in Niagara Falls State Park, making much-needed improvements at the Three Sisters Islands and Luna Island viewing areas.
The NY Works program is investing $2 million for restorations at Three Sisters Islands, which include a new trolley shelter, expanded parking area, new pedestrian walkways and overlooks, enhanced landscaping, as well as new railings. Luna Island will receive $1.187 million in NY Works funding for new pedestrian walkways, overlook improvements, enhanced landscaping as well as new benches, light posts and railings.
"From the sandy beaches of Long Island to the breath-taking Niagara Falls, New York's 178 public parks are truly a state treasure, providing our residents and visitors from around the world a place to experience nature and the beauty of New York state," Cuomo said. "The NY Works program has taken the lead in investing in our state parks, so we can preserve these treasures for future generations and continue to provide all New Yorkers with a place to enjoy the great outdoors. With these investments in Niagara Falls State Park, the many visitors who come each year to see the falls will have a much improved experience as they take in the beauty of one of America's most iconic natural wonders."
Rose Harvey, commissioner of the New York State Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation, said, "These projects will enhance our visitors' experience at Niagara Falls State Park. Both of these locations are very popular vantage points in which patrons can get up close and personal with the falls and the mighty rapids of the Niagara River. The work will not only beautify these locations, but make them more accessible for all of our guests. I want to thank all of our patrons for their patience as we work to finish this project as soon as possible and look forward to welcoming them back to the sites when the work is complete."
These projects represent the second round of a multi-year, $25 million commitment to restoring Niagara Falls State Park, the nation's oldest state park. Funding for the Niagara Falls park revitalization initiative will come primarily from money from the Niagara River Greenway funded by the New York Power Authority under commitments made by the authority in 2005 as part of its relicensing process for the Niagara Power Project hydroelectric dam. State Parks will consult with the Niagara River Greenway Commission on the projects.
Work at the Schoellkopf Overlook and Discovery Center, which began in December 2011, is wrapping up later this year and is also funded through this source.
The improvements announced Tuesday are outlined in a comprehensive landscape improvement plan developed this year to restore the most heavily used areas of Niagara Falls State Park, including its primary viewing points, walking trails, historic buildings, and plantings. All landscape improvement projects will be consistent with illustrious park planner Frederick Law Olmsted's original vision for the park.
Scott Lawn Yard of Sanborn will be the contractor on the Three Sisters Island projects, and Mark Cerrone Inc. of Niagara Falls will be the contractor on the work done at Luna Island. Both projects are expected to be completed within a year, and the sites will be closed to the public during various stages of construction.
State Sen. George D. Maziarz said, "Luna and Three Sisters Islands are major tourism draws for this region and are visited by millions of people each year. This funding provides the much-needed restoration to these historic park locations, while restoring the historic Olmsted vision in the process. Furthermore, I am pleased that the restorations will be done by local companies here in Niagara County through Governor Cuomo's NY Works Initiative Program. These restorations will go a long way to provide all visitors and residents a wonderful experience in visiting Niagara Falls."
Assemblyman John D. Ceretto said, "Today is a great day for Niagara Falls. Just over a year ago, I met with Parks Commissioner Rose Harvey to address concerns over the conditions of Niagara Falls State Park. Less than a year later, Governor Cuomo made a $25 million investment in our parks. These capital improvements will make our state park a better destination for the millions of tourists who visit Niagara Falls each and every year."
City of Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster said, "Niagara Falls is an international tourism touchstone delicately set in our nation's oldest state park. It's of critical importance that we act as stewards of the Frederick Law Olmsted vision while maintaining the park and preserving the integrity of this incredible natural waterfall. We sincerely appreciate the strong support of New York state in making these upgrades and improvements, which will enhance the falls experience for our millions of visitors."
The NY Works program is tasked with coordinating $1.3 billion in state funding to spur up to $25 billion in investment from other sources, including private companies, the federal government, and authorities, to allow major projects to move forward that will create jobs and improve the state's infrastructure. NY Works will provide $89 million statewide, leveraging $143 million in total funding to rehabilitate dozens of state parks and historic sites, representing the single largest infusion in history of capital dollars for New York's park system.
Listed on the State and National Register of Historic Places, Niagara Falls State Park attracts more than 8 million visitors a year. The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation oversees 178 state parks and 35 historic sites.
For more information on any of these recreation areas, call 518-474-0456 or visit www.nysparks.com, connect on Facebook, or follow on Twitter.


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A friend of mine was reading a book about the fourth dimension and was having a hard time visualizing hypercubes (specifically, the 4D instance of a hypercube, which mathematicians call a tesseract), so I wrote a program so he could play with one interactively.
The user can rotate around the hypercube, or perform direct-manipulation rotations in 4D.
For a 4D rotation, the 3D vector described by the dragging of the mouse in the plane of the screen combined with the 4D unit vector (0 0 0 1) specify two basis vectors of a four-dimensional plane of rotation.
This is a lot more intuitive than a set of sliders.
Before I show an example of the 4D rotation, wrap your head around this simple 3D rotation of a regular old cube.
In the above sequence, the red square is the back face of the cube. It's smaller than the other squares because it's farther away from the viewer. As it the cube rotates around 90 degrees, the red square becomes a trapezoid.
Here's the hypercube. Instead of a bunch of squares connected together, it's a bunch of cubes all fused into a big weird mess.
The red cube is smaller than the others because it's farther away from the viewer, four-dimensionally. The red cube sits exactly in the center of the hypercube.
Now the hypercube is rotated through the fourth dimension. Throughout this sequence, the mouse is being dragged a little bit down and mostly to the right. Essentially it's like grabbing the front of the hypercube and spinning it, only in 4D.
At this point, the red cube is about to be pushed through the left wall of the hypercube.
As the red cube rotates around toward you through the fourth dimension, it becomes trapezoidal.
If I kept rotating the red cube around, it would eventually stretch out around to the "outside" of the hypercube and everything would look red. This is analagous to what would happen in the first sequence with the cube if the red square was rotated completely around to the front.
The transparent walls of the hypercube are drawn in such a way that they become slightly less transparent as they are angled edge-on to the camera. This approximates a thick-walled surface and some kind of Fresnel effect that real glass has, which I don't exactly understand.


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Stephanie's Art Collection
Name: Stephanie Adamowicz
Location: West Village — New York, New York
I live in a 450 square foot studio in a walk-up building in the West Village in Manhattan, New York. I work for two art dealers at a gallery on the Upper East Side, and advise young and new collectors, curate exhibitions, and write All Art is Contemporary in my spare time, so I am constantly looking at artistic and aesthetic objects — whether they are painting, photography, sculpture, or furniture in galleries, museums, private collections, or public art. This line of work invariably turns you into a collector, which means that small spaces are extremely challenging!
My aesthetic is very much an evolving subject that is influenced by what I see on a daily basis, as well as my European background, and my love for travel. I am frequently drawn to conceptual artwork or art that makes art historical, historical, or literary references, while staying contemporary and relevant to the present. As a result, my apartment is a mix of old and new, historical and contemporary, refurbished and new. My art collection has 17th century drawings in gilded frames and antique woodblock prints in modern frames mixed in with contemporary works such as a lenticular hologram-like work and sculpture of books by Gareth Long, a watercolor study by Mark Barrow, and a photograph by Sharon Core. My most recent acquisition is a photograph by Rachel Bee Porter that I cannot wait to get framed!
My passion for art has also led to a rather eclectic decorating style. Most of the furniture is in a neutral palette so as to let the art stand out. I have some contemporary, clean, simple pieces like my couch or dresser, which I have mixed with a vintage barn wood dining table/desk from the Brooklyn flea market, a Moroccan-style low side table, and a lucite console. I also recently purchased a 19th century French settee from an antiques dealer in California that is in the process of being refinished. The upholstery has been replaced, and I am slowly working on rediscovering the original color of the wood under an unfortunate layer of gold paint. In the meantime, a shawl from India that a friend just sent me is acting as a throw and is nicely offsetting the gold color.
One of the first things that I tell my art advising clients is to buy what they love. As a guiding philosophy, I've tried to slowly acquire furniture that I really like rather than buying it all at once. So at this stage of my life, I am still putting together my home and figuring out what it is that appeals to me most. Also like art, you won't love everything that you buy today in 20 years, but you hope that as you mature you figure out what it is that speaks to you and makes you most comfortable.
Thanks Stephanie!
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October, in Savannah, is the month to "Paint the Town Pink"- an annual joint effort of the Savannah Morning News and the Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion at St. Joseph's/Candler to raise awareness of breast cancer research, treatment, early detection and prevention. In support of this effort, lots of things, including the newspaper, have gone pink.
As a woman and a bird watcher, I've been wondering how to get with the program. I do get my annual mammogram and I contribute to fundraising walks, but is there a way for us bird lovers to do a bit more? I don't think that painting our great and snowy egrets pink would do the trick. We could decorate the town with plastic pink flamingos, but that would likely upset the Historic Review Board.
Lucky for us, there is an already-pink bird among us. This year, roseate spoonbills have been reported from the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, on the Vernon River, on Wilmington, Skidaway and Dutch Islands, and along U.S. 17 headed to Hardeeville. We are not just talking single birds. Folks are seeing two, four, 10, 20 or even more than 100 roseate spoonbills foraging in the marshes, creeks and wetlands, with the largest numbers around Brunswick and Jekyll Island.
Considered very common in the Southeast until the 1860s, roseate spoonbills were nearly wiped out by plume hunters who sold their lovely pink feathers for ladies' hats and fans. With the founding of the Audubon Society in the late 1800s and the creation of the first National Wildlife Refuge at Pelican Island in 1903, plume hunting was eventually outlawed and the heron, egret and spoonbill populations began to slowly rebound.
While there are six species of spoonbill worldwide, only our New World species is pink. Generally, the older the spoonbill, the pinker it is, although diet can
also play a part in feather color. Spoonbills use their distinctive spatulate beak to filter feed on algae, shrimp, small fish, aquatic insects, crayfish, slugs and some plant material. Shrimp and the algae contain carotenoids that can intensify the pink feather colors. During breeding season, the top edges of the spoonbill wings darken to deep carmine red, as do their legs. Adult roseate spoonbills have featherless greenish heads and startling red eyes. Juvenile birds are paler, lack the dark pink fringe on their wings and have feathered heads. Most of the spoonbills in our area appear to be young birds ranging north after the end of breeding season.
Gen Anderson, bird and mammal coordinator at the Alligator Farm in St. Augustine, site of a large wading bird rookery, reports that the spoonbills lounged there for a decade. Finally, in 2010, four pairs nested and fledged 12 chicks. The numbers increased in 2011 to 16 nests with 36 chicks. In 2012, Tropical Storms Beryl and Debby disrupted what looked like a promising year. Gen also reported that the spoonbill colonies in the Everglades have suffered many nest failures over the past several years. There are active colonies in the Tampa area, but the birds seem to be moving north in search of new nest sites.
In June 2011, Tim Keyes, biologist with the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, reported the first documented Georgia spoonbill nest with chicks at St. Mary's airport. I expect that it is only a matter of time before this beautiful species, like the wood storks before it, settles in to breed along the entire length of the Georgia coast.
So, for the bird lovers among us, I suggest another way to "think pink." We can be inspired by a once-threatened species that has made a comeback. We can work to protect and maintain our vital wetland habitats. We can also let the spoonbill's vibrant pinkness remind us to get a mammogram, write a check, or speak an encouraging word to a friend undergoing cancer treatment. Good health and good birding!
Bird enthusiast Diana Churchill can be reached via email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I couldn't figure out a way to post it directly here in my thread, but it's a youtube clip of some kid playing a game of Yu-Gi-Oh.
Now to make this little experiment of mine work, I need you to watch the video without reading any comments what so ever, and come back here to finish the read after. Below this paragraph I have posted the link It's a youtube video, don't worry.
Now scroll down and write your comment on this video, DON'T POST IT YET.
After you've written down your comment, scroll back up and finish reading this thread, and leave a comment standing clearly AFTER your first comment. It's essential that you do not change or edit your first impression for this to work.
The title of the video says "THE MOST SERIOUS YUGIOH DUELIST IN THE WORLD"
and yesterday as top comment, User mrchriss commented "He's different, lets laugh at him."
which kind of reminded me of how pathetic such a video really is. Framing someone for being passionate about his or hers hobby, but after reading the comment I could honestly not tell if the outcome of my impression would have been different had I been left without anyone to point out this immature behaviour as displayed in the video and the existence of the video it self.
This is entirely based off of curiousity, so I expect you to be honest if you wish to "participate"
It's up to you from here on.
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He was really into it, his hand gestures were making me laugh.
I think it all depends why people posted it, the video did make me laugh a bit but not in a bad way. I think if people are laughing because of the way he looks or because he's nerdy it's not cool. As for the behaviour in the video the kid that was playing him looked as though he was trying not to laugh but that can be hard if you find something funny, I don't think his friends should of highlighted it though and they could of easily turned away or something instead of laughing in his face.
think his friends should of highlighted it though and they could of easily turned away or something instead of laughing in his face.
Yeah well it's the perfect example of peer pressure and bullying, even though they were attending the very same thing.
I guess it differs as to how you see it, but from where I stand, the title and the content it self suggests a nasty immature behavior.
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kids having fun. nothing wrong with that.
Evil and Good are subjective.Chaotic Neutral FTW!
I swear there's a good proverb that I could use here to make me sound proper intelligent. They're all just as sad as each other rofl
At least he's good enough at something to be a champion. Good for him.
*heavy breathing*
i commented "oh wow" without editing it, because i would never be able to do this in public.
I think the top comment in youtube has it right, this guy IS The Pussy Destroyer.
Frankly that's really not all that bad, I thought he would go into overly dramatic mode like he was in the show or something.
Anybody that says "He's different, lets makes fun of him!" is the real loser.
I don't care what other people think, if that makes him happy and doesn't hurt anybody why should he stop?
People who laugh at him are losers, they are at the same place, doing the same thing and laughing at someone just because he likes to play? Society is a bitch
i'm not just a kon I'm a sir, and also Kon
Revolver Dogelot
Other than the part at the end where he opened his hand and pointed at the guy there really wasn't anything bad here. He was just showing his cards, calling what they did, then declaring his actions. At a professional tournament it really can't possibly be that odd.
I used to go to professional gaming tournaments for things like Warhammer 40k and so on and you were pretty much expected to do everything this guy did minus some of the hand gestures. If you didn't a rules lawyer would fly out of nowhere and be all over you like white on rice making you explain literally every action you just took.
Just call me.... Revolver. Revolver Doge.
Anybody that says "He's different, lets makes fun of him!" is the real loser.
Was an ironic remark to point out the stupidity of the video it self...
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How do I feel about The World's Most Serious Yu-gi-oh player?
Nothing Wrong with acting out like a character from the show... I mean you are already playing the game might as well pretend to be a character. If I still played I bet he would be a really fun opponent. (The glasses... he would make a good Weveil.)


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Media conglomerate and Dow-30 component Walt Disney (DIS – Free Walt Disney stock report) has reported third-quarter results (fiscal year ends September 30th). Share earnings, excluding restructuring impairments, advanced 2%, to $1.03 a share, (merely two pennies short of our estimate), but net income was virtually flat year over year. Revenues, on the other hand, grew 4% during the interim.
Once again, Disney's Parks & Resorts and Media Networks posted the strongest gains for the June quarter. The Consumer Products division also contributed nicely. This helped offset softness at the Studio Entertainment division and Interactive segment (which remained in the red this year).
Last year's hefty investment in Parks & Resorts continued to bear fruit. Higher attendance and increased guest spending (with the help of rising ticket and food prices) boosted totals. Operating income advanced 9% during the period.
Even with higher operating expenses (due to programming and production costs), increased affiliate revenues and better advertising sales (to a lesser extent) spurred results at its Cable Networks. And ESPN helped drive totals. These gains overshadowed softness at its Broadcasting arm and helped Media Networks register an 8% profit advance.
Profits at its Studios fell 36% from a year earlier. Even with the success of Iron Man 3 and Monsters University, Disney registered soft comparisons to the 2012 summer blockbuster The Avengers. Likewise, pre-release marketing costs for The Lone Ranger (which will probably not be recouped in the coming quarter), also weighed on margins.
Better merchandising and licensing revenues lifted its Consumer Products segment. The third quarter included the distribution of its recently-added Star Wars brand. Plus, higher online and comparable-store sales helped retail results.
Looking ahead, we think the Mickey Mouse brand is well positioned for the long haul. Management will likely continue to leverage its content library. Plus, it should keep investing in mobile media, and joint ventures with other distributors (i.e., Hulu) ought to help it maintain a competitive market position. And, in the near term, stock buybacks will probably bolster per-share comparisons.
Even though The Lone Ranger's box office shortfall will likely hurt Studio Entertainment totals in the fourth quarter, this should be partly offset by Disney's other summer releases. Further, we anticipate healthy gains from its Media Networks and Parks & Resorts to enable the conglomerate to end fiscal 2013 on a strong footing.
All told, we are shaving a dime from our full-year fiscal 2013 bottom-line estimate, but we still look for profits to climb 5%-10%, to $3.40. DIS stock was down a bit in pre-market trading on the earnings report.
About The Company: The Walt Disney Company operates Media Networks such as ABC and ESPN, and Studio Entertainment. Its world famous parks and resorts include Disneyland, Walt Disney World (Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and Disney's Hollywood Studios), while the company earns royalties from Tokyo Disneyland and manages Disneyland Resort Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland. It also operates a cruise line and Consumer Products and Interactive Media segments. ABC was acquired in February, 1996, Pixar in May, 2006, and Marvel in December, 2009.
At the time of this article's writing, the author did not have positions in any of the companies mentioned.


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While listening to the call of the grounder going right through the wickets formerly known as Louie V (call him Louie Wickets) and the subsequent HR by Adam Lind, I could only shake my head and say to myself, "ah…2010 Indians' baseball." Losing them this way, losing them that way – it's going to be coming at us from all directions this year, so we might as well grab a drink and do something that is always a good idea when drinking – throw some tomahawks…
Back in 2007, when The Fist of Iron and the Fist of Steel resided the Indians' bullpen (don't ever call them Raffy Left, etc. unless you're devoid of an ounce of originality), another nickname for the left-handed portion of the Fists once made the rounds. Rafael Perez was known (perhaps only to me) as The Scarecrow, with
some hack even writing
that "with his tall, slender build, long arms and legs always akimbo, and his hat pulled down low, it always remind me of a Scarecrow on the mound when Perez goes into his wind-up as Perez guards a Tribe lead like any good Scarecrow guards a field."
While I'm not sure how the Wicked Witch of the West appeared on the North Coast, it would seem that The Scarecrow has been exposed to fire and, with his propensity to carry a gasoline can in from the bullpen with him these days, the straw is dwindling before our very eyes.
You know the ugliness (7.36 ERA, 2.87 WHIP, 1.146 OPS against in 2010) and you know that the situation hasn't improved from his nightmarish 2009 season (7.31 ERA, 1.90 WHIP, .899 OPS against) , to the point that his earned run total since the beginning of the 2009 season exceeds his strikeout total.
Think about that – Perez has allowed more earned runs (45) in his last 64 games than he has struck people out (37)…yes, more ER than K from the beginning of 2009 to today. Long gone is the dominant reliever who, from 2006 to 2008 posted a 2.89 ERA with a 1.08 WHIP, striking out more than a hitter per inning pitched. Despite the positive reports from the Winter (why is this a theme?) and the intimation that he was pitching so well in Winter League ball that they might consider making him a starter again at some point, the train has gone off of the tracks and (given the nature of relief pitchers) is unlikely to find itself back on them.
What is to be done with Rafael Perez, one of the poster children for how things can fall so far, so quickly for Indians' players over the past 3 years?
Unless the Indians REALLY think that he's still a reclamation project (he isn't) and because he's out of options, the only choice that the Indians have is to outright him off of the 25-man roster, expose him to the waiver wire, and hope that he clears so he can be sent down to the Minors. Whether a trip to the Minors will benefit him at this point is anyone's guess (as is the notion that some team will look past the last year and a half of his performance and claim him), but the Indians have zero confidence in Perez (and rightfully so) and should start moving some pieces and parts around in the bullpen to see if they can find, ironically enough, what they did in Perez in 2006 – a modest pitching prospect who can effectively contribute for a couple of years in the bullpen.
Is that guy
Josh Tomlin
or Yohan Pino?
Who knows, but the carousel is about to start in the bullpen, with Saul Rivera having an out clause in his contract if he isn't on the MLB roster by May 15th and with Kerry Wood's rehab assignments continuing in earnest.
Given that we have already seen Hector Ambriz come up to replace Joe Smith, and he has looked decent in his brief time with the team, you're about to see that I-71 Shuffle begin amongst the middle relief pitchers to see who can throw up some scoreless innings. Most of the current relievers can lay claim to some success (except The Scarecrow) as Jamey Wright's stranded all 12 stranded runners that he's inherited and Lewis and Laffey have shown promise, if not consistency. Short of anyone not named C.F. Perez (who has given up earned runs in 1 of his 11 outings…you notice the "earned" designation) and Tony Sipp, I'm fine with moving some of these pieces and parts around in the bullpen to see if the Indians can find some of that lightning in a bottle that every other team in MLB seems to find in their crawlspace.
Wherever that lightning is coming from, the Indians shouldn't be reticent to make some moves and the first move needs to be taking The Scarecrow out of the field before the fire spreads.
This little "prediction" was written at the beginning of April as
part of my convoluted "Season Preview"
where the crystal ball may have actually had some clarity:
May 22nd vs. Cincinnati Reds
The widespread roster machinations continue as Luis Valbuena, being used increasingly in recent weeks in a platoon with Mark Grudzielanek at 2B, is sent to Columbus after failing to get to three groundballs induced by Jake Westbrook in a 7-4 loss to the Reds. After the game, manager Manny Acta proclaims that, "with as many groundball pitchers as we have on this staff, failing to get to those balls is inexcusable and Luis knows better than that". To replace him at 2B, Jason Donald is called up as he is scorching AAA pitching for Columbus while providing stellar infield defense for the Clippers. Donald begins to play everyday for the Indians at 2B after his call-up, posting average numbers at the plate but combining with Asdrubal Cabrera to provide an airtight middle of the infield defense that improves the "luck" of the groundball starters dramatically. The move of Valbuena to AAA and Donald to MLB is one that will remain in place until Valbuena ascends after rosters expand in September as he prepares to assume his role as Future Utility Infielder with Donald using the opportunity in 2010 to cement his place as the Indians' 2B.
Maybe the quote wasn't there from Acta after Wednesday's debacle and I'm not sure that you make a move simply because of one play (Louis V had the double in the 8th to make it a 2-run game), but this move is coming and it is not far off…
While I'm not one to subscribe to the notion that one can't drink clear liquor from Labor Day to Memorial Day, I often find that my preferences in beer do vary wildly by the season. That is, a light wheat beer certainly doesn't play as well against the Winter wind the way that a hearty stout does…and vice versa. Call it Drinking by Season, or whatever you want to, but the fact that most beer labels have developed a full "seasonal" line lends some credence to this idea. Of course, the High Life remains in steady rotation throughout, but the idea that I like to hang with a particular beer for a season is a practice that I find to be more than enjoyable.
That being said, with Memorial Day (and Carlos Santana) fast approaching, it's time to start narrowing down the Beer of the Summer for 2010. Realizing that some past winners (312 by Goose Island, Blonde Bombshell by Indigo Imp, Pale Ale by Bell's) are not eligible for inclusion in the running, it's time to ask for some suggestions.
Generally, the rules are that I won't go with a seasonal offering from a brewery because of the variance that will go from year to year (Christmas Ale, 2009 – Tremendous; Christmas Ale 2010 – Not So Much) and don't even THINK about including a beer brewed by a large brewery (even if it is done in an underhanded way, like Blue Moon is) or anything that is coming out of a certain Boston brewery as I have my feelings about Boston that prevent me from drinking anything brewed there.
The leader in the clubhouse is another Bell's Brewery offering, Third Coast Beer, that I just had at the local Winking Lizard (though I have yet to find it on the shelves anywhere) and I've ruled out Holy Moses from GLBC because of the fruitiness. Also, all of the Dogfish Head IPA's have been ruled out due to the way my head feels the next day after drinking more than 3 or 4…same with Stone's Levitation Ale. I like the Southern Tier Phin & Matt's (plus, I've been to that brewery), though I can't find that on the shelves anywhere either…which is another prerequisite.
So, let's hear it…if I'm going to be watching this Indians' team all summer I'm going to need to be sufficiently lubricated to do so.
While it was written a while ago, I thought that the recent uptick in Lou Marson's performance (his OPS over the last 6 games that he has started is 1.049) merited a mention for
a piece by Ken Rosenthal
as he explained why the A's Kurt Suzuki won't end up in Boston:
So, why won't Suzuki be in Boston by July 31?
Because A's general manager Billy Beane would want an even better package for Suzuki, who is under club control for three-plus seasons, than the Red Sox traded for Victor Martinez, who was under control for one-plus.
The Sox parted with pitchers Justin Masterson, Nick Hagadone and Bryan Price for Martinez, and they actually had leverage over the Indians, who needed to clear payroll.
They would possess no such leverage over the A's.
Suzuki is a better all-around player and more valuable asset than Martinez was last July. The A's are capable of carrying him through his early years of arbitration. At least for the moment, they lead the AL West.
The Red Sox will need to target other catchers.
Lots of little nuggets in those 129 words, what with the "leverage over the Indians, who needed to clear payroll", that the Indians are looking to move Vic to 1B (where he is decidedly less valuable,
if you remember
), right down to the idea that the "Red Sox will need to target other catchers". Also interesting that the rest of the piece focuses on Steve Strasburg being in the Minors because of Super 2 concerns, which brings us back to the idea that the Indians may be sitting on some MLB catching depth in June because of the imminent arrival of Carlos Santana, who will ostensibly relegate Marson to AAA.
Just to take this a step further, on March 23rd of last year, Nick Cafardo wrote this in
a story about the Red Sox looking for a defensively-minded young catcher
The Phillies have been talking to the Sox about prospect Lou Marson, but the price tag seems to be Buchholz or Daniel Bard and the Sox aren't going there.
Starting to connect the dots?
While the idea that the Phillies' price tag was Buchholz or Bard (putting Marson's value prior to the 2009 season into context, but also perhaps the reason that Marson was included in the Lee deal), wouldn't it stand to reason that Marson would remain on the Red Sox radar?
The price tag probably would come down precipitously, but don't be surprised in Marson is the latest in a suddenly long line of catchers to make their way from Cleveland to Boston (Bard, Victor) or vice versa (Shoppach).
Speaking of Boston, momentum is growing in Beantown for the Red Sox to limit the playing time or even cut ties with a rapidly declining Big Papi, for
reasons laid out here by Craig Calcaterra
, if you're not aware of the situation.
In hearing this (the idea that the Red Sox should SERIOUSLY consider getting rid of Ortiz), I thought it would be interesting to lay down some numbers:
David Ortiz – 2010
.171 BA / .266 OBP / .414 SLG / .680 OPS with 5 2B and 4 HR in 79 plate appearances
Travis Hafner – 2010
.213 BA / .310 OBP / .363 SLG / .692 OPS with 3 2B and 3 HR in 97 plate appearances
David Ortiz – 2009
.238 BA / .332 OBP / .462 SLG / .794 OPS with 35 2B and 28 HR in 627 plate appearances
Travis Hafner – 2009
.272 BA / .355 OBP / .470 SLG / .826 OPS with 19 2B and 16 HR in 338 plate appearances
David Ortiz
Owed $12.5M in 2010 with $12.5M club option for 2011 (no buyout)
Travis Hafner
Owed $11.5M in 2010, $13M in 2011, $13M in 2012 with $13M club option for 2013 ($2.75M buyout)
Lest you think that this path being suggested for the Red Sox (that they're unlikely to follow) applies to the Indians' similar struggles with their rapidly declining DH, that would be $12.5M still owed to Ortiz and $40.25M still owed to Hafner, counting this year in both cases. Hafner's here, for better or worse, for the next couple of years (at least), which is why the company line is toed so often in that he's going to return. GM-in-waiting
Chris Antonetti recently said this to AC
The primary issue is just getting him going. He still has all the ingredients of what we saw at the end of Spring Training. He was certainly locked in for a couple weeks, and we just need to get him back to that point. It's still really early in the season, and there's a lot of time to get him on track.
They're still optimistic because they NEED to be optimistic. Whether they truly believe that a successful Hafner is somewhere in there, just waiting to break out is a completely different story.
Finally, a quick reminder that I'll be up in the Tribe Social Deck for the Friday night game, so if you're a glutton for punishment like I am (or aren't aware that the Cavs are playing at 7 PM on Friday as well), pop your head in to say hello.
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1. Ask Friends and Peers for Recommendations
- Where do other happy and highly satisfied business owners, friends or peers do their banking?
- Is the service staff knowledgeable, attentive and skilled?
- Does their banker proactively suggest ways to potentially build assets like your checking account balance, protect their cash and design the best loan solutions?
- Do they know a banker who listens well, has experience and knowledge they willingly share, who takes the time to design cash management and debt solutions that are best suited to help meet their clients' needs?
- Do they design cash management and debt solutions that are best suited to their needs?
2. Check out their Website
- Does the bank have a broad enough set of products to meet an array of your needs?
- Does the bank make its financial information easily accessible? Public companies have to provide information quarterly and annually. Did the bank make money?
- How did the bank perform last year?
3. What Are They Offering Beyond Price?
Some banks use teaser rates to attract new customers but charge more for common services. What do you want to know besides price? Here are some questions to ask:
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- Does the bank have many customers like me?
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- Do small business owners have access to a dedicated business banker who will bring them ideas and meet with them in person?
There are plenty of convenience bankers who meet the basic needs of consumers and busy business owners. Find a professional banker who brings you ideas, proposes solutions and who deeply understands you, your business and the industry. Make your banker work for you and set high expectations. A banker should earn your business and keep it by providing high quality service and products you need in a way that suits you best. Do you think a banker who listens well, understands your industry and individual goals, and who has the time to meet in person makes a difference in helping you achieve your goals? What other service skills are important to you from your banker?
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General Care Projects in Fiji by Gwen Coe
BULA! I'm Gwen Coe, 18 years old. I had to leave school early last year and I looked for something else to do. Lucky for me, I had 'Google' on my side and he was considerate enough to inform me about Projects Abroad! Something seemed to click automatically with the organization and I began looking at what placements they had to offer and which countries.
At the moment of applying, I really only chose Fiji because it was the furthest possible piece of land away from Scotland that I could get too! It was also one of the countries that offered a placement which let you work with kids who have special needs. The islands themselves are obviously also absolutely breathtaking and I got very excited about knowing that I would soon be able to call this paradise, home!
The next 6 months dragged by so unbelievably slowly it was almost unbearable. I had daily questions for the Fiji Assistant Manager, who was brilliant! She never got tired of my enthusiastic enquiries and questions! The support I got before going on my placement was 110%. As the days to departure grew close I packed my bags, putting in a few Scottish gifts for my school and host family and before I knew it, my adventure was beginning!
After 2 sets of 13 hour flights and a 23 hour layover in Hong Kong, I arrived! Lacking sleep to the maximum, dozily, I walked off the plane. A rushing wave of heat slapped me in the face and the smell of 'Fiji' tickled my nose! As the holiday goers, residents returning home and myself walked into the arrivals hall, we were all greeted by two cheerful looking men in their 'Bula shirts' and 'Sulu's (pretty much a sarong!) One had a Ukulele, the other a guitar and they were singing a welcome song for us! I knew from that second, I was going to like it here. Oripa, (one of the Projects Abroad staff) was there to meet me and to take me to my new family. She was very friendly and I felt very welcome.
To be quite honest, I don't know where to start from now on. Fiji is beautiful. It's loving, smiley, friendly people, the old jam packed buses playing loud reggae beats, the food, the flora, the fauna, the sun and so much more, is going to be how I remember this place.
My host family were ten times more incredible then I could actually put down in words. As I got out of the car a little girl ran at me and threw her arms around my waist, giving me a cheeky gappie tooth smile! I was lead into the house by Rosa and was introduced to my new dad. He was a lovely cheerful bloke and he started on the jokes and teasing from my first evening in the house! I felt at home immediately. Rosa and her adorable cheeky daughter Tara, were only visiting, family friends. Pei, my "host mum" was up in Suva, picking up her daughter. So for the first week and a bit it was Rosa, Tara, Martin my awesome roommate Maxi and I.
Once Mami (Pei) arrived with her daughter or in better words, my sister Jackie, the place turned into a mad house! It was brilliant. I loved the constant coming and goings of friends, the Kava sessions in the evenings and the stories my host dad had to tell me!
On my first day at work, Anne, (one of the Projects Abroad staff) brought me to Nadi's Center for Special Education and introduced me to the headmaster, who further introduced me to my assigned class and workmate. Anne made sure that I was comfortable and happy before she left and rushed off to see to another volunteer's needs. Andrew, my workmate rushed through the 20 odd names of the class, their ages, which ranged from 10 – 19, listed their disabilities and left the room.
In total shock all I could do was smile at the curious faces shyly smiling at me. A boy throwing a ruler at another students head brought me to reality however and I began my day by telling them about myself and where I came from. (Andrew soon returned) It was very hard for them to say my name, so they were supposed to call me 'Miss' but I was mostly known as "Teacher'. 'Teacher, Teacher, here! Me Teacher!" I can't say I miss being shouted at! One of their favorite questions for me was "How many Fiji's in Scotland?" Each time I told them, none that I was aware, they would be deeply disappointed!
It was an overwhelming start and I know a lot of people have and would find it very hard to work with these children, but the bond I formed with my class is unbreakable. Every single one of my pupils are beautiful and entirely unique. I have never ever done something so rewarding.
A typical day at the school for me was a 9am start; math with them until 10:15. Then there would be recess for 15 minutes, where I'd be outside melting and burning in the sun and meeting the other students, playing games with them. 'Picture time' was always a whole school favorite. After those 15 minutes, I would have my coffee and whichever snack had been prepared that morning and joined the kind of 'staff meeting' with the other teachers. After recess finished, was English. During this lesson I would first do what Andrew had requested and then for those who were more capable, do something a little different. Sometimes I also did a bit of art with them. They enjoyed that a lot.
At lunch; 12:30, I was free to go or stay, which some afternoons I did, others I would rather go home and relax or spend it with family and friends. Lots of events happened during my placement there; we had a 'Go Green Mission', which the older students participated in, picking up rubbish and putting it into separate bags for recycling. We also had Sports Day, which was sponsored by McDonalds for all the Special Needs Schools on the West Coast. It was a bit unorganized, started about three hours later then it was supposed too but it was great fun, as always people were on 'Fiji time'! (a nice excuse for laziness!) At the end of term we also had a big party at the Fiji Hardrock Cafe, sponsored by 'Jacks'. It was full of dancing, games, and lots of food and lots of fun! The kids have made me grow so much in myself; I owe them a lot. I wish and hope that I will see them all again one day in the near future.
As for my free time and exploring, there was almost too much to choose from. Due to the lovely big bunch of volunteers, there was never anybody short to go and do something with either. I only went on one island trip to Monoriki (the Castaway Island) and that was my taster of the "tourist" side of Fiji. I also went to Lautoka to watch the 7th Harry Potter! I very quickly made lots of local friends, and I rather spent my time with them, drinking the local Kava, making music and learning about their culture.
Four months later and not a single day goes by where I don't think about every single person I met in Fiji and the impact they had on me without me even realizing. This experience has changed me as person, the best experience in my life by far! I completely fell in Love with the Country. Leaving Fiji was very hard for me; it was like being forced to leave a piece of me behind. The Fiji Islands are my home!
I want to say a big VINAKA VAKA LEVU to my Indi/Fijian family, all my foreign and local friends and to all the local Projects Abroad staff; and also Nadi Airport school, for the awesome week of summer school I participated in. Also a big, grateful and forever in dept VINAKA VAKA LEVU to the Nadi Center for Special Education for everything you've done for me, you have no idea how grateful I am.
Last but not least a separate big grateful VINAKA VAKA LEVU goes to Anne Buglass for being such a brilliant Assistant Manager, you were great to be around, super helpful and heaps of fun, without your support it would of been much harder, so thank you m'dear!
Gwen Coe
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The Navy commissioned the newest San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship San Diego during a 10 a.m. PDT ceremony Saturday, May 19, 2012, in San Diego, Calif.
The ship is named for the city of San Diego, principal homeport of the Pacific fleet, and honors the people of "America's Finest City" and its leaders for their continuous support of the military.
Three previous ships have carried the name San Diego -- the armored cruiser named in 1914, the World War II-era cruiser commissioned in 1942 and the combat stores ship commissioned in 1969.
Adm. Mark Ferguson, vice chief of naval operations, delivered the ceremony's principal address. Additional remarks were given by Jerry Sanders, mayor, City of San Diego; Sean J. Stackley, assistant secretary of the Navy (research, development and acquisition); Vice Adm. Richard W. Hunt, commander Naval Surface Forces; Maj. Gen. Ronald Bailey, commanding general, 1st Marine Division; and Rear Adm. David H. Lewis, program executive officer - ships.
Linda Winter, wife of Former Secretary of the Navy Donald C. Winter, is serving as the ship's sponsor. In a time-honored Navy tradition, she gave the order to "man our ship and bring her to life!"
Designated as LPD 22, the USS San Diego is the sixth amphibious transport dock ship in the San Antonio class. The principal mission of LPD 17 San Antonio-class ships is to deploy combat and support elements of Marine Expeditionary Units and Brigades. With the capability of transporting and debarking air cushion or conventional landing craft and augmented by helicopters or MV-22 vertical take-off and landing aircraft, these ships support amphibious assault, special operations, and expeditionary warfare missions. The USS San Diego will provide improved warfighting capabilities including an advanced command-and-control suite, increased lift capability in vehicle and cargo-carrying capacity, and advanced ship survivability features.
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BALTIMORE—A state-court ruling that called into question Maryland jury convictions dating to Colonial times has led to the release of close to 70 prison inmates, fueling a debate over whether decades-old cases should be retried and, in many cases, bringing back to the surface painful emotions for families of victims.
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Proposed sign ordinance eases up on businesses
Proposed sign ordinance eases up on businesses
CUMBERLAND - The currently illegal sandwich board-style signs, effectively banished by town inspectors in recent months, would be legally returned under a revised sign ordinance now before Town Council members who are indicating they will be "business friendly" as they prepare to ratify it.
Getting their first crack at the proposal last Wednesday, not only were several councilors calling for a less restrictive sign ordinance, but they were saying that Building Commissioner Neil Hall should ease up on what some described as "aggressive" enforcement of the current rules, especially the ban on the sandwich board or A-frame signs.
Local business owners filled the Town Council Chamber last Wednesday for an Ordinance subcommittee called specifically to review changes to a sign ordinance that have been talked about for a year.
The 40-minute discussion ended with Councilor Bill Murray's proposing a moratorium on enforcing current sign regulations.
"I suggest we back off our crusade and have a cooling off period," Murray said after listening to complaints about town officials.
And while Councilor Jeff Kearns cautioned, "a moratorium but not a blitzkrieg of I-can-do-whatever-I-want," subcommittee Chairman Manuel DaCosta earned loud applause when he concurred with Murray "for peace and harmony and because we're business-friendly."
The moratorium turned out to be short-lived.
Mayor Daniel McKee, on vacation in Florida, stepped in long distance and called off any period of leniency.
"No. We're going to enforce the sign ordinance until different rules are adopted," he later told The Breeze. "Look at all the progress that was being made," he said. "We will enforce whatever is on the books."
However, the business folks seem poised to prevail in the end because the revised ordinance under consideration contains a brand-new section on portable signs that allows the sandwich board or A-frames erected during business hours within five feet of the establishment. They may be up to 10 square feet with a maximum height of 5 feet. They must be "neat and orderly."
In addition to permitting these portable signs, the new ordinance for the first time allows:
* Electronic signs that change messages every 30 seconds.
* Internally lighted signs in major commercial areas. In reality, internally lighted signs can already be found everywhere but the new ordinance attempts to offer some geographical containment, Director of Planning Kelley Morris told the councilors.
* Yard sale signs on another's lawn, with that owner's permission.
* Canopy signs, which had been banned.
* Larger signs generally for businesses including wall, window and projecting signs.
Building Commissioner Neil Hall, who wasn't at the meeting, finds himself at odds with Morris over much of this.
Hall said the sandwich board signs will be difficult to monitor and are likely to creep closer and closer to sidewalks.
Additionally, he opposes the electronic signs.
"I'm not fond of the electronic signs," he said. "I don't like the look and I think the town looks good without them. This will open the door to Mineral Spring Avenue in North Providence or Smithfield on Route 44."
Overall, he said he wonders how many of the business owners actually live in Cumberland and whether any residents will be speaking up as the council heads toward adopting the new ordinance.
"If people don't come forward and express their opinion, then the business community will drive this," Hall said.
No citizens attended last week's meeting. Councilor Scott Schmitt did wonder aloud, "We as a town have to decide if want to keep quaint rural character or not."
A possible second chance for input comes next Wednesday, Nov. 20, when the Ordinance subcommittee expects to meet again, according to Chairman DaCosta.
In the meantime, business owners were expected to meet and craft changes to the pending document.
Last Wednesday's freewheeling discussion saw Bill Kitsilis of Angelo's Palace Pizza serving as spokesman for the business owners.
Permitting electronic signs that flash a new message every 30 seconds may be the biggest change in the new sign ordinance, but the town's small businesses are saying that current enforcement on the ban on simple A-frames is hurting business.
Carl Amaral of Andrew's Bistro said his wine dinners are usually popular sellouts. This year, despite the Andrew's Bistro dominating plaza sign that sits at the street, he's without his sandwich board and blames slow ticket sales on town enforcement.
Also complaining was Geoff Mungeon, owner of Above and Beyond tree service. He said he relies on lawn signs of customers to advertise his business. In fact, 34 percent of sales come from neighbors seeing him at work in another yard.
Hall later told The Breeze he's fine with tradesmen posting signs while they're working at a house. He and his staff have been removing signs left for days after the work is completed, he said.
Signs signs everywhere a sign blocking the scenery breaking my mind . In the cover story photo I noticed that their were 4 signs for that restaurant. Bit much don't you think? Maybe they should try a different approach or a different menu.
Cumberland hasn't been "qaint: or "rural" for a long time!
The building commissioner "thinks the town looks good without them"? Thanks for your opinion, but residential tax payers would like a little help paying the bills from the business community!! This ANTI-BUSINESS policy is not going to attract new business, and probably will cause some established businesses to close. Nevermind the signs, how does the Cumberland Village plaza look EMPTY? I remember when Cumberland had no traffic lights (because there was no traffic!), when it was Ann & Hope and a bunch of farms...but that was then, and this is now! If the politicians keep pushing this ANTI-BUSINESS agenda, it'll be a bigger tax burden on the property owners as the businesses leave or close. I say, just let the businesses police themselves with a general guideline of mutual respect? Aren't there more important isssues to address, rather than legislating against ambitious businesses? Let the process take care of itself without putting ridiculous restrictions in place. Cumberland is no longer a quant and rural town, but it certainly is not going to turn into Apple Valley or Mineral Spring Ave!
Within reason
While I don't love the extra signage, I can live with the sandwich boards IF 1 - they are removed during non-business hours and 2 - they do NOT obstruct drivers on the main roads or the parking lots from safely observing traffic activity.
I think the building
I think the building commissioner and planning person should debate this at the next council meeting...seeing as they are at "odds". Let's see who has the best intel on the matter.
Now you see me, now you don't
Electronic board messages that cry out for a driver's attention ought be summarily banned everywhere; they are as dangerous as cell phones and text messaging by vying for the human brain's finite CPU cycles that ought to be focused on the road and the 3000 pound vehicle being maneuvered thereupon. They should only be permitted where they are not visible from the main road, e.g., within an enclosed shopping mall.
It is a slippery slope to Central Falls. (Have you driven down Dexter Street lately?)
A frame signs, etc.
If the proposed new ordinance requires an A-frame sign to be within 5 feet of the establishment, I'm thinking it's kind of useless. Most of the A-frame signs I see around town are there because the business is hidden or set back enough that they can't be seen from the road, hence the reason for the sign. One of my "favorite" signs as a resident is that of Michael's Meats, if I missed the sale ad I can see if the daily special on the sign is something to draw me in.
I believe the signs should be tasteful, neat, and safe...secured if necessary or not placed out on windy days where they can blow and become a hazard. I don't think it's a big deal if they're near a sidewalk as long as they're safe and not obstructive.
I also agree electronic signs that change their message are a driving distraction, much more than a fixed message. And hasn't JA Appliance had an electronic sign since opening the new building?
"LED or not LED"
Eliminate the peripheral clutter with electronic boards.
"Moths to a Flame"
Eliminate the peripheral clutter with electronic boards. Static, florescent or Neon signs from the 1920s-50s technology are poised for the Digital Age! Many are eye sores to the business landscape and have ONE marquee message. They simply do not drive sales. Static menu and promotion boards are blunt communications instruments, while dynamic signage "electronic message boards" can be the sharpest instrument in the revenue achievement tool chest. They make people stop and are a call to action!
I advocate for the LED industry. Many communities that ease up on these regulations are finding economic stimulus. Clean high definition signs is my business and I put Advertising back in the hands of the Merchants.
I applaud the Town for working towards for stepping into the Future.
Jeanne Sullivan Evans,


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The commander of the international peacekeeping forces in Afghanistan issued a warning today that a US-led war in Iraq could mean increased terrorism in Afghanistan, according to the Washington Post. Major General Hilmi Akin Zorlu of Turkey, commander of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), told the Post that if there is a war in Iraq, there might be many sympathizers in Afghanistan. It may cause an increase in terrorist actions against all foreigners including ISAF, UN, coalition forces and all civilian businessmen coming to Afghanistan.
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The Kaegebein Community Playground Committee will host "Dinner and a Show" to raise money for a new playground.
On Friday, March 1, the Playground Committee will supervise the annual Kaegebein Talent Show, with a spaghetti dinner fundraiser preceding the show.
The event will take place at Grand Island High School, 1100 Ransom Road.
The spaghetti dinner, being prepared by Michael Carr and Sarah Mallare of the Village Inn, will run from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the high school cafeteria.
Diners can then have fun watching the students from Kaegebein perform in the annual Kaegebein Talent Show from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
This fundraising event will be held to help gather funds for a new community playground to be located on the elementary schools grounds.
The Kaegebein Playground Committee thanks the Island Deli for donating the meat to make the meatballs for the dinner.
Tickets for the event will be sold at Kaegebein Elementary School, or contact Carolyn Konopski at 716-207-0470 for information.


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For most of the world, winter means layering up and heading indoors. Not in Australia's Northern Territory, when the dry season from May to October is the perfect time to get outside and celebrate. Rock out under the stars at Darwin's Bass in the Grass music festival. Cheer for your favourite camel at the riotous Imparja Camel Cup in Alice Springs. Discover the ancient rhythms of Aboriginal culture at Arnhem Land's world-renown Garma Festival . The Territory's warm winter days and cool nights host a whirlwind of celebrations, from the quirky to the sacred.
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